SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Purchase of Three (3) Nurad Technologies Reflector Assemblies
- Notice Date
- 11/5/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571
- ZIP Code
- 20899-3571
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-04-856-4003
- Response Due
- 11/17/2003
- Archive Date
- 12/2/2003
- Point of Contact
- Joni Laster, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-975-8397, Fax 301-975-8884, - Carol Wood, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-975-8172, Fax 301-975-8884,
- E-Mail Address
-
joni.laster@nist.gov, carol.wood@nist.gov
- Description
- ***The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Nurad Technologies, Inc. in Baltimore, MD for the purchase of Three (3) Nurad Technologies, Inc. Reflector Assemblies, Part Number 948-00360-001 Rev X.******The required Reflector Assemblies are for NIST?s Neutron Backscattering Spectrometer. The Neutron Backscattering Spectrometer currently utilizes a Nurad Technologies, Inc. Reflector Assembly. It has acquired six of these in the past from Nurad. The Nurad Technologies, Inc. Reflector Assembly is a vital component of the Doppler Drive for the Neutron Backscattering Spectrometer, without this special Doppler Drive Reflector Assembly, the Spectrometer would not be operational. This unique device, the only one in the USA and one of only two such devices in the world, is subject, during operation, to incredible stresses. The Doppler Drive Reflector, which has a surface area of approximately two square feet and only weighs two pounds, is subject to 109g (g-force) and cannot deflect more than ten thousands of an inch. The Nurad Technologies, Inc. Reflector is made of composite material to keep its weight down to a minimum compatible with its strength and rigidity. The Reflector Assembly is constructed from graphite and other composite materials. The sole source requirement is based on the need for additional Reflector Assemblies to be 100% compatible and interchangeable with the existing Nurad Technologies, Inc. Reflector Assemblies and the existing computer designed reciprocating cam system designed for the Nurad Technologies, Inc. Reflector Assembly. Nurad Technologies, Inc. does not only hold the propriety rights on the composition of the Reflector Assembly, it also possesses the finite-element analysis results for its design, has the molds necessary to build it and the equipment to accurately balance it.******Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and is required within 12 months after receipt of order.******The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 333314, and the size standard is 500 employees.******No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received by November 17, 2003.******A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition 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: 100 Bureau Drvie,, Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN00465056-W 20031107/031105213402 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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