SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- LASER UPGRADE
- Notice Date
- 7/9/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument 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, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB844030805710
- Response Due
- 7/24/2008
- Archive Date
- 8/8/2008
- Point of Contact
- Purchasing Agent, Phone: 301-975-4390, Jennifer Lohmeier,, Phone: 301-975-8173
- E-Mail Address
-
prateema.carvajal@nist.gov, jennifer.lohmeier@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- 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 Coherent Incorporated, of Santa Clara, California, for the acquisition of an upgrade to an existing Dual Laser LPXW used by the Physics Laboratory at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. *****Sole source determination is based on the need for an upgrade to an existing MIRA PICO Laser System. This upgrade requires the replacement of parts to an existing Laser, which will allow the laser to upgrade the emitting pulses from pico-second laser pulses to emitting femto-second laser pulses. This replacement is manufactured by Coherent Incorporated, and is compatible and interchangeable with all of the subsystems currently in use by the Optical Technology Division at NIST. Coherent Incorporated is the only known vendor capable of supplying the required parts for the upgrade. ***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 334516, 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 24, 2008 will be considered by the Government.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN01610022-W 20080711/080709222029-4f31f079eb2e1eb9677e6912e17e346f (fbodaily.com)
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