SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Seeking cables for existing Zeiss Versa XRM500 X Ray microcomputed tomograph - Draft Specification
- Notice Date
- 4/17/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NIST AMD Boulder, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305
- Solicitation Number
- NB647000-17-02231
- Archive Date
- 5/4/2017
- Point of Contact
- Dennis M. Fuentes, Phone: 3034975573
- E-Mail Address
-
dennis.fuentes@nist.gov
(dennis.fuentes@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on vendors that can provide cable connectors to be able to connect to the operating computer as described in the draft specifications. The purpose of this notice is to identify organizations capable of providing the necessary item and meeting the minimum contractor qualifications. BACKGROUND The Applied Chemicals and Materials Division extensively uses its existing Zeiss Versa XRM500 X-ray microcomputed tomograph for a variety of materials-related research, including powder particle shape and pores inside metallic parts. It now wants to be able to extend this system to accommodate experimental equipment inside the instrument, to be able to perform tomography as a function of applied strain via an internal load cell. This equipment involves a cable management system, since the sample revolves in X-ray tomography and any instrument that is applying strain to the sample will rotate with the sample. The cable connecting the internal equipment to the operating computer will also rotate, and so must be managed. An interface kit must also be installed to allow any internal experimental equipment to be properly interfaced with the Versa computers. This procurement does not include any internal experimental equipment such as a load cell, but only the infrastructure that will allow such equipment to be used. This equipment is only available from the manufacturer (Zeiss), since it must be specially adapted to the Zeiss equipment. DESCRIPTION/PURPOSE OF ITEM/SERVICE TO BE ACQUIRED: To accommodate experimental equipment inside the X-ray tomograph, i.e. to be able to perform tomography as a function of applied strain via an internal load cell, requires a cable management system and an interface kit. Samples revolve in X-ray tomography and any instrument that is applying strain to the sample will rotate with the sample. The cable connecting the internal equipment to the operating computer will also rotate, and so must be managed. An interface kit must also be installed to allow any internal experimental equipment to be properly interfaced with the Versa computers, so that experimental measurements like strain can be properly aligned with X-ray scanning. This announcement is not a Request for Proposals or Quotes (RFP/RFQ) and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. The information contained in this notice is DRAFT only and as such, is subject to change prior to issuance of a solicitation. No solicitation is available at this time. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive or non-competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. NIST will use the results of this sources sought notice to determine whether to proceed on a sole source basis or competitively if it is determined that other vendors could potentially meet NIST's needs. This requirement is assigned a NAICS code of 334516 with a small business size standard of 1000 employees. Interested business organizations that believe they are capable of meeting the requirement should submit electronic copies of their capability statement. Please limit responses to four (4) pages or less. Responses should include the following information: 1. Name of company that will provide product. 2. Name of company that will manufacture the product. 3. Spec sheets and examples of products that meet the specifications. 4. Typical lead time to deliver the product after receipt of order. 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research. Any proprietary information should be so marked. The written capability statement should be received by the Contracting Officer no later than 11 a.m. MST Wednesday, April 19, 2017. The capability statement shall identify the business status of the organization.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
- Record
- SN04474407-W 20170419/170417234402-cc4278759b027e89d9725af88e2a0cee (fbodaily.com)
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