SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Laser Source
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, Department of Commerce, Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- 14-05202
- Archive Date
- 9/13/2014
- Point of Contact
- Carol A. Wood, Phone: 301-975-8172, Carol A. Wood, Phone: 301-975-8172
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.wood@nist.gov, carol.wood@nist.gov
(carol.wood@nist.gov, carol.wood@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Office of Acquisition and Agreements Management (OAAM), of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), on behalf of the Material Measurement Laboratory (MML)/Material Measurement Science Division (MMSD), intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Agilent Technologies, Inc. of Lexington, MA, for an Agilent 81600B-150 IR laser source module. The Materials Measurement Science Division is involved in the development of new test methods and instruments for the measurement of mechanical properties of materials at the nanometer and micrometer length scales. These methods involve the measurement of small displacements of mechanical probes, and the small forces required to create those displacements. In the course of this work, the MMSD has developed new displacement-measurement techniques that use optical fibers and Fabry-Perot interferometer cavities to measure displacement with precision and accuracy well below one nanometer (nm). The key to the performance of this interferometer system is to have a highly stable, highly accurate tunable fiber-optic IR laser as the source for the interferometer. Two such Agilent 8164B Lightwave Measurement System mainframes with Agilent laser source modules are currently operational in MMSD on test instruments. A third instrument is currently under construction and will require an 81600B-150 laser source module. This specific laser source is required as the laser module must fit into, and be 100% compatible with, NIST's existing Agilent 8164B Lightwave Measurement System. Only laser source modules from Agilent meet this requirement. Sole source determination is based on the following: The existing interferometer system and the required laser source are commercial items that were both manufactured by Agilent Technologies, Inc. Agilent has proprietary rights to all equipment and is the sole manufacturer and distributor of the equipment. While Agilent has "authorized representatives," market research has revealed that payment must be made directly to Agilent. Therefore, an award can only be made to Agilent Technologies. Given this information, the Government concludes that Agilent has no authorized distributors for the required laser source. Only Agilent Technologies, Inc. can supply the required equipment and guarantee that the equipment will be 100% compatible with the existing interferometer system. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516 and the size standard is 500 employees No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by August 29, 2014, will be considered by the Government. 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 normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor's Site, United States
- Record
- SN03467936-W 20140817/140816001000-6c1847df5614bda002eb3bac0c850af1 (fbodaily.com)
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