SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- High Temperature Furnace
- Notice Date
- 5/25/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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
- NB735150-16-03733
- Archive Date
- 6/22/2016
- Point of Contact
- Amber Gray, Phone: 301-975-3696, Divya Soni, Phone: 301-975-6394
- E-Mail Address
-
amber.gray@nist.gov, divya.soni@nist.gov
(amber.gray@nist.gov, divya.soni@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal, Request for Quotation, or an obligation on the part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking to identify sources capable of providing a high temperature furnace. Background Information: The Production Systems Group (PSG) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requires a high temperature furnace to conduct research in characterizing material properties of additively manufactured metal parts. Additively manufactured metal parts are printed layer by layer, by melting and solidifying metal powders at each layer. During this process significant temperature gradients are generated causing residual stress in the final parts. Therefore, these parts have to be heat treated to for stress relief and when necessary to homogenize the microstructures. In order to avoid oxidation, the heat treatment has to be done in an inert gas environment. Furnace has to operate with inert gases. The additively manufactured parts are printed on a build plate (250 mm x 250 mm x 25 mm). Post process heat treatment is done while the part(s) are still on the build plate. Therefore, the furnace should have enough volume to accommodate build plate with part(s) on it. Description of Requirement: The high temperature furnace shall meet all of the following requirements: Minimum volume of heated chamber: 300mm x 300mm x 300mm Maximum continuous working temperature: 1100 ᵒC Maximum working temperature (up to 1 hr): 1200 ᵒC Temperature uniformity: • 5 sides heating capability • ± 1 ᵒC within center 250 mm cubic zone • ± 5 ᵒC within center 300 mm cubic zone Temperature accuracy: ± 1 ᵒC Minimum heating rate: 10 ᵒC/min Maximum sample loading: 35 kg Programmable temperature with PID control Maximum allowable overshoot from programmed temperature setting: 10 ᵒC Built-in temperature monitoring capability using double K-type thermocouples Interface to external computer and PC software for monitoring and control Environment: • Vacuum purge capability with a vacuum pump • Vacuum port to remove air by vacuum before filling inert gas • Flow meter(s) to control inert gas flow into the chamber • Built-in pressure gauge • Water cooling front door and air cooling shell, including recirculating water chiller Instructions / Required Submissions: Interested parties shall describe the capabilities of their organization as it relates to the services described above. The small business size standard associated with the anticipated NAICS code for this effort is 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. Interested parties shall include their business size classification and socio-economic status in response to this notice. The following information is required to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Documentation/Description of capabilities, which clearly demonstrates the capability of providing the high temperature furnace; 2. Documentation of any relevant experience in providing the required sensors; 3. Name, Address, DUNS number, CAGE code, business size, and point of contact information of the company; 4. Indication of whether the services described in this notice are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract(s) or Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and, if so, the applicable contract number(s). 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above, which the Government should consider in finalizing its market research. All information considered pertinent to the covered requirement shall be sent to Amber Gray, via e-mail at amber.gray@nist.gov. Information submitted shall be specific and address the aforementioned requirement. Submissions shall be received not later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on June 7, 2016. General Information: After the results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. If at least two small businesses are identified during this market research, then a competitive procurement that results may be conducted as a small business set-aside.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB735150-16-03733/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Acquisition and Agreements Management, Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN04129422-W 20160527/160525235241-91b578d01820b3421803e2f2503afd6e (fbodaily.com)
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