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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 25, 2009 FBO #2617
SOLICITATION NOTICE

66 -- External Scan Switch for FEI Titan Microscope

Notice Date

1/23/2009
 

Notice Type

Presolicitation
 

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

09-02937
 

Archive Date

2/21/2009
 

Point of Contact

Carol A. Wood, Phone: 301-975-8172, Carol A. Wood,, Phone: 301-975-8172
 

E-Mail Address

carol.wood@nist.gov, carol.wood@nist.gov
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)/Acquisition Management Division (AMD), intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, on behalf of the NIST/ Surface and Microanalysis Science Division, with FEI Company, of Hillsboro, Oregon, for an upgrade to NIST’s existing FEI Titan 80-300 Transmission Electron Microscope, manufactured by FEI, Inc. The subject of this acquisition is the purchase and installation of an external scan switch which is a physical upgrade to the FEI Titan 80-300 Transmission Electron Microscope. The switch will enable the control of the instrument by external, third party data analysis packages, which NIST currently owns. Specifically, the upgrade will involve the installation of a new printed circuit board (PCB) to the microscope control hardware and the addition of an external scan switch box that will enable the external hardware to drive the scan coils of the microscope. The existing equipment and the additional equipment are commercial items. FEI has developed the technology and has proprietary rights to that technology. The additional equipment must be hardware and software compatible with the existing equipment. The existing equipment and technology are proprietary to FEI. FEI has no distributors; therefore, they are the only source who can provide this upgrade. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by February 6, 2009, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
 

Web Link

FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d183fb7ec067b90cb6069a6868fe2f51&tab=core&_cview=1)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Ship to:, NIST, Shipping and Receiving, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States

Zip Code: 20899
 

Record

SN01737377-W 20090125/090123224013-d183fb7ec067b90cb6069a6868fe2f51 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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