SOLICITATION NOTICE
49 -- NOTICE OF INTENT
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- 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
- NB681140-11-04007
- Archive Date
- 7/21/2011
- Point of Contact
- Lynda M Roark, Phone: 3019753725, Patrick K Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with FEI Company of Hillsboro, OR, for the acquisition of a Service Contract for an existing HeliosNano Lab 600, to be used by the Mechanical Metrology Division at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD. The Mechanical Metrology Division (MMD) of the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) utilizes an FEI Helios NanoLab Dual beam Scanning Electron Microscope. The microscope is equipped with a Side Winder FEG type ion optical column, an Elstar electron optical column, a high accuracy laser interferometer sample stage, a cryo-sample stage, an energy dispersive micro analyzer, and other essential detectors and measurement systems. The microscope has shown excellent imaging resolution and is very capable of providing needed information and carrying out measurements and calibrations on various samples of the above mentioned division. In order to ensure the performance of the FEI Helios, a maintenance contract must be maintained. FEI Company is the sole source for the maintenance contract. All equipment being covered under the service agreement are commercial items. FEI has proprietary rights to the technology which governs the hardware and software. FEI Company guarantees the full system performance of the instrument. A potential source would have to possess proprietary knowledge of the FEI equipment. No other vendor possesses the knowledge to provide the required service and maintenance. No other vendor has rights to FEI's proprietary hardware and software. FEI has no distributors. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219, and the size standard is $7M. 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 be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by July 6, 2011 will be considered by the Government.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN02478996-W 20110624/110622234357-028b7f9e6795221981e1c553dbb2a738 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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