SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Optical Array Spectrographs
- Notice Date
- 7/14/2016
- 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-SS36
- Archive Date
- 8/4/2016
- Point of Contact
- Forest Crumpler, Phone: 3019756753
- E-Mail Address
-
forest.crumpler@nist.gov
(forest.crumpler@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 commercial off-the shelf Optical Array Spectrographs for NIST. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, and specifications developed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order Ultrafast Pulse Shaper product and installation. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted would be conducted as a small business set-aside. The NIST Sensor Science Division is working on a project to make more accurate radiometric measurements of the light from the moon and certain standard stars than have ever been made before. These NIST measurements will then serve as standard calibration spectra for multiple stakeholders who in turn operate other satellite and astronomical instruments that periodically view the moon and the standard stars. This purchase is to obtain two optical spectrographs to support these radiometric measurements of the light from the moon and the standard stars. The proposed acquisition is to obtain a quantity of two (2) Optical Array Spectrographs with the following requirements: 1)Detector type: Back-thinned Charged Couple Device (CCD) with integrated cooling. 2)Wavelength range: must cover the full range from 300 nm to 1100 nm. During operation, the CCD must be exposed to all wavelengths simultaneously for recording the entire spectrum at the same time. 3)Must include a computer interface through a Universal Serial Bus (USB) to facilitate instrument control and data acquisition. 4)Must include all required software drivers to operate using the LabVIEW programming language, and to operate independently of LabVIEW, with computer control. A license for running the LabVIEW programming environment itself is not part of the requirements. 5)Must include an integrated shutter for dark measurements. 6)Must include fiber bundle input with transmission over the full wavelength range and adapter for connection to fiber bundle. 7)Calibrated for irradiance with a cosine corrector over relevant wavelength range. 8)Both units must have a cosine corrector that connects to the input part of the fiber bundle. One of the two cosine correctors should be optimized for high throughput. 9)Spectral resolution: In the range of 2.5 nm to 4 nm. 10)Data sampling interval: less than 1 nm. 11)Irradiance sensitivity: Greater than or equal to 10:1 signal to noise at irradiance of less than 2x10-8 W/m2 nm at 600 nm using standard cosine corrector in 65 seconds or less of integration with no averaging. 12)Dimensions less than or equal to 22.2 cm high x 43.8 cm wide x 50 cm long 13)Weight less than or equal to 15 kg 14)Operates on standard 120 VAC power. All equipment must be new. Used or remanufactured equipment will not be considered. Additionally, the following terms shall be met: Delivery is required within 12 weeks after receipt of order. 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 1,000 employees or less. Please include your company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Companies that can provide Optical Array Spectrographs that meets the stated requirements are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to forest.crumpler@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(ies) 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 number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of such systems. 4. Indication of whether each instrument for which specifications are sent to forest.crumpler@nist.gov is currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research. Point of Contact: Forest Crumpler, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-6753, Email forest.crumpler@nist.gov
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/AMD-16-SS36/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 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, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN04183539-W 20160716/160714235611-1ea8f4c1b653dc3010e4fbcb7402ac6e (fbodaily.com)
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