SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Purchase of various components & services for the upgrade of an existing Quantum Gatan Imaging Filter (GIF) system to include all the hardware and software for data collection and analysis
- Notice Date
- 5/18/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- 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 B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- NB620030-15-03121
- Archive Date
- 6/16/2015
- Point of Contact
- Joni L. Laster, Phone: 3019756205, Danielle Pena, Phone: 3019754686
- E-Mail Address
-
joni.laster@nist.gov, danielle.pena@nist.gov
(joni.laster@nist.gov, danielle.pena@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Gatan, Inc., located in Warrandale, PA, under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1 (b), Soliciting from a Single Source. The CNST Nano Lab has a requirement to upgrade the current Quantum GIF system. The upgrade will be for simultaneous collection of zero-loss and low-loss or zero-loss and core-loss EELS data and spectrum imaging at high-speed. The complete upgrade will include an upgrade to DualEELS, upgrade of current scanning transmission electron microscopy) STEM detector to STEMPack which includes DigiScan with Gatan Frequency adaptor (GFA) and two analogue inputs, STEMPack high-speed spectrum imaging (SI) upgrade and field installation and training. Upgrade shall also include all hardware and software required for data collection and analysis. The system design, assembly and service shall be completed by factory authorized Gatan, Inc. technicians. Gatan, Inc. does not license others to utilize their propriety designs. As a result, Gatan, Inc. is uniquely qualified to provide the required system upgrades. The NAICS Code is 334516 with a size standard of 500 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order for this requirement. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received by established date and time. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB620030-15-03121/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN03735414-W 20150520/150518235825-520a88ad565781a689e3ee1f4601c3fd (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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