SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Physicist Services in Support of Ion Storage Group - Sources Sought for Physicist Services
- Notice Date
- 8/4/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), NIST AMD Boulder, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305
- Solicitation Number
- NB688000-16-04257
- Archive Date
- 8/25/2016
- Point of Contact
- Aron R. Krischel, Phone: 303-497-3032
- E-Mail Address
-
aron.krischel@nist.gov
(aron.krischel@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Sources Sought for Physicist Services National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division Sources Sought for Commercial Services Purchase The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on contractors that are capable of providing a part-time physicist to support the Ion Storage Group on two extremely advanced optical-frequency standard based on trapped single ions; one based on Al+ and the other on Hg+. The contractor shall have as a minimum, extensive experience within the atomic-clock/ion-storage community with the elimination of H2 contamination in room-temperature, stainless-steel vacuum chambers; procedures to reduce H2 outgassing rates to below 10-12 mbar-l/(s-cm2). This is vitally important to the Hg+ experiment because of an unusually large cross-section for chemical reaction between the excited mercury ion and H2. The contractor shall have a minimum of 20 years of experience with primary frequency standards. This announcement is not a Request for Proposals (RFP) and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. No solicitation is available at this time. The purpose of this synopsis is to identify organizations with the requisite qualifications to meet the requirements of the item stated herein. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and compared with NIST's minimum requirement (see Technical Specifications above), NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then this acquisition may be solicited as a small business set aside. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large and small businesses (SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, SDVOSB and VOSB). This requirement is assigned a NAICS code of 541690 with a small business standard size of $15 million. The specific purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement is to determine if there are small businesses, within the parameters identified above, that are capable of providing the product identified. Interested business organizations that believe they are capable of meeting the requirement should submit electronic copies of their capability statement. Please limit responses to four (4) pages or less. Responses should include the following information: 1. Name of company that will provide service. 2. Name of individual who will perform the service. 3. Background, education, and experience of individual who will perform the service. 4. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing NIST's minimum specifications and finalizing the market research. Any proprietary information should be clearly marked. The written capability statement should be received by the Contract Specialist no later than 3:00 pm MST Wednesday, August 10, 2016. The capability statement shall identify the business status of the organization. Only electronic statements will be accepted. Faxes will not be accepted. Send to Aron Krischel, Contract Specialist, at aron.krischel@nist.gov. Direct all questions to this e-mail.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
- Record
- SN04209006-W 20160806/160804234636-18dcc1f628e6b31dacab0f943d85e8f4 (fbodaily.com)
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