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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 21, 2006 FBO #1698
SPECIAL NOTICE

R -- Utilization of Transmission Electron microtomography

Notice Date

7/19/2006
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

541690 — Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
 

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

Reference-Number-06-854-4148
 

Response Due

7/25/2006
 

Archive Date

7/26/2006
 

Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the Polymers Division, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 13.106(1) (b), with North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC to utilize the Transmission Electron Microtomography (TEMT), which is a complex, highly specialized and unique technique, within the United States. The TEMT facility located at Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at North Carolina State University is the only known facility that has demonstrated and documented this capability as a research method for polymer thin films utilizing advanced analysis spoftware developed for 3-D image reconstruction and analysis.****The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541690, and the size standard is $6.5M. ****No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations, however, parties authorized by North Carolina State University. that can provide a TEMT facility and technical assistance noted above may respond to this notice to indicate that they can provide it. Such notice shall be provided by July 25, 2006. The Government will then determine whether this procurement can be competed. A determination by the Government whether to compete the proposed acquisition will be based upon responses to this notice.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD

Zip Code: 20899

Country: UNITED STATES
 

Record

SN01092434-W 20060721/060719220506 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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