SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- New Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM)
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541713
— Research and Development in Nanotechnology
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W911QY) Natick (SPS), 10 General Green Avenue, Building 1, Natick, Massachusetts, 01760-5011, United States
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W911QYESEM
- Point of Contact
- Kimberly B. Pumyea, Phone: 5082335167
- E-Mail Address
-
kimberly.b.pumyea.civ@mail.mil
(kimberly.b.pumyea.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Natick Contracting Division on behalf of the U.S. Army Natick Soldier RD&E Center (NSRDEC) intends to award a firm fixed price contract to Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. under FAR 6.302-1 - Only one Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements and FAR 13.500 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items for Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM). The new Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) must have the following general requirements: a large sample chamber with the ability to accommodate several different sample heating, cooling, and tensile test sample stages in addition to a standard multi-sample holder stage. The instrument must be a Field Emission Gun electron beam source with battery or other electrical backup means to allow safe shutdown in the event of supplies electrical power failure. The instrument must have an infra-red chamber viewing camera system, a standard high vacuum Secondary Electron (Everhart-Thornley) detector, a low-vacuum Secondary Electron (LV SED) detector and Gaseous Secondary Electron (GSED) detector, a solid-state Backscattered Electron Detector (BSE), a Scanning Transmission Electron Detector (STEM). The instrument should have a solid-state Backscattered Electron Detector (BSE), and offer an electron beam acceleration of 0 volts to 30,000 volts with the ability to perform electron beam deceleration via a sample bias circuitry for the imaging of electron sensitive samples. The instrument must be equipped with a suitable fast beam blanker, an integrated current measurement, and a Keithley model 6485 Picoammeter or equivalent and user accessible X and Y scan control for connection to a Nabity Electron Lithography and Bruker Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry 3rd party instruments to connect to the FE-ESEM. All necessary shipping, installation, and supporting equipment (electrical mains wiring; air compressor, filter, hose, and hose connections; water chiller (air cooled), hose, and hose connections; as examples) for operation shall be included. Once delivery and installation are completed the instrument functionality shall be demonstrated and On-site application training shall be provided (minimum of 2 days). The Quattro Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope is the only scanning electron microscope that offers the patented range of operating pressures and humidity required by NSRDEC to carry-out its mission to scientifically investigate the micro-structure of the products and no other source can meet the technical requirements. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541713. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 6650. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. No solicitation document is available. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability by sending responses regarding this requirement to the Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground CCAP-SCN, Natick Contracting Division via e-mail ONLY to Kimberly.b.pumyea.civ@mail.mil no later than July 31, 2018 by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The U.S. government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Notice. All costs associated with responding to this Notice will be solely at the expense of the interested party. Contracting Office Address: ACC-APG - Natick (SPS) ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1 General Greene St. Natick, MA 01760-5011
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