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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF MAY 25, 2023 SAM #7849
SPECIAL NOTICE

66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE for Existing Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) System Sources

Notice Date

5/23/2023 7:30:46 AM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
 

ZIP Code

20899
 

Solicitation Number

NB683140-23-01847
 

Response Due

6/2/2023 8:00:00 AM
 

Point of Contact

Nina Lin, Forest Crumpler
 

E-Mail Address

nina.lin@nist.gov, forest.crumpler@nist.gov
(nina.lin@nist.gov, forest.crumpler@nist.gov)
 

Description

Notice of Intent to Noncompetitively Acquire additional sources for existing molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) system. This notice is not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested. This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516 � Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to procure additional molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) sources to include three effusion cells, associated power supplies, controllers, and cables. These sources will be used to grow two dimensional thin films for use in quantum nanoscience studies. These MBE effusion cells are to be added to NIST's existing MBE system. As such, they must be compatible with previously purchased sources from NIST contract# 1333ND22PNB680065 which were manufactured by MBE Komponenten and sold by United Mineral & Chemical Corp to allow exchange of sources, power supplies, control units, and spare supplies such as crucibles and shutters. The compatibility requirement is needed to interchange components and spare parts in case of failure to keep critical experiments running for NIST staff and outside facility users. NIST conducted market research from March 2023 to May 2023 to determine what sources could meet NIST�s minimum requirements. This included surveying vendors through web searches, surveying existing NIST instruments, and consulting colleagues with relevant experience inside and outside of NIST. The results of market research revealed that only United Mineral & Chemical Corp, 60 Chubb Avenue, Suite 206, Lyndhurst NJ 07071 (UEI: K84NBZG5JNJ5) appears to be capable of meeting NIST�s requirements as they are the sole US distributor or MBE Komponenten manufactured products. However, any sources that believe they are capable of meeting NIST�s minimum requirements are encouraged to respond to this notice by the response date to provide the following information at a minimum: Company Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number in https://sam.gov; details about what your company is capable of providing that meets or exceeds NIST�s minimum requirements; whether your company is an authorized reseller of the product or service being cited and evidence of such authorization; and any other information that can help NIST determine whether this requirement may be competitively satisfied.� 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 be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Only responses received by the offers due date and time of this notice will be considered by the government. Responses shall be submitted via email to nina.lin@nist.gov.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/e9585251593c4a65b1d0a668a80998f7/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA

Zip Code: 20899

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06691377-F 20230525/230523230117 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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