SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: High Speed Camera, Spectroscopy, and Integrated Software
- Notice Date
- 7/13/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- 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
- SB1341-16-RQ-0750
- Archive Date
- 8/12/2017
- Point of Contact
- Tracy M Bisson, Phone: 3019758448
- E-Mail Address
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tracy.bisson@nist.gov
(tracy.bisson@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: High-Speed Camera, Spectroscopy, and Integrated Software. SOLICITATION NUMBER: SB1341-16-RQ-0750 RESPONSE DATE: July 28, 2017 CONTACT POINTS: Tracy Bisson, Contract Specialist, 301-975-8448 Lynda Horton, Contracting Officer, 301-975-3725 DESCRIPTION: The United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division (AMD) intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Princeton Instruments for the purchase of one (1) imaging spectrograph and one (1) high speed, high sensitivity camera and one (1) software to integrate the products with LabView to the mission of allowing the Nanoelectronics Group to expand its measurement capabilities to ultrafast nonlinear optical spectroscopy techniques in the Engineering Physics Division (EPD) of the Physical Measurements Laboratory. The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is FAR 13.106-1(b) by the authority of FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. NIST, EPD currently has a need for one (1) imaging spectrograph and one (1) high speed, high sensitivity camera and one (1) software for multiphoton and multidimensional spectroscopy measurement of the spectrum of broadband transmitted or scattered light. For some experiments, the light source is quite weak, and for others, it is beneficial to rapidly modulate a pump beam or other parameter of the experiment and measure the change in probe spectrum. for measuring the optical properties of materials. To enable both of these applications, a high speed, high sensitivity CCD camera is required. The camera needs a sufficient number of pixels to allow spectral interferometry measurements on broadband pulses, and to be fast enough to allow modulation or chopping at kHz frequencies. In addition, a spectrograph is required to disperse the spectrum of the incoming light onto the CCD camera. Due to this, the spectroscopy needs sufficient spectral resolution to resolve features ~0.1 nm wide in the wavelength range between 650 nm and 1000 nm. To ensure accuracy it is required for the spectrograph to be integrated with the camera and other equipment in the lab. LabVIEW drivers are required to integrate the system with other equipment in the lab. The required items can only be offered by Princeton Instruments, 3660 Quakerbridge Rd., Trenton, NJ 08619 via parts ProEM 1600 camera, SpectraPro HRS-300 imaging spectrograph, and LightField software. The two hardware components must be well integrated with software so that the spectrograph can be controlled synchronously with the camera's capture of data. The camera must come with all hardware necessary to mount it to the spectrograph. The system must come with LabVIEW drivers so that it can be used in concert with other equipment. Only Princeton Instruments can provide a system that includes a camera with sufficient pixel number (in particular, the width of the array should be 1600 pixels to allow spectral interferometry measurements) and the required frame rate. The combination of these two specifications is only provided by the ProEM 1600 camera sold by Princeton Instruments, which is sold coupled with their SpectraPro HRS-300 spectrograph and integrated with their Lightfield software. The camera and imaging spectrograph need to be integrated and calibrated together to ensure proper operation. That is guaranteed with their proprietary software and the wavelength calibration kit that comes with their product. The calibration kit uses proprietary algorithms that contain full knowledge of the point spread function inside the spectrograph. There is no other company that can provide all three (3) required items that meet the Government's minimum specifications. Delivery shall be FOB DESTINATION and shall occur not later than ninety (90) days after requested order (ARO). Research has found that only one (1) company can meet the requirements as they are the only company capable of providing a combination of the needed camera, spectrograph, and the software cable of integrating with LabView. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 1,000 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responsible sources interested may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider
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