SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- RECOVERY - Neutron Imaging Detector System
- Notice Date
- 11/12/2009
- 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-SS37B
- Archive Date
- 12/8/2009
- Point of Contact
- Paula Wilkison, Phone: 301-975-8448, Patrick K Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RECOVERY - Any award resulting from this Sources Sought Notice is anticipated to be funded by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a Large Format, High Speed, High Resolution Neutron Imaging Detector System in support of projects in NIST’s Physics Laboratory. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for a Large Format, High Speed, High Resolution Neutron Imaging Detector System that can meet NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. NIST has a need for a Large Format, High Speed, High Resolution Neutron Imaging Detector System that would meet the following requirements: A.Detector Electronics Performance 1.A field of view that is 10 cm by 10 cm, plus or minus 1 cm on each side. 2.A detector spatial resolution better than 20 micrometers, as measured with neutrons, where the spatial resolution is defined from the point at which the modulation transfer function reaches 10 % of its maximum value (10 % MTF). 3.The dead time correction of the readout electronics must be less than 10 % for a global random event rate of 4 MHz, while maintaining a spatial resolution of 20 micrometers at 10 % MTF. 4.The intrinsic noise of the detector must be less than 0.75 events per second per squared centimeter. 5.Must be provided with all necessary readout electronics. 6.A pixel pitch of 10 micrometers or less. 7.The closest approach to the front face of the neutron sensitive element of the detector will be no more than 1 cm. The detector housing will be less than 30.5 cm (12 inches) in diameter, and less than 5 cm (2 inches) in width. The detector housing will have tapped holes for 1/4-20 bolts (quarter-twenty) along the circumference or on the back of the housing for mounting. Required electronics may extend beyond the specified detector housing volume, but must be able to be shielded from the incident and scattered neutron beam. 8.Image acquisition must be computer controlled. Control includes setting an arbitrary image acquisition time, setting the pixel pitch and image size, and initiating image acquisition through either ActiveX controls, macro scripts, text file communication, or other appropriate means. The image acquisition software will be able to save images in either the FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) or TIF (Tagged Image Format) file formats as 8-bit and 16-bit integers. The image acquisition software will run natively in Windows XP. B.Neutron Sensitive Component 9.A thermal neutron (neutron energy of 25 meV (millielectron volts)) detection efficiency of at least 15 %. 10.Neutron sensitive portion has a minimum lifetime of 1000 hours in a neutron beam with a fluence rate of 1,000,000 per squared centimeter per second. 11.The neutron sensitive portion of the detector will be able to be separated from the readout electronics (such as ancillary signal processing equipment such as NIM modules and/or a computer) with cables up to 10 meters in length. This separation is required to keep the electronics out of a high radiation area. 12.One billet each of three different sets of MCP (multichannel plate) neutron conversion plates, with a yield of 5 to 10 finished MCP neutron conversion plates per billet. The characteristics of each set of the neutron conversion plates are: a.Set 1: 25 mm diameter field of view, 10 micrometer diameter pores, enabling less than 25 micrometer spatial resolution at 10 % MTF. b.Set 2: 40 mm diameter field of view with 6 micrometer pore diameter, enabling less than 15 micrometer spatial resolution at 10 % MTF. c.Set 3: 100 mm by 100 mm field of view with 8 micrometer pore diameter, enabling less than 20 micrometer spatial resolution at 10 % MTF. 13.Prior demonstration of a detector with 10 % deadtime at 1 MHz random event rates, better than 20 % thermal neutron (25 meV neutron energy) detection efficiency, and less than 20 micrometer spatial resolution. Please include a description of these components and all necessary equipment in order to have a complete user instrument. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 334516, as those domestic sources having 500 employees or less. Please include your company’s size classification in any response to this notice. Companies that manufacture Large Format, High Speed, High Resolution Neutron Imaging Detector Systems are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to paula.wilkison@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company that manufactures the specimen handlers for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(ies) that are authorized to sell the specimen handlers, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Indication of number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of such systems. 4. Indication of whether each instrument for which specifications are sent to paula.wilkison@nist.gov are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
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