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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 20, 2009 FBO #2671
SOURCES SOUGHT

66 -- Nanoparticle Size-Distribution Measurement System - Notice

Notice Date

3/18/2009
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

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

AMD-09-SS20
 

Archive Date

4/18/2009
 

Point of Contact

Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
 

E-Mail Address

todd.hill@nist.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Complete Sources Sought Notice The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a Particle-Size-Distribution Measurement System combining 1) asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation, 2) multi-angle light scattering, and 3) dynamic light scattering in support of the NIST Enabling Devices Group which requires a Soft-Matter Nanoscale-Metrology System to support its work in Nanobiotechnology and Liposome Nanoparticles. The system will comprise three commercial instruments, 1) a Hard-Matter 3D AFM, 2) a Bio-AFM, and 3) a Nanoparticle Size-Distribution Measurement Tool. The types of samples to be measured in this system include soft and hard nano-particles, nano-lines, nano-trenches, nano-tubes, and nano-pores, as well biological surfaces and molecules. The properties of these samples will be investigated in support of Group projects, for possible use as standard reference materials, and to compare the measurement standards and capabilities of the hard-matter and soft-matter nano-measurement communities. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for a Particle-Size-Distribution Measurement System that can meet NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted would be conducted as a small business set-aside. SEE ATTACHED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 

Web Link

FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=3d681441c36a7dc7a915b36ebff10fe3&tab=core&_cview=1)
 

Place of Performance

Address: NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States

Zip Code: 20899
 

Record

SN01772328-W 20090320/090318220648-3d681441c36a7dc7a915b36ebff10fe3 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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