SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Ultra-High Frequency Lock-In Amplifier
- Notice Date
- 5/14/2018
- 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
- SB1341-18-RQ-0322
- Archive Date
- 6/13/2018
- Point of Contact
- Heather Bauer, Phone: 3019752752
- E-Mail Address
-
heather.bauer@nist.gov
(heather.bauer@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Base Notice: Notice of NIST's Intent to Negotiate on Sole Source Basis for an ultra-high frequency lock-in Amplifier - SB134118RQ0239 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with Zurich Instruments located at Technoparkstrasse 1 Zurich, ZH, 8005 Switzerland to purchase an ultra-high frequency lock-in amplifier. NIST requires an ultra-high frequency lock-in amplifier to conduct several sensitive high-speed mechanical, electronic, and electrical material characterization measurements. The instrument is intended to be used for the detection of fast changes in the resonance frequencies of an atomic force microscope (AFM) probe while the probe interacts (mechanically and/or electrically) with various materials. The interactions shall be measured with the AFM probe either in or out-of-contact with a material and the probe will be subjected to more than one excitation of different frequencies to distinct among various short and long-range interactions. Sole source justification is based upon the following: For applications required to meet its mission, NIST requires phase-lock loop (PLL) detection with time constant of order of tens of nanoseconds and demodulation bandwidth of order of hundreds of kilohertz. By combining at least two such PLL detections operating on multiple excitations carried by the same AFM probe in interaction with a material NIST can apply a high-speed combinatorial electro-mechanical characterization at the nanoscale. Zurich Instruments is the only known source with the ability to deliver a commercial item that provides PID/PLL capabilities with demodulation bandwidth in the kilohertz range and time constant less than 1 microsecond. Zurich Instruments is the sole manufacturer and distributor of their equipment. Zurich has no authorized distributors. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties who regard themselves as capable of fulfilling these requirements are invited to submit responses to the Government for consideration. Responses received by 11:00 AM ET on Friday, May 18, 2018, will be considered by the Government. 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.
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