SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Spectro-X X-Ray Spectrum Analyzer
- Notice Date
- 3/6/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- 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 B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- 068462121
- Response Due
- 3/16/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/31/2006
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the Ionizing Radiation Division, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis under authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1), with Frank Barker Associates, Inc. of Towaco, NJ for a Spectro-X X-Ray Spectrum Analyzer. Sole source determination is based on the following: RTI Electronics markets the only commercially available system which employs a Compton scatter spectrum unfolding methodology. The Compton Scatter Method is essential to achieve characterization measurements that match calibration conditions. The Compton Scatter Method as implemented by software marketed by RTI has been independently verified to yield accurate results. RTI has proprietary rights to this software, and Frank Barker Associates is the sole US distributor of the RTI system. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by March 16, 2006, 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: Contractor's site
- Record
- SN01000589-W 20060308/060306211654 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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