SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Sources Sought for Upgrading Government Owned Cam Scam Unit
- Notice Date
- 1/6/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - APG (W911QX) Adelphi, 2800 POWDER MILL RD, ADELPHI, Maryland, 20783-1197, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20783-1197
- Solicitation Number
- W911QX-16-T-0010
- Archive Date
- 1/26/2016
- Point of Contact
- Nicole G. Hernandez, Phone: 5756784979
- E-Mail Address
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nicole.g.hernandez2.civ@mail.mil
(nicole.g.hernandez2.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Action Code : SOURCES SOUGHT This is a Sources Sought Notice only. This is not a request for proposal, but a survey to locate potential sources. This Sources Sought does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, Request for Proposals, or a Request for Quotations, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue an order or otherwise pay for the information solicited, nor is it a guarantee of a forthcoming solicitation or contract. It is for market research purposes only. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business, Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors. Small business, Section 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, & EDWOSB businesses are highly encouraged to participate. (2) Date : 1/5/2016 (3) Classification Code : 66 (4) NAICS Code: 333314 (5) NAICS Size Standard: 500 employees (6) Contracting Office Address: 2800 Powder Mill Road Bldg. 601 Adelphi, Maryland 20783 (7) Subject: Sources Sought for Upgrading Government Owned Cam Scam Unit (8) Proposed Solicitation Number: W911QX-16-T-0010 (9) Sources Sought Closing Response Date: 1/11/2016 (10) Contact Point: Nicole Hernandez, Contract Specialist,nicole.g.hernandez2.civ@mail.mil (11) A. Objective: To find sources that are qualified to meet the supplies/services as listed in section 11B. Note that the specific requirements in section C are subject to revision prior to the release of any solicitation. B. Technical Specifications The Contractor shall provide an Applied Beams, LLC upgrade to the Government owned Cam Scam unit based on the following technical specifications: • Quantitative imaging of absorbed current o Absorbed current subsystem such that pixels in an Electron-Beam Induced Current (EBIC) or Absorbed Electron Image (AEI) image correspond to quantitative values of current. • Automated EBIC subsystem o Fifty (50) leads that shall be fed through the chamber so that the current data can be measured by the AEI subsystem.  An EBIC subsystem in which the multiplex process is automated and controllable from the microscope control software. • User scriptable microscope control software o The principle consideration of any SEM control software is script ability.  The software shall have a public Application Programming Interface (API) against which users can write custom functionality. The control software shall have the capability to execute arbitrary functionality at any pixel of the image. • Automated stage positioning o This functionality allows for automating the measurement of beam current with the Faraday cups on the EBIC stage. o Metadata like the stage coordinates shall be stored in the image file created during the scan. C. Responses: All interested parties should notify this office in writing, mail, fax, or e-mail within the posted date. Responses shall include: (I) To what extent each of the specifications can be met. (II) Include your type of business (i.e. commercial, academia), whether your organization is classified as a large or small business based on the 333314 standard that accompanies NAICS code 333314. If a small business, you must also list any small disadvantaged status you hold [HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), etc.]. (III) Past experience/ performance through the description of completed projects. (12) Responses to this sources sought synopsis are due no later than 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 11 January 2016. Electronic submissions can be emailed to Nicole Hernandez, nicole.g.hernandez2.civ@mail.mil. Mailed submissions can be sent to the address in block 7, ATTN: Nicole Hernandez. Questions concerning this sources sought synopsis may be directed to Nicole Hernandez at nicole.g.hernandez2.civ@mail.mil or 575-678-4979. Please be advised that.zip and.exe files cannot be accepted. (13) Place of Contract Performance: N/A (14) Estimated Delivery Timeframe or Period of Performance: twelve (12) weeks after contract award.
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