SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Service Agreement for a Carl Zeiss Scanning helium microscope
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- 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
- NB683030-13-05305
- Archive Date
- 9/7/2013
- 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> SUBJECT: Service Agreement for a Carl Zeiss Scanning helium microscope SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB683030-13-05305 RESPONSE DATE: August 23, 2013 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 Carl Zeiss Technologies of Thornwood, N.Y. for the purchase of a service agreement for a Zeiss scanning helium microscope under other than full and open competition by the authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1). Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements: The activity of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) laboratory of the Nanoscale Metrology group has moved into new territories, which include work on three-dimensional (3D) metrology of nano-particles and milling and deposition of nanometer-scale structures. True nanometer-scale milling and deposition of structures is only possible with a helium ion microscope (HIM) and these techniques are especially important in the development of new nanometer-scale 3D devices. Our Zeiss scanning helium microscope has shown both excellent imaging resolution and the capability to mill and deposit nanometer-scale 3D structures, but without keeping it at its top performance it is impossible to carry out high-resolution measurements, and making devices needed for our research and development. Service and maintenance are indispensable in ensuring reliable and repeatable results of the measurement of the samples and fabrication of various nanometer-scale structures we must deal with. Carl Zeiss NTS, LLC. is only company that makes HIMs and can provide both the necessary parts and the expertise essential for ensuring the needed HIM performance. Parts are proprietary. Due to the commercial and technical reason stated detailed above, Carl Zeiss NTS, LLC is the only source. A sole source determination is based on the following: Only Carl Zeiss NTS can meet our technical requirements. Specifically no other vendor can meet the NIST requirements for: Service Agreement for a Zeiss scanning helium microscope. NIST is the current owner and Zeiss is the original manufacturer of the equipment. This is a highly complex instrument with many proprietary components, which are only available from Zeiss. Therefore, Zeiss is the only company that can supply the maintenance for this instrument. There are no other re-sellers. Zeiss is the sole service provider of the Zeiss scanning helium microscope. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219, and the size standard is $19.mil. 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 August 23, 2013. 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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