SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- SOLAR TRACKER AND DUAL-CAVITY DESIGN PYRHELIOMETERS SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 5/18/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device 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
- AMD-12-SS26
- Archive Date
- 6/13/2012
- Point of Contact
- Paula Wilkison, Phone: 301-975-8448, Patrick K Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a solar tracker and compatible, dual-cavity design pyrheliometers system. The Sensor Sciences Division of NIST's Physical Measurement Laboratory has a requirement for a solar tracker and pyrheliometers to be used for outdoor measurements of the total terrestrial solar irradiance. The system shall be repeatable and be able to be characterized for the lowest uncertainties in the measurements. The solar tracker and pyrheliometers must be compatible. A key requirement is that the pyrheliometers must be of a dual-cavity design for optimum stability and compensation from the changes in the temperatures of the surroundings. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for a solar tracker and pyrheliometers that can meet NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted would be conducted as a small business set-aside. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 334516, as those domestic sources having 500 employees or less. Please include your company's size classification in any response to this notice. Companies that manufacture such solar tracker and pyrheliometer systems are requested to email a detailed report describing their capabilities to paula.wilkison@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 of the company that manufactures the system components for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(ies) that are authorized to sell the system components, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Indication of number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of such systems. 4. Indication of whether each instrument for which specifications are sent to paula.wilkison@nist.gov are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research. Point of Contact Paula Wilkison, Contracting Specialist, Phone (301) 975-8448, Email paula.wilkison@nist.gov
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/AMD-12-SS26/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
- SN02752161-W 20120520/120518235851-2cb320cdff150389b7f9d31bacd1a0a0 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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