SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Sapphire Amp Additional Warranty
- Notice Date
- 6/25/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB686040-12-03622
- Archive Date
- 7/26/2012
- Point of Contact
- Leonard Spakow, Phone: 3034975270
- E-Mail Address
-
leonard.spakow@nist.gov
(leonard.spakow@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards & Technology seeks information on vendors that are capable of providing extended warranty coverage on our milliJoule, femtosecond amplified laser and the optical parametric amplifier (OPA) pumped by said laser. Continuous operation of this laser system is critical to the success of the time-resolved EXAFS project, which is a multimillion dollar, 5-year investment involving 5 NIST scientists and multiple contractors and students. The system is used to generate the probing x-rays and create excitations in the specimens under investigation. Without a laser operating to the required specifications, all work on this project must stop. Although our group has identified continuous operation of this system to be critical to success, we do not have the required resources to maintain the system adequately. First, the system is state-of-the-art, and our current staff does not have all of the required training on the multiple complex components of the system. Also, quite a few of the parts are not user-serviceable and must be maintained by the manufacturer. Considering the facts laid out above, we desire an extended warranty to cover our amplified mJ system and OPA for an additional two years beyond the standard 1 year already included in the purchase. This announcement is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and does not commit the government to award a contract now or in the future. No solicitation is available at this time. The purpose of this synopsis is to identify organizations with the requisite qualifications to meet the requirements of the item stated herein. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and compared with NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during the market research stage, then this acquisition may be solicited as a small business set-aside. NIST is seeking from all responsible sources, including large and small businesses (SD, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, SDVOSB, and VOSB) This requirement is assigned a NAICS code of 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a small business standard of 500 employees. The specific purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is to determine if there are small business, within the parameters identified above, that are capable of providing the item required. Interested business organizations that believe they are capable of meeting the requirement should submit electronic copies of their capability statement. Please limit your response to ten (10) pages or less. Responses should include the following information. 1.Name of company that will provide the item. 2.Name of company will manufacture the item (as applicable) 3.Spec sheets of the item showing the ability to meet the criteria identified above (as applicable) 4.Typical time to receive the item. 5.Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum solicitation and finalizing its market research. 6.Any proprietary information should be so marked. The capability shall identify the business status of the organization. Only electronic statements will be accepted. Faxes will not be accepted. Send to Leonard Spakow, Contract Specialist, at leonard.spakow@nist.gov. Direct all questions to this email of Tiffany Atchison at tiffany.atchison@nist.gov
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
- Record
- SN02785305-W 20120627/120625235238-e701a34fe9724b5eef074ea5dcf86e04 (fbodaily.com)
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