SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Ultra-high Accuracy Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) with Fixed Table
- Notice Date
- 7/9/2015
- 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
- NB683010-15-03247
- Archive Date
- 8/7/2015
- Point of Contact
- Paula Wilkison, Phone: 301-975-8448, Patrick K Staines, Phone: (301) 975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology, LLC of Maple Grove, Minnesota for the purchase of an Ultra-high Accuracy Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) with Fixed Table under other than full and open competition by the authority of FAR subpart 13.106(1)(b). NIST has a requirement for an ultra­ high accuracy CMM with a fixed table to allow NIST researchers to perform a highly visible experimental measurement of the universal gravitational constant, G. The internationally accepted value for this constant has a large uncertainty associated with it due to differences in measured values obtained around the world. The required CMM with fixed table is an essential part of the experiments that will seek to resolve the discrepancy for the value of this universal constant. The apparatus that NIST will be measuring with this new CMM has moving parts so the table cannot be moved during measurement. Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology is the only manufacturer that meets this specific configuration requirement. No other vendor has this configuration (fixed table) nor have any been identified with plans to build this technology. Therefore, Carl Zeiss Industrial Metrology is uniquely qualified to provide the required Coordinate Measuring Machine. Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and be completed in accordance with the Contractor's commercial schedule. 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, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by 3:00 p.m. (EST) on July 23, 2015. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to paula.wilkison@nist.gov. No telephone requests will be honored. 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 in the future.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
- SN03792084-W 20150711/150710000350-3991875e9e4bad6eca14275cb01bf038 (fbodaily.com)
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