SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Low Temperature Confocal Microscope
- Notice Date
- 3/27/2007
- 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
- LTC118850
- Response Due
- 4/20/2007
- Archive Date
- 5/5/2007
- Description
- BSA has a requirement for a Low Temperature Confocal Microscopy System, a cryogenic system designed for confocal microscopy, optical spectroscopy and related techniques at variable temperatures, and capable for operation at magnetic fields up to at least 9 tesla (T) in a high capacity liquid helium (LHe) bath cryostat. The instrument shall permit diffraction limited laser confocal optical microscopy and optical sectioning, and shall be prepared for optical spectroscopy on individual nanostructures, such as quantum dots, quantum wires, or surface dispersed, fluorescence-labeled single molecules at variable temperatures below room temperature. The control electronics and software shall be capable of confocal microscopy and optical spectroscopy at variable magnetic field, and shall, in the standard configuration, also be capable of scanning probe microscopy (SPM), using optional microscope inserts for the cryostat. 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: Low Temperature Confocal Microscope Technical Specification Compliance 1. General 2.0 Confocal Microscope Sub-System 2.1 Microscope stick with vacuum tube 2.2 Confocal microscopy sensor module 2.3 Laser and detector module 2.4 Sample coarse positioning 2.5 Sample fine positioning 2.6 Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) control electronics 2.7 At least 3 sample holder plates (titanium). 3.0 LHe Bath Cryostat Sub-System with High-Field Magnet 3.1 Six inch bore liquid helium (LHe) bath cryostat 3.2 Variable temperature insert 3.3 Helium level meter with probe 3.4 Cryostat vibration isolation system 3.5 Flexible LHe transfer line, stainless steel 3.6 Superconducting magnet 3.7 Magnet support assembly 3.8 State-of-the-art magnet power supply 4.0 Peripheral Instrumentation 4.1 Mounting platform 4.2 CFM system control electronics 4.3 Host computer/control workstation 5. 0 Expansion Capabilities 6.0 System Support Operating Manuals Warranty and Service Training 7. 0 Performance Risk LT Confocal Microscope production and installations Relevant Experience Quality of Work Timeliness of Performance Proposals are due April 20, 2007 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: Attocube Systems AG Leica Microsytems, Inc All other interested manufacturers may download the RFP LTC118850 from this website.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
- Zip Code: 11973
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 11973
- Record
- SN01259750-W 20070329/070327220250 (fbodaily.com)
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