SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- High Resolution X-Ray Diffraction System
- Notice Date
- 6/18/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Mountain Administrative Support Center, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, CO, 80303-3328
- ZIP Code
- 80303-3328
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NB815040204078
- Response Due
- 7/3/2002
- Archive Date
- 7/18/2002
- Point of Contact
- Susan Labovitz, Contract Specialist, Phone (303) 497-7943, Fax (303) 497-3163, - Brenda Summers, Contract Technician, Phone (303) 497-5588, Fax (303) 497-3163,
- E-Mail Address
-
susan.labovitz@noaa.gov, brenda.s.summers@noaa.gov
- Description
- In the absence of other qualified sources, it is the intent of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the Department of Commerce to acquire a High Resolution X-Ray Diffraction System from Philips Analytical, 12 Michigan Drive, Natick, MA 01760. A high resolution X-ray diffractometer for compound semiconductors is a specialized piece of equipment for analysis of epitaxial thin films and their closely lattice matched substrates. An intense, highly collimated X-ray beam is used to probe a specimen. The Optoeletronics Division of NIST has several ongoing programs requiring high-resolution X-ray diffraction studies of compound semiconductors. Each of these studies requires a different configuration of the high resolution X-ray diffractometer. Therefore, the instrument NIST buys will be required to operate in a wide variety of modes, including line focus and spot focus, with numerous X-ray optics for each. In addition, it will be necessary to switch frequently from one mode to another, in order to accommodate all the programs requiring the instrument. Hence, the instrument must allow for reconfiguration with little time necessary to change the X-ray source, change the X-ray optics, and realign the system after each change. Philips Analytical is the only known vendor, who has developed a unique instrument that exceeds the typical "X-ray diffractometers" to perform a wide array of measurements on compound semiconductors with minimal time required for changing the instrument configuration. Philips Analytical has the only high resolution X-Ray Diffraction System with the following specific features required by NIST: 1) A single X-ray tube source which can be converted from line focus to point focus (or point focus to line focus) with reconfiguration of the X-ray source and optics being achievable in a short time (nominally 15 minutes or less). 2) X-ray optics for high resolution X-ray rocking curves, X-ray reflectivity, triple crystal reciprocal space maps, and rocking curves from small samples with spatial resolution of 1 mm2 or smaller. Interchanging the optics for different measurement modes will leave the system aligned to within 1 micron. 3) Hybrid x-ray optic with parabolic mirror and integral monochromator. This acquisition is for a commercial item for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.302. Interested concerns must submit a written qualification statement that clearly establishes the firm's capability to meet the above requirements. This qualification statement shall be submitted to the individual and office cited above within 15 days from the date this synopsis is posted on the Internet. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received with 15 days after the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract 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.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Philips Analytical, 12 Michigan Drive, Natick, MA
- Zip Code: 01760
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 01760
- Record
- SN00095178-W 20020620/020618213610 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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