SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Notice of NIST's Intent to Negotiate on Sole Source Basis for a PCO-Tech Automated Microscopy System Camera Upgrade - NOI
- Notice Date
- 8/14/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334310
— Audio and Video Equipment 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
- NB643020-18-03206
- Archive Date
- 9/11/2018
- Point of Contact
- Indira Scott, Phone: 3019750420, Wendy Paulo, Phone: 3019753976
- E-Mail Address
-
indira.scott@nist.gov, Wendy.Paulo@nist.gov
(indira.scott@nist.gov, Wendy.Paulo@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOI Notice Type: Pre-Solicitation Response Date: 08/27/2018 10:00 am Eastern Archiving Policy: Automatic, 15 days after response due date Base Notice: Notice of NIST's Intent to Negotiate on Sole Source Basis for a PCO-Tech Automated Microscopy System Camera Upgrade The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with PCO-TECH INC. located at 6930 Metroplex Dr., Romulus MI 48174, to purchase a PCO-Tech Automated Microscopy System Camera Upgrade. NIST's Material Measurement Laboratory's Materials Measurement Science Division (MMSD) conducts research on the development of innovative metrologies and measurement protocols for micro/nano-scale heterosystems analysis. Measurement Techniques are used to determine sample composition as well as structural, electronic, and chemical properties of a wide variety of organic, inorganic and biomolecular systems where materials of interest are typically present as either micro/nano-scale features or monolayer/multilayer films. In order to meet mission requirements, the MMSD has a need for an Automated Microscopy System Camera upgrade to an existing automated slide scanner system originally purchased under SB1341-15-SU-0951. The Automated Microscopy components are an upgrade to a materials screening and microdissection platform used in the development of an automated materials isolation platform. The upgrade is being made to the camera module: PCO-TECH pco.edge 4.2 M. The upgrade to a pco.dimax CS4 will allow for high speed, stroboscopic imaging. To maintain and improve the interoperability of the current system with the new system, NIST requires a 100% compatible upgrade for the existing system in terms of electromechanical coupling, computer control, and automatic module detection (plug-and-play). To achieve the necessary compatibility, a direct upgrade from PCO-TECH is required. The sole source justification is based on the following: PCO-TECH has developed the technology and has proprietary rights to the technology used in the upgrade. The upgrade must be hardware and software (PCO-TECH, SDK kit V1.23_01; PCO-TECH Matlab Toolkit V1.08; and PCO-TECH Camware 4.05_01) compatible with the existing equipment. The existing equipment and technology are proprietary to PCO-TECH. PCO-TECH is the sole US distributor of these upgrades. Market research, found that no third-party vendors capable of meeting the requirement. The resulting purchase order will be a Firm Fixed Price purchase order. The NAICS Code is 334310 with a size standard of 750 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties who regard themselves as capable of fulfilling these requirements are invited to submit responses to the Government for consideration. Responses received by 10:00 AM ET on August 27, 2018, will be considered by the Government. Inquiry POCs: Indira.Scott@nist.gov Primary Wendy.Paulo@nist.gov Secondary National Institutes of Standards and Technologies NIST Acquisition Management Division (AMD) 100 Bureau Dr. Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, MD. 20899-1640
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaitherburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN05036862-W 20180816/180814231555-ce9b90b45ac1371a89c05dcd015b40b1 (fbodaily.com)
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