SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Direct Analysis Real Time Mass Spectrometer - Sources Sought
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2013
- 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-SS48
- Archive Date
- 7/13/2013
- Point of Contact
- Eric Bubar, Phone: 3019753635
- E-Mail Address
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eric.bubar@nist.gov
(eric.bubar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Direct Analysis Real Time Mass Spectrometer Sources Sought The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Materials Measurement Science Division (MMSD) provides the measurement science, measurement standards, and measurement technology required to enable world-leading characterization of materials in support of the nation's needs for the determination of the composition, structure, and properties of materials. In partnership with U.S. industry, government agencies and other stakeholders, the Division develops state-of-the-art instrumentation, methods, models and software to accurately and precisely measure materials over a range of length and time scales. The Division provides benchmarking and validation of emerging materials analysis methods, and disseminates reference materials, standards and scientific data to foster innovation and advance a wide range of technologies, such as those for public safety, forensics, homeland security and nanomanufacturing. The Analytical Microscopy Group (AMG) within the MMSD conducts research on the chemical and structural properties of matter by applying various ion and photon based microscopies whose resolution range from micrometers to nanometers providing spatially resolved elemental, isotopic and molecular information. The AMG also applies analytical microscopy methods to problems in materials science, semiconductor technology, bioscience, environmental science, and homeland security. In order to meet its mission requirements, the NIST AMG seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a research-grade analytical instrument capable of advanced analytical methods and measurement capabilities for explosives and narcotics in supporting our forensic and homeland security programs. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, and specifications developed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order for a direct analysis real time mass spectrometer. 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. NIST has a need for a new direct analysis real time mass spectrometer that would meet the following requirements: 1. Mass Spectrometer: The system shall include a time-of-flight mass spectrometer with an ion transmission guide, ion accelerator, reflectron analyzer, ion detection unit and control system. The spectrometer shall accommodate both positive and negative detection with a mass range of at least 10 amu to 10,000 amu. The system shall also include turbomolecular pumps with controllers, roughing pumps and appropriate vacuum isolation valves. 2. Ion sources: The system shall include a Direct Analysis Real Time (DART) ion source. The DART source is an atmospheric pressure ion source that instantaneously ionizes gases, liquids and solids in open air under ambient conditions via a metastable ion gas stream. All appropriate hardware such as controllers for operation of gas flow, temperature and high voltages shall be provided. 3. Windows 7 computer 4. Training a. Two full days of on-site training for 3 NIST employees 5. Testing a. Using standard materials of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroine, ecstasy, RDX, PETN, TNT and HMX, which will be supplied by NIST, the system will be required to detect any of the required analytes in solution. All analytes will be analyzed as single samples. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. 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 and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Companies that manufacture a direct analysis real time mass spectrometer are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to eric.bubar@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 eric.bubar@nist.gov is 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. Point of Contact Eric Bubar, Contracting Specialist, Phone (301) 975-3635, Email eric.bubar@nist.gov
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