SOLICITATION NOTICE
68 -- Helium
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 325120
— Industrial Gas 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, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB686040-12-05857
- Archive Date
- 9/7/2012
- Point of Contact
- Leonard Spakow, Phone: 3034975270
- E-Mail Address
-
leonard.spakow@nist.gov
(leonard.spakow@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate a firm-fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Linde Electronics and Specialty Gasses, Stewartsville, NJ.under other than full and open competition. NIST cites FAR 6.302-1(a)(2) (see excerpt below) as primary rationale for Sole Source Determination. (2) Only one responsible source and no other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Sole Source determination is based on the following: In order to achieve the highest level of site specific sample preparation, the hardware and software being sought must interface and be compatible with the original equipment (manufactured by Carl Zeiss in both cases) and provide dual scan generators for the dual beam so that one may image using only electrons at the same time the instrument is milling using Ga Ions. In addition, a small dwell time of 100 nanoseconds is required to remove only the smallest amount of material for the finest milling. In addition, the creation of milling patterns in real time is required, that is the milling shapes must be defined directly on a real time acquired image.As a result, Helium-3 gas: 22 liters 99.9% atom % purity is uniquely qualified to satisfy the Government's minimum requirements. Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Boulder, CO, No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by the response date above. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to leonard.spakow@nist.gov. No telephone requests will be honored. 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 normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
- Record
- SN02840018-W 20120817/120815235459-9a380e42c893dca45b91a71cee6001d6 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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