SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Multi-angle Static Light Scattering (MALS) and Quasi-elastic Light Scattering (QELS) Detector Suite
- Notice Date
- 7/25/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-12-RQ-0546-1
- Archive Date
- 8/21/2012
- Point of Contact
- Kim S Stavish, Phone: 301-975-2672, Cheryl Rice, Phone: 3019753696
- E-Mail Address
-
kim.stavish@nist.gov, cheryl.rice@nist.gov
(kim.stavish@nist.gov, cheryl.rice@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a Multi-angle Static Light Scattering (MALS) and Quasi-elastic Light Scattering (QELS) Detector Suite. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for the MALS QELS Detector Suite that can meet NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. NIST has a need for one (1) Multi-angle Static Light Scattering (MALS) and Quasi-elastic Light Scattering (QELS) Detector Suite that would meet the following minimum requirements: 1. A light scattering detector which combines the capability to measure static light scattering at a multiplicity of angles simultaneously (i.e., multi-angle static light scattering or MALS) while simultaneously performing quasi-elastic light scattering (QELS) measurements on the same sample, where the light determinations may need to be done at varying angles depending on sample size and shape. 2. The MALS detector must have the ability to determine scattered light at eighteen (18) different angles simultaneously and to perform depolarization measurements. 3. The detector shall be usable in both on- and off-line modes (i.e., both coupled to and decoupled from a separation system). 4. The cell shall be removable and have a retainer that allows for the placement of filters to perform depolarized light scattering measurements, in either on- or off-line mode. 5. Must have safety features such as vapor sensors and/or vapor leak warnings and indicators. 6. The MALS cell compartment must be able to accommodate the probe of a miniaturized ultrasonic cleaning device, so that dirt particles and bubbles can be removed ultrasonically, without always having to remove the cell form the detector for ex situ clearning. 7. The QELS detector must be able to perform measurements at any of seventeen (17) different angular positions. 8. The QELS software shall allow the user to see the calculated autocorrelation function along with the experimental data which the function is fitting. 9. NIST requires a Peltier-driven temperature regulation which must allow measurements from -15 degrees Celsius to 150 degrees Celsius. 10. NIST must have an LCD front panel display that allows the user to monitor in real-time photodiode intensities, laser voltages. 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 provide a Multi-angle Static Light Scattering (MALS) and Quasi-elastic Light Scattering (QELS) Detector Suite are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to kim.stavish@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company that provides a Multi-angle Static Light Scattering (MALS) and Quasi-elastic Light Scattering (QELS) Detector Suite for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(ies) that are authorized to provide a Multi-angle Static Light Scattering (MALS) and Quasi-elastic Light Scattering (QELS) Detector Suite, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Indication of whether the Multi-angle Static Light Scattering (MALS) and Quasi-elastic Light Scattering (QELS) Detector Suite for which specifications are sent to kim.stavish@nist.gov are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 4. 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 1. Kim Stavish, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-2672, Email: kim.stavish@nist.gov
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
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