SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Upgrades for Nanoindenter XP 154
- Notice Date
- 7/3/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NB852090-7-05494
- Response Due
- 7/18/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/2/2007
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with Nano Instruments, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for the acquisition of upgrades to an existing Nanoindenter XP 154 currently in the Ceramics Division at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. *****Sole source determination is based on Nano Instruments being the sole manufacturer of the original equipment and the only vendor capable of servicing and upgrading the equipment. The software required to control the instrument, TestWorks, is proprietary to Nano Instruments. Therefore, Nano Instruments is the only known vendor capable of supplying the required upgrades. ***Delivery shall be FOB DESTINATION and be completed in accordance with the Contractor?s commercial schedule. *** *** As defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, (FAR), FOB Destination means: The contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. The contractor shall deliver all line items to NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-0001. *** *****The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334519, and the size standard is 500 Employees. ******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. *****No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by July 18, 2007 will be considered by the Government.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Shipping & Receiving, Building 301, Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Zip Code: 20899-0001
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20899-0001
- Record
- SN01333647-W 20070705/070703220329 (fbodaily.com)
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