SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- RECOVERY-ADVANCED NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 4/24/2009
- 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-09-SS40
- Archive Date
- 5/20/2009
- Point of Contact
- Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
todd.hill@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing an advanced neutron radiography system with the ability to spatial resolve features at a micrometer or less for a variety of sample types. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for an advanced neutron radiography system that can meet NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted would be conducted as a small business set-aside. This contemplated procurement is anticipated to utilize Recovery Act Funding if it is determined that responsible sources can satisfy the requirement. NIST has a need for an advanced neutron radiography system that would meet the following requirements: The neutron radiography system should resolve elemental or isotopic features (density or composition) within a sample for a planar view using thermal and cold neutron radiation provided at the NCNR. The resolution in the planar view shall be 1 micrometer or less for 1 or more dimensions. The detection efficiency for neutrons striking the detector and processed by the entire system should exceed 45% efficiency for a thermal or lower energy spectrum. The system should be complete, including all necessary electronics and software necessary to collect data from the imaging device by neutron counting, then record and display the results in near real time at neutron flux rates in excess of 106 n/s/cm2. The neutron sensitive element should be changeable in the detector to adjust the field of view and resolution parameters. The device will allow simultaneous neutron image collection over a field of view with the dimensions of several micrometers by a few centimeters in area. In addition, the device should have the ability to systematically move the sample in a way that larger views can be obtained by mosaic assembly in the software. The system should have the means to hold and unambiguously align the sample with the neutron imaging element(s). The system should accommodate significant variations in sample types and dimensions, e.g. few biological cells to hydrogen fuel assemblies. Therefore the preferred system will have the ability to cool, evacuate, heat, etc. the sample during the analysis. 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 such systems are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to todd.hill@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 system components for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(ies) that are authorized to sell the system components, 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 todd.hill@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: NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
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