SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Hexapod Sample Manipulator
- Notice Date
- 11/30/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339111
— Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Brookhaven National Laboratory (DOE Contractor), Brookhaven, PO Box 5000 Bldg. No. 355, Upton, NY, 11973, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- HX115630
- Response Due
- 12/29/2006
- Archive Date
- 1/13/2007
- Description
- The National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory, in conjunction with the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, is developing a new undulator beamline for the characterization of soft condensed matter materials and surfaces. The endstation for the new Beamline X9 will be dedicated to hard x-ray scattering in small-angle and grazing-incidence geometries. As accurate, high-resolution, and robust sample manipulation is a requirement Brookhaven Science Associates requires a Hexapod Sample Manipulator. The Hexapod required is a manipulator built from six linear actuators capable of ?? 50 nm steps, with the six legs pivoting against a base platform and supporting an upper platform. This, acquisition, is a, ??Best Value??, procurement. The utilization of this procedure is expected to provide the greatest overall benefit to BSA/BNL. ??Best Value?? employs a trade off process that permits award to other than the lowest priced offeror or to the highest technically rated offeror. The tradeoff process, associated with Best Value involves a comparative weighing of the evaluation factors and sub-factors identified in the Request for Proposals (RFP). Specifically, the trade off process involves selecting the most advantageous offer based upon an integrated assessment of both non-cost/price factors, taken in their assigned relative importance. The following factors, in their relative order of weighting, will be utilized to evaluate the offers: - General Technical Specifications: Submit operating specifications for the proposed Hexapod Sample Manipulator system utilizing the same format (Section and Sub-Section numbering) presented by the specifications contained in the solicitation. - System Support: System support will be evaluated as to the level of warranty and support provided by the offeror and to what extent it conforms to the base requirements of the specification - Performance Risk: Submit references, points of contact and telephone numbers for manufacture of Hexapod Sample Manipulator system or similar systems for the last 3 years. Proposals are due December 29, 2006, by 4:00 PM, EDT, and shall be submitted to Brookhaven Science Associates, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Attention: D. Paveglio, Bldg. 355, Upton, NY 11973, by US mail This RFP has been sent to the following known manufacturers: Minarik Corporation 85 Porter Road Southington, CT 06489 Physik Instrumente (PI) 16 Albert Street Auburn, MA 01501 All other interested manufacturers may download RFP HX115630 from this website.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
- Zip Code: 11973
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 11973
- Record
- SN01188508-W 20061202/061130220221 (fbodaily.com)
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