SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT
- Notice Date
- 4/15/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- 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 B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-NOI-00950
- Archive Date
- 5/15/2014
- Point of Contact
- Lynda M Roark, Phone: 3019753725, Don Graham, Phone: 3019758567
- E-Mail Address
-
Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, Donald.Graham@NIST.gov
(Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, Donald.Graham@NIST.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.501(a) with Fluke Calibration for the procurement of three (3) Piston Gauge Pressure Systems for the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) at NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland. NIST's PML Sensor Science Division mission is to develop and provide national measurement standards and services to advance physical science and technology in optical radiation, temperature, pressure, vacuum, flow, and related physical phenomena. The strategic goals of the Sensor Science Division: 1. Advance, maintain, and disseminate standards for the kelvin (unit of temperature) and candela (unit of luminous intensity) SI base units and for various optical, humidity, pressure, vacuum and flow quantities. 2. Advance applications of optical, temperature, humidity, pressure, vacuum and flow measurements and sensors in technology areas of national importance, including climate-change research, environmental monitoring, greenhouse gas measurement, defense and homeland security, lighting, astronomy, and health and safety. 3. Build and maintain state-of-the-art measurement infrastructure to meet the emerging optical power, temperature, humidity, pressure, vacuum, flow and related measurement needs of industry, government, and academia. 4. Support international efforts through the Consultative Committee for Photometry and Radiometry (CCPR), for Thermometry (CCT), and for Mass and Related Quantities (CCM), including participating in appropriate measurement comparisons designed to secure the worldwide acceptance of US products and practices that are reliant upon NIST measurements. Fluke Calibration is the sole manufacturer of a highly technical, commercially available, Piston Gauge Pressure Standard System, which includes a proprietary automated mass handler. Fluke has manufactured commercial products that meet the requirements of NIST's PML SSD. In addition to the proprietary automated mass handler that Fluke possesses, they are the sole manufacturer capable of producing the masses out of 316 stainless steel. The automated mass handler robotically loads and unloads the masses onto the piston cylinder assembly, which is a requirement. This unique capability is only available from Fluke. No other manufacturer, worldwide, has the unique automated mass handler required to fabricate the Piston Gauge Pressure System in its entirety. Fluke Calibration is the only manufacturer that can make piston-cylinder assemblies to the dimensional tolerances required. The tolerances on roundness, straightness, and diameter of the piston and the cylinder of each assembly require unique capabilities that only Fluke possesses. In addition to the unique requirements and capabilities, NIST currently has existing piston gauge pressure standards hardware and software that is 100 percent compatible with the Fluke Calibration systems. No other manufacturers software or hardware will be readily compatible with the existing systems. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition 334513, with a size standard of 500 employees. 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 be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by April 30, 2014 will be considered by the Government.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/AMD-NOI-00950/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN03338955-W 20140417/140415234712-10bf689fd704a8957297a17aba57b779 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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