SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Fluorescence Spectrometer
- Notice Date
- 4/12/2011
- 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-SS09
- Archive Date
- 5/31/2011
- Point of Contact
- Joni L Laster, Phone: 301-975-8397, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
joni.laster@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
(joni.laster@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for market research purposes. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a fluorescence spectrometer. The fluorescence spectrometer will allow characterization of materials and processes critical to energy conversion and solar fuels and will guide development and innovation of novel energy harvesting/storage materials for emerging energy technologies. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for a fluorescence spectrometer 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. The fluorescence spectrometer shall consist of new (not used or refurbished) parts and be capable of both steady-state and lifetime measurements with the performance requirements and physical characteristics described below: 1.Physical attributes: a.The system must accommodate future options with specifications listed below. b.The system shall not require a dedicated optical table for routine use. The system shall be compatible with attachment/positioning on a breadboard or optical table. c.The system must be compatible with the North American power standard of 110-120 volts at a frequency of 60 Hz. 2.General specifications: a.The spectrofluorometer must be capable of both steady-state and lifetime measurements in the ultraviolet and visible wavelength range using an integrated broadband, continuous light source. b.Ability to routinely and easily add/remove optical filters in the excitation and/or emission light paths is required. 3.The spectrometer must include computer-controlled Glan-Thompson excitation/emission polarizers for UV and visible wavelength steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurements. 4. The spectrofluorometer must be capable of interfacing with additional light sources including LEDs, laser-diodes or lasers with UV and/or visible wavelengths. 5. The excitation and emission monochromators must operate efficiently for highly scattering samples across the UV-visible wavelength range. 6. The spectrometer must be computer controlled and include state of the art computer, monitor, hardware, and data acquisition and analysis software. 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. If two or more small businesses are identified, we will consider a set-aside. Companies that manufacture fluorescence spectrometers, meeting the above technical specifications, are requested to email product literature and a letter describing their technological approach in enough detail to determine whether the fluorescence spectrometer can meet the specifications identified herein to joni.laster@nist.gov no later than the response date for this source sought notice. The letter shall include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name and size of the company that manufactures the fluorescence spectrometer for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of the company(ies) that are authorized to sell the fluorescence spectrometers, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number, and email address). 3. Indication of the number of days after the receipt of the order that is typical for delivery of such fluorescence spectrometers. 4. Indication of whether each fluorescence spectrometer for which specifications are sent to joni.laster@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 finalizing its market research. All documents must be sent to Joni Laster, contract specialist, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640. Email address: joni.laster@nist.gov. Submission must be received not later than 3:00 pm local time on April 26, 2011
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN02422754-W 20110414/110412234628-f1e143d597137e93bcc4f8c0d3bc9406 (fbodaily.com)
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