SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- FT Spectrometer
- Notice Date
- 7/19/2006
- 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
- SB1341-06-Q-0420
- Response Due
- 8/11/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/26/2006
- 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 BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR SUBPART 13.5 TEST PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-11. 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 being procured using full and open competition. The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Biochemical Measurements Division requires a Fourier-Transform Raman System operating with a 1064 nm excitation laser. The required system must be built upon a standard FT-IR instrument platform capable of acquiring either FT-IR or FT-Raman spectra. All interested parties shall provide a quote for the following line items: LINE ITEM 0001: Quantity one each Fourier Transform (FT) Infrared Spectrometer, including the following components and meeting or exceeding all of the following required specifications: COMPONENT #1: Interferometer/FT-System 1. System must be configurable as FT-IR, FT-NIR or FT-Raman system with a Beamsplitter, source and detector. Operation as an FT-Raman system and FT-IR system is required; An IR source, beamsplitter, and detector must be included as well as a FT-Raman source (defined below), liquid N2 cooled Germanium (Ge) detector and beamsplitter optimized for use in the 11000 reciprocal cm to 5000 reciprocal cm spectral region. 2. IR Beamsplitter (Potassium Bromide (KBR) or equivalent) MUST BE removable. MINIMUM RANGE 7500 reciprocal cm to 350 reciprocal cm; 3. Beamsplitter for FT-Raman experiments. Material shall be choice of the vendor, however sensitivity must be enhanced in the relevant Raman region (i.e. 11,000 reciprocal cm to 5000 reciprocal cm), removable; 4. All removable beamsplitters must be autoaligned or prealigned and user replaceable; 5. System must have dedicated deuterated trigylcine sulfate (DTGS) detector and air (or H20) cooled IR source for IR operation; 6. System must be capable of being upgraded to NIR operation with 12,000 reciprocal cm to 4000 reciprocal cm minimum spectral coverage using an optional tungsten source, beamsplitter, and dedicated detector. Suitable detectors that must be available as options are Ge, InSB , or InGaAs detectors. 7. Minimum 0.2 reciprocal cm unapodized resolution interferometer measured line width using fluorescent or calibration pen lamp emission sources; 8. Interferometer Scan rate capable of at least 10 Scans/second with 8 reciprocal cm system Resolution; 9. The accessory ports of the base FT-IR spectrometer must be configurable for use with the required FT-Raman accessory and must have been demonstrably used for this purpose in previous implementations of the spectrometer 10. Macroscopic sampling chamber for IR bench and a separate, dedicated macroscopic sampling chamber for the Raman accessory must be included; 11. Offered system must have the capability to be upgraded, as an option, to utilize either a dedicated FT-IR microscope or a dedicated FT-Raman microscope; 12. Power supply and spectrometer system must operate with standard US power and be compatible with conventional US power receptacles; 13. The interferometer must be capable of acquiring data in both scanning directions (double sided). COMPONENT #2 ? FT Raman Module 1. Must be a liquid Nitrogen Cooled Ge detector. Dewar hold time must be at least 48 hours, a 5 day hold time is preferred; 2. Spectral resolution of FT-Raman system must be capable of less than or equal to 0.8 reciprocal cm unapodized resolution. 3. Must include Polarizer and Polarization Analysis Optics; 4. Must include laser beam conditioning optics to defocus beam for attenuation of power at sample; 5. Must include a macroscopic sample chamber; 6. Must have the capability to be upgraded, as an option, for use with a microscope. 7. Must have the capability, as a standard feature, to be upgraded to an optional 2nd laser excitation wavelength. Options must include a choice of either 980 nm (plus or minus 5 nm) or a 785 nm laser. This requirement must have been demonstrably used for this purpose in previous commercial implementations of the spectrometer. 8. Must have the capability, to be upgraded to two detector positions for optional 2nd detector with its own dedicated rayleigh scatter rejection filter; 9. Must include direct (not fiber optic) optical coupling and interface of FT-Raman module to Standard FT-IR spectrometer. 10. Must include nitrogen purgeable spectrometer and sample compartment; 11. Must include a motorized, software controllable XYZ-sample stage for focusing laser onto sample. Minimum 1 cm travel in each direction. COMPONENT #3: Laser for FT-Raman system. 1. Must have a minimum 1.5 watt 1064 nm 0.5 reciprocal cm linewidth, serviceable in the United States; noise less than 0.5 percent RMS from 10hz to 1 GHZ; polarization 100:1. 2. Minimum power 1 watt at sample focus position; 3. Must have the capability, via software control, to continuously vary the power at the sample; 4. Laser must be air cooled and operate with standard US power receptacles and US power. Laser must be serviceable within the continental United States. COMPONENT #4: Rayleigh Rejection Filters 1. Rayleigh rejection filter minimum pass band 70 reciprocal cm from Center laser line, cutoff 50 reciprocal cm desirable; Rejection of rayleigh line, better than optical density of 6. 2. Antistokes capability is desirable. COMPONENT #5: Software 1. Software must be all in one design, i.e. include data acquisition, manipulation, and evaluation in single package; 2. Software must include as standard or upgradeable option, the ability to catalog library spectra and provide spectral searching of user generated spectral libraries; 3. Software must include the ability to perform multivariate analytical analysis of spectral data, including PCA and/or PLS type regressions; 4. Software must include ability to implement custom user algorithms for phase correction; 5. Software must include ability to independently calibrate (change the apparent frequency) of the HeNe interferometer laser as well as separately the Raman excitation laser; 6. Software peak location must include the center-of-mass algorithm as described by ASTM 1421-99 (2004). COMPONENT #6: Electronics The system must include state-of -the art electronics. 1. The analog-to-digital converter must be integrated with the detector to minimize noise pickup; 2. A minimum resolution of 1 part in 2 to the 20th power, is required to adequately digitize the point of zero path length difference (ZPD) or zero burst without the use of Gain Switching. It is preferred that the analog-to-digital converter (ADC) have the highest resolution (dynamic range) possible with spectrometer scanning rates of 10-20khz; 3. The spectrometer signal electronics must be fully digital after the conversion of the interferometer signal in the ADC. LINE ITEM 0002: TRAINING. The Contractor shall schedule and facilitate a training session for two (2) NIST personnel, on-site at NIST Gaithersburg. The training shall provide a thorough demonstration of all equipment functions, equipment operation and basic troubleshooting. LINE ITEM 0003: INSTALLATION. The Contractor shall provide installation for the equipment. Installation shall include, at a minimum, uncrating/unpackaging of all equipment, set-up and hook-up of all equipment, turn key start-up, demonstration of specifications, and removal of all trash. WARRANTY: The Contractor shall provide, at a minimum, a one year warranty for the equipment. Warranty shall include all parts and labor. The Contractor shall provide a description of the warranty coverage provided for this equipment. The following details must be included: 1. Length of warranty. 2. What is included? (parts, labor) 3. Is the warranty on-site or return to vendor? If on-site - is travel included? If return to vendor - is shipping to and from NIST included? Installation and training must be scheduled, in advance, with NIST personnel. If applicable, training may be conducted immediately following completion of installation. Delivery, installation, and training must be completed not later than 90 days after receipt of order. Delivery terms shall be FOB Destination. FOB Destination means 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. Award will be made to the Contractor whose quote offers the best value to the Government, technical, price, and other factors considered. The Government will evaluate quotations based on the following evaluation criteria: 1) Technical Capability factor: Meeting or Exceeding the Requirement, 2) Past Performance, 3) Past Experience and Price. Technical Capability, Past Performance, and Past Experience, when combined, are equal in importance to price. In determining best value, preference shall be given to systems with the following performance capability or capabilities: A dewar hold time of 5 days; Electronics with the highest resolution (dynamic range); Raleigh Rejection Filters with Anti-Stokes Capability. Evaluation of Technical Capability shall be based on the information provided in the quotation and sample data provided. Quoters shall include the manufacturer, make and model of the product, manufacturer sales literature or other product literature which CLEARLY DOCUMENTS that the offered product meets or exceeds the specifications stated herein. Quoters shall provide the following sample data. Data must be provided at no cost to NIST and must be submitted with the quotation: 1. Calcium carbonate resolution test FWHM unapodized band width of 1085 reciprocal cm band, measured with the highest system resolution; 2. System response: Tungsten white light source, uncorrected at 8 reciprocal cm resolution, from 4000 reciprocal cm to minus 1000 reciprocal cm Raman shift; 3. Air S/N test: 1024 coadded scans at 2 reciprocal cm resolution demonstrating N2 (2329 cm reciprocal cm) and O2 (1538 reciprocal cm) bands full power, no sample, and rotational O2 bands. Past Performance will be evaluated to determine the overall quality of the product and service provided. Evaluation of Past Performance will be based on the references provided IAW FAR 52.212-1(b)(10) and/or the offeror?s recent and relevant procurement history with NIST or its affiliates. Past Experience will be evaluated to determine the degree of experience the Contractor has in manufacturing and supplying similar systems. The Contractor shall describe their previous experience in manufacturing, assembling and providing similar systems, specifically, experience providing FT Raman Modules with 2nd laser excitation wavelength which have been used in previous commercial implementations of spectrometers. The full text of a FAR provision or clause may be accessed electronically at www.acquisition.gov. Click on Federal Acquisition Regulation. The following provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors ? Commercial; and 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items. In accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items, offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://orca.bpn.gov. If paragraph (j) of the provision applies, a written submission is required. The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration; 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: (1) 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; (3) 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (if the offeror elects to waive the preference, it shall so indicate in its? offer); (7) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; (9) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting; (14) 52.222-3, 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; (21) 52.222-39 Notification of Employee Rights Concerning Payment of Union Dues or Fees; (24) 52.225-3 Buy American Act?Free Trade Agreements?Israeli Trade Act; (26) 52.225-13 Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases (E.O. 12722, 12724, 13059, 13067, 13121, and 13129; (27) 52.225-15, Sanctioned European Union Country End Products; and (31) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor Registration. Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level above the Contracting Officer is also incorporated. It can be downloaded at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm All quoters shall submit the following: 1) An original and one copy of a quotation which addresses all Line Items; 2) Two (2) originals of technical description and/or product literature; 3) Test Data; 4) A discussion of past experience; 5) A list of at least three (3) references to whom the same or similar equipment has been provided. The list of references shall include, at a minimum: The name of the reference contact person and the company or organization; the telephone number 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; 6) A description of the commercial warranty. All quotes should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition Management Division, Attn: Carol A. Wood, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640. Offerors shall ensure the RFQ number is visible on the outermost packaging. Submission must be received by 3:30 p.m. local time on Friday, August 11, 2006. E-MAIL QUOTES SHALL BE ACCEPTED. FAX QUOTES SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Ship to Gaithersburg MD
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN01092439-W 20060721/060719220510 (fbodaily.com)
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