SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Residual Gas Analyzer
- Notice Date
- 2/24/2016
- 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 B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-16-SS09
- Archive Date
- 3/25/2016
- Point of Contact
- Cory L. Worley, Phone: 3019753635
- E-Mail Address
-
cory.worley@nist.gov
(cory.worley@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a Residual Gas Analyzer to accurately monitor the level of vacuum contamination to prevent degradation of precision optical elements under calibration as well as to safeguard the ultra-high vacuum levels needed to operate NIST's third-generation Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility (SURF III). Accurate, real-time monitoring of contamination levels, especially hydrocarbons, to prevent catastrophic damage to the SURF III facility or to high value optical satellite components under test is a mission priority. Failure to do so would severely impact the programmatic needs of NIST, as well as those of various other agencies such as NASA and NOAA, and would result in a very large expense to the Government. The residual gas analyzer must meet or exceed the following requirements: Performance 1. minimum detectable partial pressure 3 × 10-15 mbar The minimum detectable partial pressure (MDPP) is defined here as the rms noise measured at one standard deviation with an integration time of 1 second. If the vendor uses a different definition, the vendor's MDPP specification must be adjusted appropriately. For example, if the vendor specifies MDPP = 3 × 10-15 mbar at "3 sigma" with an integration time of 4 seconds, the adjusted value will be (3 × 10-15 mbar) × (1/3) × (4/1)1/2 = 2 × 10-15 mbar. 2. mass range 200 amu 3. mass resolution < 10 % valley between adjacent peaks 4. fastest data acquisition speed 3 ms/point or faster 5. high mass sensitivity triple-filter analyzer 6. no vacuum contamination UHV ion source Hardware 1. mounting flange 2.75 inch Conflat 2. overpressure protection filament and electron multiplier 3. communications Ethernet or USB 4. length from tip of analyzer to end of electronics head less than 470 mm Software 1. display analog, histogram and tracked peaks 2. minimum number of tracked peaks 10 3. command set enables LabVIEW control 4. export format ASCII data After the results of this market research for a Residual Gas Analyzer are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted will be conducted as a small business set-aside. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 334516, as those domestic sources having 500 employees or less. Please include your company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Companies that manufacture Residual Gas Analyzers are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to cory.worley@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company that manufactures the system components for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(s) that are authorized to sell the system components, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Indication of system's Country of Origin. 4. Indication of number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of such systems. 5. Indication of whether each instrument for which specifications are sent to cory.worley@nist.gov are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 6. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.
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