SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Residual Gas Analyzers
- Notice Date
- 3/16/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- 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
- NB685070-16-02158
- Archive Date
- 4/12/2016
- Point of Contact
- Cory L. Worley, Phone: 3019753635
- E-Mail Address
-
cory.worley@nist.gov
(cory.worley@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division (AMD) intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with MKS Instruments of Longmont, CO for the purchase of Residual Gas Analyzers (RGA) for NIST's Physical Measurements Laboratory (PML) Sensor Science Division (SSD) Ultraviolet Radiation Group (URG). The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 41 USC 1901 by the authority of FAR subpart 13.501(a). The mission of the SSD is to develop and provide national measurement standards and services to advance physical science and technology in optical radiation, temperature, pressure, vacuum, flow, and related physical phenomena. The SSD advances the measurement science, standards, and applications for sensing optical power, temperature, humidity, pressure, vacuum, flow, and related physical phenomena to support U.S. industry and trade. The Division has institutional responsibility for maintaining two of the seven SI base units: the unit of temperature, the kelvin, and the unit of luminous intensity, the candela. The proposed acquisition is to obtain the required RGAs to support the URG third-generation Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility (SURF III). RGAs are crucial elements needed to prevent permanent damage from contamination to the SURF III storage ring and user instrumentation being calibrated at the facility. Contamination of the optical elements, as well as degradation of the ultra-high vacuum needed for storage ring operation, would be catastrophic and could necessitate that the ring be shut down. This would severely impact the programmatic needs of various other agencies like NASA and NOAA, and result in a very large expense to the Government. The residual gas analyzer shall meet or exceed the following requirements: Performance 1. minimum detectable partial pressure 3 × 10-15 mbar The minimum detectable partial pressure (MDPP) is defined here as the rms noise measured at one standard deviation with an integration time of 1 second. If the vendor uses a different definition, the vendor's MDPP specification must be adjusted appropriately. For example, if the vendor specifies MDPP = 3 × 10-15 mbar at "3 sigma" with an integration time of 4 seconds, the adjusted value will be (3 × 10-15 mbar) × (1/3) × (4/1)1/2 = 2 × 10-15 mbar. 2. mass range 200 amu 3. mass resolution 10 % valley between adjacent peaks 4. fastest data acquisition speed 3 ms/point or faster 5. high mass sensitivity triple-filter analyzer 6. no vacuum contamination UHV ion source Hardware 7. mounting flange 2.75 inch Conflat 8. overpressure protection filament and electron multiplier 9. communications Ethernet or USB 10. length from tip of analyzer to less than 470 mm end of electronics head Software 11. display analog, histogram, and tracked peaks 12. minimum number of tracked peaks 10 13. command set enables LabVIEW control 14. export format ASCII data Testing and research has found that only one (1) company, MKS Instruments Inc., is available who provides a RGA that meets the above specifications. Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and be completed in accordance with the Contractor's commercial schedule. This requirement is expected to be awarded in April, 2016. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334513, and the size standard is 1,000 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responsible sources interested may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by 1:00 p.m. Eastern on March 28, 2016. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to cory.worley@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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