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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF AUGUST 07, 2025 SAM #8655
SPECIAL NOTICE

66 -- Sources Sought Notice of Intent to Sole Source High Sensitivity Cooled SWIR Camera

Notice Date

8/5/2025 10:57:57 AM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF US
 

ZIP Code

00000
 

Solicitation Number

NIST-SS25-78
 

Response Due

8/15/2025 9:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

08/30/2025
 

Point of Contact

Elizabeth Timberlake, Tracy Retterer
 

E-Mail Address

elizabeth.timberlake@nist.gov, tracy.retterer@nist.gov
(elizabeth.timberlake@nist.gov, tracy.retterer@nist.gov)
 

Description

NIST-SS25-78 6640 / 334516? Primary POC: Liz Timberlake (Elizabeth.timberlake@nist.gov)? Secondary POC: Tracy Retterer (tracy.retterer@nist.gov)? ? Title:? High Sensitivity Cooled SWIR Camera BACKGROUND ***THIS IS A COMBINED SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE*** The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information from sources that may be capable of providing a High Sensitivity Cooled SWIR Camera. If no alternate sources are identified, the Government intends to issue a Sole Source Award to Pembroke Instruments, LLC (120 Stanford Heights Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94127) under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) only one reasonably found source. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516. NIST has a need for a High Sensitivity Cooled SWIR Camera that meets or exceeds the following draft minimum specifications: NIST requires a high sensitivity thermoelectrically cooled short wave infrared (SWIR) camera to image two-dimensional atomic layers of quantum materials. The camera will be mounted on an existing optical microscope at NIST and used with high-magnification objective lenses. To image these materials poses challenges with low signal contrast, and therefore the camera must have low dark current obtained by a cooled sensor, and a small package to mount on top of an optical microscope. These quantum materials are used to fabricate mission-critical devices related to NIST�s missions of metrology for quantum information science and electrical standards dissemination. Technical Specifications Sensor The sensor shall have a 1 inch format with 640x512 pixel format using InGaAS material with sensitivity over the 900 nm to 1700 nm range The sensor shall have a 15 um x 15 um pixel size The sensor shall have a Global Shutter readout mode The sensor shall be thermoelectric cooled (TE) to -20 �C or lower with air cooling and without the need for liquid cooling attachments Quantum efficiency shall be greater or equal to 85% from 1000 nm to 1600 nm Electro-optical specifications Dynamic range shall be 62dB or greater in low gain, and 60dB or greater in medium gain, and shall be 50dB or greater in high gain Full well capacity shall be greater than 300,000e in low gain, shall be greater than 120,000e in medium gain, and shall be greater than 15,000e in high gain The noise characteristics shall be less than 190e in low gain, less than 100e in medium gain, and less than 45e in high gain The dark current shall be less than 1500e/pixel/s at -20 �C and shall be less than 10,000e/pixel/s at 0 �C. Camera The camera shall use a USB 3.0 interface The camera shall have up to 100-second or longer exposure capability based on dark current and well capacity The camera shall weigh less than 400 g The lens shall be C-mount The physical dimensions of the camera shall have a width and height of less than or equal to 60 mm, and a length of less than 125 mm NIST conducted market research from February through May of 2025 by attending conferences, speaking with colleagues, performing internet searches, and speaking with vendors to determine what sources could meet NIST�s minimum requirements. The results of that market research revealed that only Pembroke Instruments, LLC appears to be capable of meeting NIST�s requirements. HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE In responding to this notice, please DO NOT PROVIDE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Please include only the following information, readable in either Microsoft Word 365, Microsoft Excel 365, or .pdf format, in the response. Submit the response by email to the Primary Point of Contact and, if specified, to the Secondary Point of Contact listed at the bottom of this notice as soon as possible, and preferably before the closing date and time of this notice. Provide the complete name of your company, address, name of contact for follow-up questions, their email, their phone number and, if your company has an active registration in https://sam.gov, your company�s Unique Entity ID (UEI). 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. Identify any aspects of the description of the requirements in the BACKGROUND section above that could be viewed as unduly restrictive or create unnecessary barriers that adversely affect your firm�s ability to fully participate in a procurement for such services and explain why. Please offer suggestions for how the requirements could be organized or structured to encourage the participation of small businesses. For the NAICS code Indicate whether your company is (a) a small business or (b) other than small business.? See the Table of Small Business Size Standards and the associated .pdf download file for small business size standards and additional information. If you believe the NAICS code listed in this notice is not the best NAICS code for the type of product addressed in this notice, identify an alternative NAICS code that you believe would be more appropriate for the planned procurement.? If your firm has existing Federal Supply Schedule contract(s) or other contracts for products or services against which the Department may be able to place orders, identify the contract number(s) and other relevant information. Describe your firm�s experience (as a prime, subcontractor, or consultant) providing the products or services described in Background section. Provide any other information that you believe would be valuable for the Government to know as part of its market research for this requirement. Please let us know if you would like to engage to get a better understanding of the requirement or need additional information about the Government�s requirement for the products or services described in the Background section.? QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE Questions regarding this notice may be submitted via email to the Primary Point of Contact and the Secondary Point of Contact listed in this notice. Questions should be submitted so that they are received by 12:00pm Eastern Time on August 11, 2025. Questions will be anonymized and answered via sources sought notice amendment following the question submission deadline. IMPORTANT NOTES The information received in response to this notice will be reviewed and considered so that the NIST may appropriately solicit for its requirements in the near future. This notice should not be construed as a commitment by the NIST to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. This notice is not a request for a quotation. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotations. No award will be made as a result of this notice. NIST is not responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice. NIST reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and appropriate. Thank you for taking the time to submit a response to this request.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/1a6b1a1fde604fc39cb7c101bf6b8ebd/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA

Zip Code: 20899

Country: USA
 

Record

SN07536352-F 20250807/250805230043 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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