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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JULY 27, 2016 FBO #5360
SOLICITATION NOTICE

66 -- Dilution Refrigerator - Combined Synopsis/Solicitation document

Notice Date

7/25/2016
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

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 B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
 

ZIP Code

20899-1410
 

Solicitation Number

SB1341-16-RQ-0605
 

Archive Date

8/24/2016
 

Point of Contact

Forest Crumpler, Phone: 3019756753
 

E-Mail Address

forest.crumpler@nist.gov
(forest.crumpler@nist.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Solicitation document ***NOTE: Please see attached solicitation document for full details*** THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.5 TEST PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS. This solicitation is a request for quotation. The solicitation document incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-88, effective June 15, 2016. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 with a small business size of 1000 employees. This procurement is being competed using full and open competition. 1352.215-72 INQUIRIES (APR 2010) Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to forest.crumpler@nist.gov. Questions should be received no later than 5 calendar days after the issuance date of this solicitation. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract. The backup point of contact is Patrick Staines at Patrick.Staines@nist.gov. (End of Provision) BACKGROUND: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for a Dilution Refrigerator System to support scanning tunneling nanoscale science research at cryogenic temperatures in the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) user facility. The system will be sited in the CNST NanoLab as a resource accessible to researchers in the CNST and to outside users via collaboration to measure a wide range of different materials at the nanoscale. Measuring the properties of new nanostructured materials is a critical part of the CNST mission. A very low noise, low vibration dilution refrigerator system is required to control the temperature and magnetic fields for a NIST custom designed and fabricated scanning tunneling microscope. Measurements will be made at very low temperatures down to 10 mK (millikelvin) and in high magnetic fields. The measurement space for the NIST scanning tunneling microscope (STM) must be ultra-high vacuum (UHV), obtainable at room temperature. The dilution refrigerator shall have a large central axis tube to allow the whole NIST microscope module to be transferred from the top of the refrigerator to the magnet center in UHV. The dilution refrigerator and magnet system will be contained in a cryogenic vapor shielded He dewar, which shall fit in the existing NIST lab space. The design of the system will emphasis low noise and low vibration operation suitable for scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy measurements. This acquisition is for one (1) dilution refrigerator system.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/SB1341-16-RQ-0605/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States

Zip Code: 20899
 

Record

SN04194553-W 20160727/160725235447-f917b1210f11da3316e55aeb1d27600d (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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