SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Multinuclear Broadband NMR Probe and an Automated Sample Changer
- Notice Date
- 4/10/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-001-Hollings
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Lohmeier, Phone: 301-975-8173, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
jennifer.lohmeier@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
- Description
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B125, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640 The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a Multinuclear Broadband NMR Probe and an Automated Sample Changer. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for a Multinuclear Broadband NMR Probe and an Automated Sample Changer that can meet NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. This requirement is for a Multinuclear Broadband NMR Probe and an Automated Sample Changer to be used in the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) facility at the Hollings Marine Laboratory in Charleston, SC. These accessories will provide additional capability in two ares: automated sample analysis and in multi-nuclear NMR research on a wide array of NMR visible nuclei. The required probe will be used for observation of NMR visible nuclei between the frequency of Phosporus-31 and Silver-109, with the possibility of observation of a few nuclei below this frequency range which will be installed on an existing Bruker Biospin Nuclear Magnetic resonance (NMR) instrument at 800 Megahertz (MHz). This probe must interface with the existing equipment. It must work with the control electronics of the existing equipment, including probe identification (PICS), temperature control stability (BTO), automated tuning and matching (ATM) and an actively shielded z-gradient coil. The robotic sample changing devise will be used to provide the capability of automated sample handling and data collection. This device will be connected and interoperate with an existing NMR instrument and it must interface properly with the existing equipment. The sample changer must be under software control from the NMR instrument to properly sequence and handle samples. This involves complex software, electrical and mechanical interconnections. The device must interoperate with Bruker TopSpin software, allow a user to automatically perform experiments on up to 120 samples, allow random sequencing of samples and have the capability through additional add-on accessories (not being procured at this time) for positive sample identification and sample temperature control. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 334516, as those domestic sources having 500 employees or less. Please include your company’s size classification in any response to this notice. Companies that manufacture Multinuclear Broadband NMR Probe and an Automated Sample Changer are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to jennifer.lohmeier@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company that manufactures the specimen handlers for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(ies) that are authorized to sell the specimen handlers, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Indication of number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of such systems. 4. Indication of whether each instrument for which specifications are sent to Jennifer.lohmeier@nist.gov are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Shipping & Receiving, Building 301, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-0001, United States
- Zip Code: 20899-0001
- Record
- SN01551620-W 20080412/080410220421-4313e11197ef0ea700e4019ceaed914d (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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