SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Field Upgrade (Cold Stage Milling) for Precision Ion Polishing Machine
- Notice Date
- 5/8/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- 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, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-08-RQ-0291
- Point of Contact
- Paula A. Wilkison,, Phone: 301-975-8448, Patrick K Staines,, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Gatan, Inc. of Warrendale, Pennsylvania for the purchase of a Cold Stage Milling Field Upgrade under other than full and open competition by the authority of FAR subpart 6.302-1: Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Metallurgy Department of NIST’s Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory requires a Cold Stage Milling Field Upgrade for its existing Gatan Precision Ion Polishing System. The serial number for NIST’s existing Gatan Precision Ion Polishing System is P2101103. Sole source determination is based on NISTs need for a Cold Stage Milling Field Upgrade to provide liquid nitrogen cooling to the PIPS sample holder that is guaranteed to be compatible with NIST’s existing Gatan Precision Ion Polishing System. Additionally, only the Gatan Cold Stage Milling Field Upgrade is guaranteed to allow the Precision Ion Polishing System to operate at its original performance specifications with no degradation of performance specifications. Since the Gatan Cold Stage Milling Field Upgrade kit components are of a design that is proprietary and unique to Gatan, and meet all of NISTs specifications and requirements, we require this order to be sole sourced to Gatan. Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and be completed in accordance with the Contractor’s commercial schedule. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by 3:00 p.m. (EST) on May 23, 2008. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to paula.wilkison@nist.gov. No telephone requests will be honored. 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 normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20872, United States
- Zip Code: 20872
- Zip Code: 20872
- Record
- SN01569332-W 20080510/080508220522-bf471aacf39bbf5ba91b42dc83e5dcaf (fbodaily.com)
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