SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- high precision vacuum weighing system - RFQ NB684070-13-01355
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- 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
- NB684070-13-01355
- Archive Date
- 6/29/2013
- Point of Contact
- Eric Bubar, Phone: 3019753635, Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
eric.bubar@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov
(eric.bubar@nist.gov, todd.hill@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RFQ NB684070-13-01355 high precision vacuum weighing system The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) has a requirement for a high precision vacuum weighing system. THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FAR SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS-AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A SEPARATE WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. THE SOLICITATION IS BEING ISSUED USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.5 TEST PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL ITEMS. This solicitation is a request for quotation. The solicitation document incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-66. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334513- Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables. This is a full and open competition. 1352.215-72 INQUIRIES (APR 2010) Offerors must submit all questions concerning this solicitation in writing to eric.bubar@nist.gov. Questions should be received no later than 7 calendar days after the issuance date of this solicitation. Any responses to questions will be made in writing, without identification of the questioner, and will be included in an amendment to the solicitation. Even if provided in other form, only the question responses included in the amendment to the solicitation will govern performance of the contract. The backup point of contact is Todd Hill at todd.hill@nist.gov. (End of Provision) BACKGROUND The measurement of mass in a vacuum environment is critical for support of the experiments involved in the redefinition of the unit of mass, the kilogram. The watt balance experiment (performed at NIST) and the International Avogadro Coordination project will, for the first time in history, define the unit of mass in terms of the Planck constant, an invariant of nature. However, both experiments will take place in a vacuum environment. In order to disseminate the kilogram to the outside world, the physical effects, i.e., the gain and loss of mass due to moving a mass artifact in and out of a vacuum environment must be quantified. The requested system is required in support of a broader NIST program in the Quantum Measurement Division that will a) measure mass in terms of the Planck constant (watt balance); b) develop models for an artifact's change in mass when going in and out of a vacuum environment (mass in vacuum system being requested); c) dissemination of the Planck constant-based kilogram from vacuum to air via a magnetic levitation mass comparison system (currently under development). A critical part of this program is the procurement of a self-contained, high precision mass-in-vacuum system for quantifying the effects of atmospheric contaminants on metallic mass standards. See attachment for further details.
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