SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Recovery - Integrated Glove Box System for the Characterization of Organic Photovoltaic Devices
- Notice Date
- 2/26/2010
- 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
- NB854020-9-04915
- Archive Date
- 3/27/2010
- Point of Contact
- Katrina Van Dopp, Phone: 3019756956, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
katrina.vandopp@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
(katrina.vandopp@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RECOVERY - INFORMATION RECEIVED SHALL BE USED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. THIS PROCUREMENT WILL UTILIZE THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) OF 2009 FUNDING. All responsible sources are encouraged to respond to this notice; however, sources that do not respond shall not be precluded from responding to any subsequent solicitation. Responses from responsible sources should clearly establish the capability of the GLOVE BOXES. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, 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 results would be conducted as a small business set-aside. NIST requires an integrated glove box system for depositing, processing, and testing of organic photovoltaic films and devices in an anhydrous nitrogen environment (<1 ppm O2 and H2O). The system must consist of seven (7) glove boxes connected by vacuum antechambers. The vendor will supply five (5) of the glove boxes along with the integrated equipment listed in the following paragraphs, and connect them to two (2) MBraun glove boxes that already exist at NIST. The vendor must disconnect the 2 existing NIST boxes from each other and reconnect them to the 5 new glove boxes to complete the new 7-box system. Each glove box must be controlled by a programmable logic controller with a touch screen interface and have independent, regeneratable purifier systems. Two of the glove boxes must be compatible with the use of halogenated solvents. The glove boxes will be chamber locked to allow transfer of samples between boxes through the antechambers while avoiding any oxygen or water exposure or transmission of solvent between boxes. Glove boxes with computer controlled equipment will have an integrated computer display and mouse/keyboard attached to the corner of the glove box accessible to the glove box user. All instruments required to accomplish the following activities will be supplied and integrated by the vendor (except as noted) including all required feedthroughs. The first glove box will require a high-performance spin coater, static-free analytical balance for measuring powders, and a heater-shaker for mixing and dissolving solutions. The second box will contain a high-precision, programmable hot-plate and a vacuum oven for annealing samples with highly accurate temperature control. The third glove box will include a high-throughput capability of electrical and photovoltaic testing of devices. This box will require the following instruments: a semi-automated probe station with a motorized stage and a video camera microscope for mounting and testing devices; a computer-controllable, high-precision semiconductor parameter analyzer with multiple source measure units for electrically testing devices; a dielectric and impedance spectrometer and test interface for frequency testing of devices; a 1000W solar simulator with high-uniformity illumination and AM1.5 spectrum output; a computer controlled dual channel source measure unit with multichannel scanner for high throughput current voltage characterization of photovoltaic device arrays; and a computer-controlled, optical fiber-based broadband spectrometer for measuring the absorbance of photovoltaic films and characterizing the spectrum output of the solar simulator. The fourth box will include automated capabilities for measuring the optical properties of films with a fully-automated, computer-controlled high performance, polarized optical microscope with motorized xy stage and a color CCD camera, and a real-time, precision, variable-angle spectroscopic ellipsometer with a motorized variable temperature xy stage. The ellipsometer should be capable of measuring multi-layer polymer/dielectric films on metal and semiconducting substrates with the ability to map small spots for patterned samples. For the fifth box, the vendor must integrate an existing, NIST-owned ink jet printer into the box. All integrated instruments must either be able to operate inside the glove box or have feedthroughs designed to allow testing of the films inside the glove box. 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. Requested Information to be Included in Response to this Notice: 1. Indicate whether your company manufactures or is an authorized reseller/business partner for a GLOVE BOX of any kind and, if so, please provide completed commercial specifications for the GLOVE BOXES that your company manufactures or sells, including the name of the company that manufactures, reconditions, or remanufactures the GLOVE BOXES, where it is manufactured, and detailed functional and performance specifications that the product meets. 2. If your organization is an original equipment manufacturer of GLOVE BOXES, then please provide the name of the company(ies) that are authorized by your organization, as the OEM, to sell your organization's chambers, as well as their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Describe optional items that are available for purchase for the GLOVE BOXES, such as consumables, spares, tools, additional components, ancillary equipment, software licenses, telephone support, etc. 4. Provide past examples of major scientific instruments or apparatus your company has integrated into a GLOVE BOX. 5. If any of the above referenced NIST GLOVE BOXES specifications appear to be unduly restrictive, then please indicate which specification you believe is unduly restrictive and indicate how you believe it could be more competitively worded such that it can be met by more than one GLOVE BOX manufacturer and still meet the definition of commercial item at FAR 2.101. 6. Indicate whether modifications of the GLOVE BOXES currently manufactured or sold by your organization would be necessary to meet Government specifications listed in this notice and, if so, indicate whether those modifications would be considered minor modifications as described in the FAR Subpart 2.101 definition of commercial item. 7. The number of persons currently employed by your company, including parent organization and all subsidiaries (if applicable). 8. Indicate whether the GLOVE BOXES referenced in the response is currently available for ordering form one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts and, if so, provide the GSA FSS contract number(s). 9. Provide any other relevant that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research. Responses to this notice shall be sent by email to Katrina Van Dopp, Contract Specialist Support, at Katrina.vandopp@nist.gov, with cc: to Todd Hill at todd.hill@nist.gov, so that it is received at that email address no later than March 12, 2010. The responses should include responses to the questions listed above.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
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