SOURCES SOUGHT
43 -- high-vacuum turbomolecular pumps and dry roughing pumps
- Notice Date
- 4/25/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333911
— Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing
- 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-14-SS32
- Archive Date
- 5/27/2014
- Point of Contact
- Eric Bubar, Phone: 3019753635
- E-Mail Address
-
eric.bubar@nist.gov
(eric.bubar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Solicitation Number: AMD-14-SS32 Contracting Office Address Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a specific set of high-vacuum turbomolecular pumps and dry roughing pumps as itemized in the attached spreadsheet. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement. 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. 1.GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: NIST is seeking new pumps unless an exact replacement is not commercially available. In these cases a refurbished pump with a full "as new" warranty would be acceptable. a.Refurbished pumps include documentation of the refurbishment and performance test certification. b.The pump's vacuum and mechanical connections should meet all specifications set forth in the attached spreadsheet without any on-site modifications required. c.The pumps should be configured for the proper voltage, current, and phase, and have the wiring terminations as set forth in the attached spreadsheet. d.The pumps listed in the attached spreadsheet are subject to change as new technology makes certain models obsolete. 2.TIMELINE: NIST anticipates issuing a Request for Quote in the first or second quarter of fiscal year 2015. 3.DELIVERY: NIST seeks information to determine if vendors are capable of providing delivery of all pumps in less than 3 months ARO. 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, 333911, 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 or distribute pumps 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. NIST is interested in knowing if vendors are able to supply all of the pumps identified in the attached spreadsheet. Also, are vendors able to firm fix price pumps for 5 years? 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 are 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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