SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- HELIUM REFRIGERATOR - Specifications for a Helium Refrigerator
- Notice Date
- 11/28/2011
- 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-12-SS03
- Archive Date
- 12/29/2011
- Point of Contact
- Judy K. Pace, Phone: 3019752752, Patrick K Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
judy.pace@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(judy.pace@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Specifications for Helium refrigerator The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a Helium Refrigerator. This Helium Refrigerator is to be used at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD USA in the Low Background Infrared (LBIR) facility. The LBIR facility currently has a Linde Model RS helium compressor and a Linde Model RSX helium compressor which are used to provide the input gas to the refrigerator. The requirement must be compatible and able to interface with the existing hardware. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed for a Helium Refrigerator 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. See attachment for specifications for the Helium Refrigerator. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources. 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 equipment are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to judy.pace@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 judy.pace@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.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/AMD-12-SS03/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN02629504-W 20111130/111128234158-a5b3fb7ea63216161a85d145bacebefd (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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