SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Helium Leak Detector - Notice to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 8/25/2020 4:23:20 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20899
- Solicitation Number
- NB686050-20-03157
- Response Due
- 8/28/2020 9:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 09/12/2020
- Point of Contact
- Patricia Rose, Phone: 3034973106, Angela L. Hitt, Phone: 3034977305
- E-Mail Address
-
patricia.rose@nist.gov, angela.hitt@nist.gov
(patricia.rose@nist.gov, angela.hitt@nist.gov)
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: This requirement is conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.501. �This is a notice of intent to negotiate a sole source procurement only and is not a request for competitive quotations. �However, contractors who want to challenge this sole source must submit a capabilities statement that demonstrates their ability to meet this requirement. The capabilities statement must demonstrate your organizations� ability to provide the product(s) and/or service(s) capabilities as described within this notice, as well as the associated Specifications Document. Only responses received by the time and date specified herein this notice of intent to sole source will be considered by the Government directly to Patricia Rose, Contracting Officer, at patricia.rose@nist.gov and email subject header must include NB686050-20-03157. No solicitation package will be issued. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will typically be considered solely to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement. NIST shall not reimburse for any cost(s) connected with providing the capabilities statement. Therefore, The United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division (AMD) intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis with Laco Technologies. The statutory authority for this acquisition is 41 USC 1901 and FAR 13.501. The requirement is assigned NAICS code 334516 � Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturer, and Small Business Size Standard is 1,000 employees. ������������Requirement/Specifications: Helium Leak Detector �Minimum Leak Sensitivity: better than 5 x 10-12 mbar L/sec Detected Gases: He-4, He-3, H Pumping Speed: > 10 CFM Pump type: Dry scroll Portability: must be mobile/wheeled Test Modes: vacuum/sniffing High-speed pumping mode: Ability to bypass the leak detector manifold to maximize pumping speed JUSTIFICATION: The leak detector selected TVC-HX1-1 (Titan Versa Leak Detector) is a descendent of the Inficon UL1000. Division 686 and 687 both currently own and operate this same model (UL1000). These lead detectors are in heavy use, and we anticipate being able to swap the LACO leak detector with the UL1000 freely as needed to support projects in both divisions. As such, the LACO leak detector listed here can easily replace the UL1000 in critical applications where technical and software compatibility is required, especially in cases where one accesses the detector data using custom researcher-developed code. This should eliminate any necessary time to re-program or adapt to other models or communication protocols. Based on market research there are no other vendors with the system and software compatibility and interchangeability required.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05772169-F 20200827/200825230150 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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