SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Pulsed Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer
- Notice Date
- 10/26/2010
- 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-11-SS02
- Archive Date
- 11/24/2010
- Point of Contact
- Paula Wilkison, Phone: 301-975-8448, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
paula.wilkison@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
(paula.wilkison@nist.gov, 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 a measurement system for conducting pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance. The measurement system is to be used in the energy research program of the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology. The main purpose of the system is to enable comprehensive nanoscale analysis of nanostructures used for artificial photosynthesis and solar fuels. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for a pulsed EPR spectrometer 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. NIST has a need for a measurement system that would meet the following functional requirements: The EPR spectrometer system shall consist of a new (not used or refurbished) magnet capable of producing magnetic fields of adequate magnitude to permit measurements over a wide range of microwave frequencies in addition to sample temperatures ranging from liquid helium to room temperature. The system must be compatible with optical excitation and monitoring of samples in liquid and solid states. The system must also be capable of detecting weak hyperfine interactions and electron-electron dipolar interactions over a range of interaction distances/strengths. The EPR Spectrometer System shall be equipped with the following capabilities: a. Pulsed microwave bridge for electron-electron double resonance (nanometer distance measurements) and electron-spin-echo envelopme modulation (detection of weak nuclear hyperfine interactions). b. Variable sample temperature for detection of spin centers with a range of spin-lattice relaxation times. c. Multi-frequency bridge for assignment of g and hyperfine anisotropy associated with spin centers. 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 EPR spectrometers are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to paula.wilkison@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 paula.wilkison@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. Contracting Office Address Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B175, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/AMD-11-SS02/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
- SN02316782-W 20101028/101026233816-9f1cb3d2ce4cd16a383eb3909342bbba (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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