SOURCES SOUGHT
67 -- HIGH FIELD ELECTROMAGNET
- Notice Date
- 5/8/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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-15-SS17
- Archive Date
- 5/30/2015
- Point of Contact
- Lynda M Roark, Phone: 3019753725, Patrick K Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(Lynda.Roark@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a lightweight, high-field (at least 3 T) split-coil electromagnet wound with superconducting wire for polarized beam neutron scattering experiments on reflectometers at the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR). The magnet needs to produce a maximum magnetic field of at least 3 T across a pole gap at least 52 mm wide, with better than 10 % homogeneity across a 20 x 20 mm sample area. An access port of at least 52 mm x 150 mm is required for transport of a neutron beam between the coils. An additional circular access port of minimum diameter 52 mm at 90 degrees from the beam transport port is required for sample mounting. Stray fields must be minimized for transport of spin polarized neutrons, and to avoid interference with other neutron scattering instruments. Specifically, For use on current instruments, the magnet must weigh less than 200 kg. Cooling of the coils must be done in a closed-cycle fashion (i.e. cryogen free). Power supplies must be included. Potential Requirements: 1. Mechanical a. Mass: less than 200 kG b. Total width of magnet along beam direction: less than 450 mm c. Total width of magnet transverse to beam direction (horizontal plane): less than 1 m d. Total height of magnet transverse to beam direction (vertical plane): less than 1 m. e. Magnet must be supplied with means to attach to goniometer table (e.g. holes for screw mounting). f. Distance from bottom most face of device to center point between poles (sample position) must be less than 152 mm. g. Pole gap: at least 52 mm h. Access port for horizontal neutron beam: at least 52 mm high (i.e. distance between coils) x 150 mm wide. i. Sample access port: at least 52 mm in diameter, positioned at 90 degrees in the horizontal plane with respect to the beam direction. j. Four ¼"-20 tapped holes around the sample access port for attaching of sample holders. k. Magnet must be compatible with the mechanism of mounting of a closed-cycle refrigerator sample can. Specifically, the closed-cycle refrigerator is suspended from an x-95 optical rail that is mounted to the top of the magnet. The rail / magnet mounting is done via an x-95 slide that is screwed to the magnet with ¼"-20 screws 2. Cooling of the coils must be done in a closed-cycle fashion (i.e. cryogen free). 3. Magnetic a. Vertical field b. Maximum field: at least 3 T c. Field uniformity over 20 mm x 20 mm sample area: better than 10% d. Stray field at maximum operating field: less than 5 G at approximately 1 m distance. 4. Communications a. An open protocol for communication between power supplies and external control computers (no proprietary libraries required). 5. Electrical a. Power supplies for the magnet must be included. b. System must be able to operate using one or more of the following available electrical services: i. 208 Volt/ 3-phase/ 30 Amp/60 Hz with NEMA L21-30 receptacle; ii. 230 Volt/ 1-phase/ 30 Amp/60 Hz with NEMA L7-30 receptacle; or iii. 120 Volt/ 1-phase/ 20 Amp/60 Hz with NEMA 5-20 receptacle. The system must operate correctly with voltages within +/- 10% of the nominal electrical service. Installation and training may be required. 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, 334513, 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 closed cycle, split-coil, superconducting magnet are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to Lynda.Roark@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 Lynda.Roark@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.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 BUREAU DRIVE, GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN03725737-W 20150510/150508235422-ad6e83e00b6aea159c0ac63a68c218b1 (fbodaily.com)
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