SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Plasma Cleaning System - REQUEST FOR QUOTE
- Notice Date
- 2/26/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- 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 B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- NB620010-15-01425
- Archive Date
- 3/27/2015
- Point of Contact
- Ranae M. Armstrong, Phone: 3019758088, Harry L. Brubaker, Phone: 3019758330
- E-Mail Address
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ranae.armstrong@nist.gov, Harry.Brubaker@nist.gov
(ranae.armstrong@nist.gov, Harry.Brubaker@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- REQUEST FOR QUOTE CLASSIFICATION CODE: 66- Laboratory Equipment and Supplies TITLE: Plasma Cleaning System SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB620010-15-01425 RESPONSE DATE: March 12, 2015 CONTACT POINTS: Ranae Armstrong, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-8088 Harry Brubaker, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-8330 DESCRIPTION: THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR A SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 13.1 -AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THE SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-79. 1352.215-72 INQUIRIES (APR 2010) Offerors shall submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to Ranae Armstrong at ranae.armstrong@nist.gov. Questions should be received no later than 5 calendar days after the issuance date of this solicitation. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract. (End of Provision) The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business. In accordance with the non-manufacturer rule, the contractor shall be a small business under the applicable size standard and shall provide either its own product or that of another domestic small business manufacturing or processing concern. See FAR 19.102(f) for additional information. DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a Plasma Cleaning System at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD. BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) is issuing this solicitation for the purchase of two Downstream Plasma Cleaning Systems to support nanofabrication in the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) user facility. The systems will be used as a shared resource to remove hydrocarbon contamination from the inside of electron and ion microscope chambers, sample holders and samples. These microscopes are accessible to researchers from industry, academia, NIST, and other government agencies in the CNST NanoFab. GENERAL DESCRIPTION Downstream or remote plasma cleaning is used to remove hydrocarbon contamination from the inside of electron beam and ion beam microscope chambers, sample holders and samples. The contamination forms from the breakdown of contaminants such as lubricants, vacuum grease, contaminated samples and untreated air. The breakdown of these contaminants form deposits on the sample surface and exposed instrument components while imaging, thereby reducing image contrast and resolution especially at low accelerating voltages. The downstream plasma cleaner systems shall consist of a portable plasma source, control box, appropriate flanges for connection of the source to the specified microscopes, and the associated cabling and software. The systems shall be portable, and capable of being easily removed from one microscope and installed on another microscope. The plasma cleaning systems shall be capable of igniting and maintaining the plasma with the vacuum pressures inside the electron and ion beam microscope chambers with the turbo molecular pumps on. We are looking for three downstream plasma cleaning systems, one for cleaning a Zeiss NVision 40, one for cleaning a Zeiss Ultra 60 and one for cleaning a Li ion microscope based on an older FEI FIB chamber. The system shall meet or exceed the technical specifications identified below. All items must be new. Used or remanufactured equipment will not be considered for award. All Offerors shall provide a quotation for the following line items: Plasma Cleaning Systems. SEE ATTACHED REQUEST FOR QUOTE.
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