SOURCES SOUGHT
59 -- Fast Multi-channel Digitizers
- Notice Date
- 6/7/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334515
— Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- 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
- SB1341-16-RQ-0497
- Archive Date
- 6/30/2016
- Point of Contact
- Forest Crumpler, Phone: 3019756753
- E-Mail Address
-
forest.crumpler@nist.gov
(forest.crumpler@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing commercial off-the shelf fast, high bit depth digitizer cards with high-end FPGA and drivers for DMA data streaming for the RAM. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, and specifications developed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted would be conducted as a small business set-aside. The proposed acquisition is for two (2) fast multichannel digitizer cards with high bit depth. Each card shall be able to synchronously digitize two analog voltage signals. Each card shall be able be operable separately. In a different configuration two cards shall be combined to synchronously, simultaneously digitize 4 analog channels. In both one card and two card configurations the system shall be capable of continuously writing data directly to computer memory (RAM) at the full digitizer sampling rate and full bit depth for all channels simultaneously, up to the limit of the available computer RAM. Each card shall have a user-programmable FPGA processor for low-latency data manipulation. All equipment must be new. Used or remanufactured equipment will not be considered. The following requirements must be met by each card: 1.2 voltage input channels 2.One or more inputs configurable as trigger-in 3.Highest sampling rate no less than 200 MS/s with input 3 dB Bandwidth no less than 100 MHz 4.Sampling rates selectable from 100 KS/s or less to the highest sampling rate 5.Digitizer resolution of no less than 14 bits 6.DC coupled 50 Ohm inputs with full scale voltage range of no less than +/- 1 V and no more than +/-5 V 7.Signal to noise ratio (SNR) larger than 65 dB for from 1 MHz to 100 MHz 8.External triggering capability with pre- and post-trigger data acquisition 9.Ability to stream data directly into the computer memory (RAM) to acquire continuous time traces for all channels simultaneously, with length limited only by the amount of RAM available. Note: This is intended for use on a Windows PC. Cards must either be able to plug into and interface correctly with a Windows PC or include all the hardware/software required to interface with a Windows PC. 10.1 GS (1 billion samples) on-board memory or sufficient on-board memory allowing meeting specification 9 during possible operating system interruptions to DMA. 11.Not less than two user-defined digital I/O ports (in addition to and separate from the trigger input port) directly connected to the user programmable FPGA. 12.User-programmable high capacity FPGA to apply custom, real time data processing, meeting the following specifications: a.A sustained throughput rate greater or equal to the maximum sample rate, see specification 1 for DSP operations. b.80 or more dedicated DSP blocks or slices capable of: i.Multiplying two pairs of 36 bit or numbers, i.e. 160 36 bit x 36 bit multipliers or better ii.Functioning as high precision multiplier adders for eight or more pairs of 18 bit numbers, i.e. 640 18 bit x 18 bit multipliers, or better Must also include: -All hardware that may be required to connect and operate two boards for synchronous, simultaneous acquisition of 4 channels of data. -Hardware and software development kit required for FPGA processor programming. -Software development kit containing software components necessary to develop C/C++, Matlab and Labview codes, with basic examples. Additionally, the following terms shall be met: DELIVERY: The fast multichannel digitizer cards must be received no later than12 weeks after award of the contract. 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, 334515 as those domestic sources having 750 employees or less. Please include your company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Companies that can provide fast multichannel digitizer cards that meets the stated requirements are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to forest.crumpler@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 forest.crumpler@nist.gov is 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. Point of Contact: Forest Crumpler, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-6753, Email forest.crumpler@nist.gov
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition, Management Division, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640, United States
- Zip Code: 20899-1640
- Zip Code: 20899-1640
- Record
- SN04140563-W 20160609/160607234552-143f7f9647f78a6ae4f910e407516063 (fbodaily.com)
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