SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Nanopositioners
- Notice Date
- 8/28/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NIST AMD Boulder, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305
- Solicitation Number
- NB687040-18-03381
- Archive Date
- 9/18/2018
- Point of Contact
- Angela L. Hitt, Phone: 3034977305
- E-Mail Address
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angela.hitt@nist.gov
(angela.hitt@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice: NB687040-18-03381 Project Title: Nanopositioner Assemblies: 4-axis (3 linear + rotation) and 3-axis (3 linear) This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to make an award based on this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise because of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information. NIST recognizes that proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non-restricted/non-proprietary information. In the absence of such identification, NIST will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the information paper. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. Background: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has provided funding for the development of a high-harmonic generation (HHG) ultra-fast spectrometer and imaging system. To facilitate magnetic imaging modalities at the nanoscale, we require the ability to independently position a sample and an x-ray optic (pinhole, aperture, or zone lens) in front of a detector or x-ray camera. This takes place in a high vacuum environment in the presence of a large, dynamic magnetic field. One required and critical element for the microscope is that positioners must operate with a spatial range up to 39 mm (depending on the axis) and have closed loop encoders with a resolution of 1 nm. In addition, one rotation stage is needed, which must be able to be mounted in both horizontally and vertically and able to rotate at least 120 degrees. Requirement: NIST is seeking information on contractors who can provide the following: 1. The positioners must be commercial, "off-the shelf" items, where past performance can be used to verify the product meets specifications. Custom made items will not be considered. This requirement does not apply to any brackets, adapter plates or hardware needed to mount or connect the positioners. 2. All linear positioners must consist of a piezo actuator integrated with a slip stick mode of operation for long distance travel. 3. The positioners shall be entirely constructed of non-magnetic materials and their performance must not be influenced by dynamic magnetic field up to 3 Tesla in amplitude. Non-magnetic materials include aluminum, ceramics, and titanium. While sometimes classified as non-magnetic, stainless steels are indeed magnetic and will not be considered. 4. The positioners must operate in and meet all specifications in high-vacuum (< 1 x10-6 Torr) with no outgassing of components. 5. Each linear positioner must have optical position encoders with a closed-loop mode of operation with a resolution of 1 nm. Resistive encoders are not acceptable. 6. The optical encoders must be able to be remotely and rapidly cycled on and off intermittently to prevent leakage of light into the vacuum chamber during user specified measurement acquisition times. The time required to turn on and off the optical encoders must not exceed 50 ms. 7. All necessary brackets, screws, plates, and hardware needed to complete the assemblies must be supplied and must be made entirely of non-magnetic materials as defined above. 8. The positioners must include a complete set of controlling electronics, cables and power supplies to allow simultaneous operation of up to 6 positioners. The controller must be able to be controlled manually via external buttons/knobs, as well as be controlled remotely by a computer via a USB interface. It is preferred that the controllers use single phase, 110 V, 60 Hz input power. 9. The controllers must come with LabView based virtual instrument (vi) software. 10. The controllers must have the ability to set user defined limits on the motion of the positioners. 11. Final drawings of assemblies must be approved by NIST before manufacturing/delivery. 12. The complete nanopositioner assembly must consist of two decoupled and independently controlled positioners, hereafter referred to as Assembly 1 and Assembly 2. Each positioner will have different requirements, which are now separately specified: a. Assembly 1: 4-axis positioner (x,y,z, rotation) (1) The 4-axis positioner must be able to be configured in two different configurations (a) with the rotation stage on the bottom followed by the x/y stages and the z-axis stage on top (Figure 1 below) and (b) x/y stages on the bottom with the rotation stage mounted vertically holding the z-stage at 45 deg +/- 5 deg as depicted in Figure 2 below. All necessary brackets and adapters for both configuration must be provided. (2) The vertical (z-axis) motion must have at least 39 mm of travel over which all position and encoder specifications are met. (3) The complete 4-axis positioner must be able to handle a weight of 350 grams attached to the z-axis stage with a blocking force of at least 3.5 N. (4) The x and y axis positioners must have a translation range of at least 25 mm. (5) The base of the assembly must have a footprint less than 80 mm x 80 mm. The total height of the assembly in both configurations must be no more than 110 mm with the z-positioner fully extended. Above a height of 95 mm the dimensions of the assembly must be less than 30 mm along the x- and y-axis directions to allow the assembly to fit between the poles of an electromagnet. (6) All electrical vacuum feedthroughs must fit on no more than two KF-40 flanges. The in-vacuum cables (positioner to feedthrough) must be 40 cm in length. The external cables (feedthrough to controller) must be 2 m in length. (7) Each linear axis must have position encoders with a closed-loop mode of operation with an accuracy of 1 nm. The rotation stage must have an accuracy of 0.5 mdeg. The z-positioners must have a bi-directional repeatability of better than +/- 60 nm and the x- and y-positioners must have a bidirectional repeatability of better than +/- 50 nm. The bi-directional repeatability must be measured over the full travel range. b. Assembly 2: 3-axis positioner (x,y,z) (1) The 3-axis assembly must consist of 3 orthogonal (x,y, and z) linear positioners with at least 20 mm of travel in all three directions. A schematic diagram is given below in Figure 3. (2) The x and y stages shall have a footprint less than 55mm x 55mm and the total height shall be less than 80 mm with the z-stage fully extended. (3) This combined positioner must be able to accommodate 350 grams attached to the z-positioner during normal operation with a blocking force of at least 3.5 N. (4) All electrical vacuum feedthroughs must fit on one KF-40 flange. The in-vacuum cables (positioner to feedthrough) must be 40 cm in length. The external cables (feedthrough to controller) must be 2 m in length. (5) Each linear axis must have position encoders with a closed-loop mode of operation with an accuracy of 1 nm. The rotation stage must have an accuracy of 0.5 mdeg. All three positioners must have a bi-directional repeatability of better than ± 30 nm. Figure 1. Sketch of Assembly 1 in configuration (a) Figure 2. Sketch of Assembly 1 in configuration (b) Figure 3. Sketch of Assembly 2 Interested parties shall provide their product specifications as they relate to the equipment requirement described above. NIST anticipates issuing a Request for Quotation sometime in the fourth quarter of FY2018 and awarding a contract no later than the end of the fourth quarter of FY2018. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large and small businesses. The small business size standard associated with the NAICS code for this effort, 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, is 1,000 employees. Please include your company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently make an award. Companies that can provide such supplies are requested to email a written response describing their abilities to angela.hitt@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources-sought notice: 1. Name, Address, DUNS number, CAGE code, and point of contact information of your company. 2. Any information on the company's small business certifications, if applicable. 3. Description of your company's capabilities as they relate to the supplies described in this notice. 4. A description of your company's previous experience providing the supplies described in this notice. 5. Indication of whether the supplies described in this notice are currently offered via your company's GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts, Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), or other existing Government-wide contract vehicles (if applicable); and, if so, the contract number(s) for those vehicles. 6. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in finalizing its market research. Responses are limited to a total of 10 pages. The responses must be in MS Word format. Pages shall be 8½-inch x 11-inch, using Times New Roman 11 Point Font. Each page shall have adequate margins on each side (at least one inch) of the page. Header/footer information (which does not include any information to be analyzed) may be included in the 1" margin space.
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- Address: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 325 Broadway, Mail Stop 141, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
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