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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 12, 2012 FBO #3883
MODIFICATION

66 -- OPTICAL CRYOGENIC SYSTEM

Notice Date

7/10/2012
 

Notice Type

Modification/Amendment
 

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

SB1341-12-RQ-0355
 

Archive Date

7/26/2012
 

Point of Contact

Lynda M Roark, Phone: 3019753725, Patrick K Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
 

E-Mail Address

Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

AMENDMENT 2: THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND AMEND SPECIFICATION NUMBER 8. QUESTION 1: IS THE 15 MINUTE COOLDOWN TO 10K A STRICT REQUIREMENT? ANSWER 1: YES IT IS. QUESTION 2: IS THE AUTOMATION A STRICT REQUIREMENT? ANSWER 2: THE FULLY AUTOMATED TEMPERATURE CONTROL OVER THE WHOLE TEMPERATURE RANGE VIA COMPUTER INTERFACE IS A STRICT REUQIREMENT, HOWEVER, AUTOMATION FOR THE PUMP IS NOT. SPECIFICATION 8 IS AMENDED BELOW. QUESTION 3: DOES THE CRYOSTAT NEED A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF LN2 AND LIQUID HELIUM: ANSWER 3: THE CRYOSTAT WILL USE A CONSTANT SUPPLY OF CRYOGEN TO RUN EXPERIMENTS AT A DESIRED TEMPERATURE. IT WUILL USE EITHER LN2 (>77K) ONLY OR L HE (>4 K) FOR MEASUREMENTS. THE CRYOGEN IS SEPARATE AND THE CRYOGEN SUPPLY IS NOT PART OF THIS SOLICITATION. QUESTION 4: ARE THERE TWO SEPARATE HOSES FOR THE TWO CRYOGENS (HELIUM AND LN2)? ANSWER 4: NO QUESTION 5: IS A TRIPLE WALLED HOSE REQUIRED IN WHICH THE LIQUID NITROGEN IS KEEPING THE LIQUID HELIUM SUB-COOLED? ANSWER 5: NO SPECIFICATION 8 IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: FROM: COOL-DOWN AND PUMP-OUT MUST BE FULLY AUTOMATED AND CONTROLLED VIA COMPUTER INTERFACE. TO: COOL-DOWN MUST BE FULLY AUTOMATED AND CONTROLLED VIA COMPUTER INTERFACE. PUMP-OUT MAY BE MANUALLY CONTROLLED OR FULLY AUTOMATED. ALL OTHER TERMS REMAIN UNCHANGED.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/SB1341-12-RQ-0355/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 100 BUREAU DRIVE, GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, 20899, United States

Zip Code: 20899
 

Record

SN02798798-W 20120712/120711000051-4e6861abbb45f2e3f3bff89d446e2c0a (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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