SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- SOURCES SOUGHT: Superconducting Gravimeter - AMD-13-SS26
- Notice Date
- 2/26/2013
- 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, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-13-SS26
- Archive Date
- 3/27/2013
- Point of Contact
- Paula Wilkison, Phone: 301-975-8448, Patrick Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice AMD-13-SS26 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a superconducting gravimeter. The required superconducting gravimeter is precise enough to measure relative gravity changes at a part in 10 to the tenth/minute and with a relative stability of better than a part in 10 to the ninth/month to provide the future dissemination of mass via a watt balance. The gravimeter will be required to operate continuously for months with little to no maintenance. The gravimeter will be used as part of the NIST Electronic Kilogram project, which provides a link between macroscopic mass and quantum electrical standards through a watt balance that equates electrical and mechanical power to levels of parts in 10 to the eighth. After the redefinition of the International System of Units, the new NIST4 watt balance will provide a direct realization of mass. To realize mass with a watt balance at parts in 10 to the eighth requires the value of gravity to be determined with an uncertainty at parts in 10 to the ninth. To achieve this level of uncertainty for continuous, day-to-day realization of mass with a watt balance requires the simultaneous operation of a robust, relatively maintenance-free gravimeter with the precision to measure relative gravity changes at a part in 10 to the tenth/minute and with a relative stability of better than a part in 10 to the ninth/month. A backup cryocooler system, installation, and training are also required. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for the superconducting gravimeter, 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 results would be conducted as a small business set-aside. PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT AMD-13-SS26 FOR SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE!
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/AMD-13-SS26/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
- SN02996219-W 20130228/130226234429-e02c32b0d06f95e626fab2ae4ab789a4 (fbodaily.com)
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