SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Upgrade to Spectral SR-3500- Instrument #8003
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2012
- Notice Type
- Special 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, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB685030-12-02901
- Archive Date
- 6/19/2012
- Point of Contact
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN GANEY, Phone: 3019756205, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
christopher.ganey@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
(christopher.ganey@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FBO ANNOUNCEMENT: PRESOLICITATION NOTICE ACTION CODE: <PRESOL> CLASSIFICATION CODE: 66 - Laboratory Equipment and Supplies SUBJECT: Upgrade to Spectral SR-3500- Instrument #8003 SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB685030-12-02901 RESPONSE DATE: June 4, 2012 CONTACT POINTS: Chris Ganey, Contract Specialist, 301-975-6205 Todd Hill-, Contracting Officer, 301-975-8802 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 Spectral Evolution of North Andover, MA for the upgrade of a Spectral Evolution SR-3500- Instrument #8003 9 instrument under other than full and open competition by the authority of FAR subpart 13.106(b)(1). Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements: A sole source determination is based on the following: Only Spectral Evolution can meet the NIST technical requirements. Specifically no other vendor can meet the NIST requirements for: Upgrade to a Spectral Evolution SR-3500- Instrument #8003 instrument: The requirement is for an upgrade to a Spectral Evolution SR-3500 #8003 instrument. The standard product line does not include temperature control for the detector element in the visible spectrograph (there are three spectrographs in the SR-3500). This procurement will result in the SEI making the modification that will result in temperature control of the silicon detector array. Only Spectral Evolution can do the upgrade. There are no other re-sellers. Spectral Evolution is the sole distributor of the SR-3500- Instrument #8003 instrument. Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD. 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 12:00 p.m. (EST) on June 4, 2012. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to Christopher.ganey@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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