SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Inetent to Sole Source to Spex Sample Prep LLC
- Notice Date
- 8/22/2012
- 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, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB639010-12-04739
- Archive Date
- 9/18/2012
- Point of Contact
- Dana Rae Graham, Phone: 3019753978, Andrea A Parekh, Phone: (301)975-6984
- E-Mail Address
-
danarae.graham@nist.gov, andrea.parekh@nist.gov
(danarae.graham@nist.gov, andrea.parekh@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FBO ANNOUNCEMENT: INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE SUBJECT: Procurement of a Katanex K1 Prime NOTICE NUMBER: NB639010-12-04739 RESPONSE DATE: September 3, 2012 CONTACT POINTS: Dana Rae Graham, 301-975-3978, Andrea Parekh, Contract Officer, 301-975-6984 DESCRIPTION: ***The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with SPEX SAMPLE PREP LLC for the Procurement of a Katanex K1 Prime.*** *** The Inorganic Chemical Metrology Group (639.01) of the Analytical Chemistry Division is responsible for development of hundreds of NIST Standard Reference Materials and development of new and improved methods of test for a wide range of materials. To accomplish these tasks, the group maintains a variety of sample preparation equipment to prepare materials for high accuracy measurements. Among the preparation processes is rapid, high-temperature fusion of samples into borate glass beads. The wide range of materials handled in this lab requires the group to maintain a reliable and flexible borate bead machine. For continuity of operations, the group must acquire a replacement machine and transfer the technology to it before the current machine must be decommissioned. The Katanex K1 Prime is the only Fluxer Machine that will meet the Government specifications as follows: 1. Allow the user to observe the progress of a fusion as the program proceeds in real time. Fully enclosed furnace systems are not acceptable. 2. Allow the user to observe a borate fusion progress in a safe manner. For the Inorganic Chemical Metrology Group's applications, the instrument must allow for a Pt/Au cover that is positioned above the open top of the crucible and that this cover has a cut out section allowing viewing. A machine that runs with no cover whatsoever is inherently unsafe to both the operator and the equipment itself because the hot matter will be ejected. 3. The instrument must allow the Pt/Au cover to be positioned directly above the crucible during high temperature operation to capture the ejected matter as an indicator that the fusion program under development is flawed. 4. The Instrument's cover must be an integral part of the system as opposed to an add-on to an existing design implemented for the purpose of making an otherwise inferior product acceptable. ***SPEX SAMPLE PREP LLC is the Sole Source Provider of the Katanex K1 Prime.*** ***Delivery is 4-6 weeks ARO, FOB Destination to NIST, Gaithersburg, MD.*** ***The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516- Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, and the NAICS Small Business Size Standard is 500 Employees.*** ***No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received by September 3, 2012 via FBO. EMAILED RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.*** 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 be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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