SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Liquid Helium Cryostats
- Notice Date
- 2/24/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- 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
- SB1341-05-Q-0356
- Response Due
- 3/10/2005
- Archive Date
- 3/25/2005
- Description
- 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 a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-27. ****The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is unrestricted and all Responsible Parties may submit a quote. ****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for two (2) Liquid Helium Cryostats suitable for use with cooled infrared detectors. All interested parties shall provide a quote for the following line item: ****LINE ITEM 0001: Liquid Helium Cryostat meeting the following required specifications: **Cryostat shall have a liquid helium hold time not less than 2 weeks on a single fill when the optical ports are blanked-off and there is no wiring. The liquid helium capacity shall be at least 4 liters. The liquid helium cryostat shall be capable of evacuation down to 24 Torr while containing liquid helium. There is no hold time requirement liquid helium is below atmospheric pressure. **Cryostat shall have a liquid nitrogen reservoir with a hold time of at least 36 hours. The nitrogen capacity shall be at least 4 liters; **Cryostat shall have a 4 K, gold plated work surface of at least 6 inches (152 mm) in diameter with holes containing stainless steel threading for a screw of size number 6 (or M4) or larger. The work surface shall have perpendicular free space (head room) of at least 2.5 inches (63.5 mm). The work surface and perpendicular free space shall constitute a working volume. The working volume shall be enclosed by two nested radiation shields, one attached to the liquid He stage and one attached to the liquid N2 stage. These radiation shields shall be fasted to their respective stages such that their temperatures are not more than 20K higher than their respective stages under typical operating conditions. **Cryostat shall have an additional single-layer radiation shield in between the liquid nitrogen and liquid helium stages. This shield does not need to enclose the working volume; **All materials within the cryostat shall be compatible with high vacuum (10^-6 Torr). For example, intermediate radiation shields shall not be made of metalized polyimide. In addition the vacuum space shall contain no gettering material. **All enclosed volumes shall be vented to allow efficient pump down of the vacuum space. All blind tapped holes in vacuum shall be vented. The working volume and the volume between the liquid N2 and liquid He shall be vented when all optical access ports are blanked off such that light can not pass directly through the vents, with the goal of keeping the working volume background radiation level close to 4 K when all optical access ports are blanked off. **The vacuum vessel shall have 4 equally spaced optical access side ports able to hold 2 inch (50.8 mm) diameter vacuum windows. The optical axis shall be less than 4 inches (102 mm) from the cryostat bottom (excluding a removable stand). Optical access side ports that are made through any intermediate radiation shielding shall have mounts such that filters and aperture discs can be firmly mounted in them and they shall be made incrementally smaller, such that filters and aperture discs can be removed to the outside without disassembling the cryostat body. The optical access ports on the liquid He radiation shield surrounding the working volume shall have an optical clearance of no less than 0.5? diameter; **The Cryostat shall have the following safety features: a. A safety relief valve (or blow-off plate) on the vacuum space; b. A non-return valve for the helium exhaust; c. A non-return valve for the nitrogen exhaust; **Cryostat shall have an outer body diameter of 12 inches (305 mm) or less, and a body height (excluding stand and pumping ports) of 24 inches (610 mm) or less; **Delivery of the complete cryostat shall be required in not more than 12 weeks from receipt of order. **The cryostat shall come with a minimum of one year warranty coverage. This shall include all parts and labor. ****DELIVERY SHALL BE FOB DESTINATION and shall be completed in not more than 12 weeks from receipt of order. The Contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. The Contractor shall deliver to NIST, Building 301, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. *****Award shall be made to the Offeror whose quote offers the best value to the Government, technical, past performance, past experience; and price considered. ****The Government will evaluate information based on the following evaluation criteria: 1) Technical Capability factor "Meeting or Exceeding the Requirement," 2) Past Performance; 3) Past Experience; and 4) Price. Technical Capability, Past Performance, and Past Experience when combined, shall be more important than Price. ****Evaluation of Technical Capability shall be based on the information provided in the quotation. Quotations shall include the documentation or other product literature, which CLEARLY DOCUMENTS that the offered product meets or exceeds the specifications stated above. In determining best value, the Government will give strongest consideration to: optical access and cryogen hold time. ****Past Performance will be evaluated to determine the overall quality of the product and service, provided by the Contractor. Evaluation of Past Performance shall be based on information obtained from the references provided IAW FAR 52.212-1(b)(10) and/ or information provided by NIST or its affiliates. Quoters shall provide a list of at least THREE (3) REFERENCES to whom the same or similar products have been sold. The list of references shall include, at a minimum: The name of the reference contact person and the company or organization; the telephone number and email address of the reference contact person; the contract or grant number; the amount of the contract and the address and the telephone number of the Contracting Officer if applicable; and the date of delivery or the date services were completed. ****Past Experience will be evaluated to determine the degree of the vendor?s experience in successfully providing comparable cryostats for the types of applications described herein. Information on past experience may be obtained from references. ****Past Performance, Past Experience, and Price shall be evaluated only on quotations determined to be technically acceptable in accordance with the technical capability factor. The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at www.acqnet.gov/far. The following provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications?Commercial Items. If paragraph (j) of the provision is applicable, a written submission is required. ****The following clauses apply to this acquisition: Clauses: 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003); 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions?Commercial Items: 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items, including subparagraphs: (14) 52.212-3 Convict Labor; (15) 52.222-19 Child Labor ? Cooperation With Authorities And Remedies; (16) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; (17) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (18) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; (19) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (20) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; (24) (i) 52.225-3, Buy American Act?Free Trade Agreements?Israeli Trade Act (Jan 2004) with Alternate I; (26) 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; (31) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer? Central Contractor Registration (May 1999)(31 U.S.C. 3332); and Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level Above the Contracting Officer, which can be downloaded at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm. ****All Parties shall submit the following: 1) Two (2) copies of a quotation which addresses all Line Items; 2) Two (2) copies of the technical description and/or product literature; 3) Two (2) copies of Past Performance References List; 4) Two copies of the Past Experience Documentation; 5) Two (2) copies of the description of commercial warranty; and 6) Two (2) copies of the most recent published price list(s). ****All quotes should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Logistics Division, Attn: Erin M. Schwam, Building 301, Room B175, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640. ****Submission must be received by 3:00 p.m. local time on March 10, 2005. All questions should be addressed in writing (via email) to the Contract Specialist at Erin.Schwam@nist.gov. FAXED AND EMAILED QUOTATIONS SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301 Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN00757565-W 20050226/050224211848 (fbodaily.com)
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