SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Newport Smart Table Vibration Isolation System to Upgrade Newport SmartTable OTS Optical Vibration Isolation Platform
- Notice Date
- 1/5/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- 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 B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-15-RQ-0078
- Archive Date
- 2/4/2015
- Point of Contact
- Kim S Stavish, Phone: 301-975-2672, Andrea A Parekh, Phone: (301)975-6984
- E-Mail Address
-
kim.stavish@nist.gov, andrea.parekh@nist.gov
(kim.stavish@nist.gov, andrea.parekh@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the Materials Measurement Science Division, Material Measurement Laboratory, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Newport Corporation, Irvine, CA 92606, for the purchase of the Newport SmartTable OTS Optical Table and GuideStar II beam stabilization Systems and associated components, to be located at NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD. Sole Source determination is based on the following: The Material Measurement Laboratory's Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Group (MMRG) conducts research on the development of innovative metrologies and measurement protocols for micro/nano-scale heterosystems analysis. Measurement techniques are used to determine sample composition as well as structural, electronic, and chemical properties of a wide variety of organic, inorganic and biomolecular systems where materials of interest are typically present as either micro/nano-scale features or monolayer/multilayer films. To meet NIST's mission; the MMRG requires an active, Laser stabilization and isolation platform (also referred to as a Newport vibration isolation platform with GuideStar beam stabilization) to improve performance of existing critical laser systems. The required Newport SmartTable OTS Optical Table and GuideStar II beam stabilization systems and associated components along with NIST's pre-existing Newport SmartTable OTS Optical vibration isolation platform will form a tuned, active vibration isolation system. Pin-to-pin compatibility with controllers and other active elements are essential to keep the system matched/tuned and to maintain a high level of vibration isolation. The existing equipment and technology are proprietary to Newport. Newport Corporation is the only vendor capable of providing the required SmartTable OTS Optical Table and GuideStar II beam stabilization systems and associated components that meet the Government's minimum requirements. Newport Corporation is the sole manufacturer and distributor. 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, the Government will consider responses received by January 20, 2015, 3:30 p.m. EST. 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
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/SB1341-15-RQ-0078/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
- SN03608391-W 20150107/150105234149-10ba928e6c660282bf9e090b15b24ed4 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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