SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- 66-Ion Laser System Upgrade
- Notice Date
- 3/17/2005
- 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
- Reference-Number-05-836-7172
- Response Due
- 3/25/2005
- Archive Date
- 4/9/2005
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the Process Measurements Division, intends to negotiate on a sle source basis under authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1), with Cambridge Laser Laboratories of Fremont, CA for an up-grade to NIST's exisiting Spectra Physics Model 165 Argon Ion Laser System. The upgrade package will allow the laser system to lase at ultraviolet wavelengths; The laser system currently lases only at visible wavelengths. This upgrade involves modifications to both the laser head and power supply. The up-grade plasma tube must be new and possess specialized Brewster windows. The plasma tube must not be a used plasma tube that has been remanufactured or otherwise refurbished. Sole source determination is based on Cambridge Laser Laboratories holding the sole rights from Spectra Physics for new Spectra Physics ion laser tubes. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations, however, responses received by March 25, 2005, will be considered by the Government. 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: Contractors Site
- Record
- SN00770599-W 20050319/050317211731 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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