SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- System Upgrade
- Notice Date
- 8/5/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation 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 B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-05-846-4432
- Response Due
- 8/12/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/27/2005
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement to upgrade the existing isothermal micro-calorimeter for the Ionizing Radiation Division at its Gaithersburg, Maryland campus. The upgrade consists of using the current computer systems, IMC electronics, and external accessory cooling bath. The contractor is required to engineer a custom measuring unit with a two-cell differential heat flow design with both the sample and reference wells measuring 1.50: in diameter by 2.88? deep. This is an upgrade to existing proprietary equipment and only the manufacturer can provide this upgrade without voiding the existing warranty or risking damage to the equipment. ? NIST intends to enter into a sole source purchase order with Calorimetry Sciences Corporation, Lindon, Utah under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253 ( c) (1) ? only one responsible source. The Government anticipates the award of a fixed price purchase order. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.5 ? Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. Interested firms may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by August 12, 2005, will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a noncompetitive procurement. Written responses to this synopsis are required to contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill this requirement. A request for quote will not be issued.
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN00863240-W 20050807/050805211837 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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