SOURCES SOUGHT
D -- X-Ray Fluorescence Spectra Software (Using Fundamental Parameters Approach) Compatible with a Bruker M4 Tornado Micro X-Ray Fluorescence Instrument
- Notice Date
- 8/1/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- #541511
— Custom Computer Programming Services
- 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
- NIST-MML-17-SS20
- Archive Date
- 8/22/2017
- Point of Contact
- DENNIS R. BAILEY, Phone: 3019756219
- E-Mail Address
-
dennis.bailey@nist.gov
(dennis.bailey@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for market research purposes. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. INFORMATION RECEIVED WILL BE USED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. After the results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a purchase order. NIST currently owns a Bruker M4 Tornado Micro X-Ray Fluorescence Instrument. NIST is in search of a contractor fully capable of delivering computer software for performing analysis on x-ray fluorescence spectra that is compatible with the Bruker M4 Tornado. The software shall have the following characteristics: • Perform simultaneous elemental and thickness analysis for complex alloys (containing 10+ elements) from x-ray fluorescence data via a complete Fundamental Parameters (FP) analysis • Perform analysis on bulk or thin-film samples, including multi-layer thin films, with the ability to integrate multiple excitation conditions per analysis • Analysis options with and without standards. Shall allow for calibrations from single element, multi-element or multi-standard calibrations • Compatible with x-ray tubes ranging from 3 kV to 60 kV • Compatible with Si(Li), CdTe, Si pin-diode, and Si drift detectors • Ability to enter machine geometry parameters • Automatic peak identification including elemental attribution • Per-detector spectrum calibration to calculate the effective gain and offset • Use of iterative peak fitting to improve SNR via accurate background subtraction, including visualization of pre and post background subtracted spectra • Availability of routines to correct for detector escape and sum peak • An array of spectral smoothing algorithms • Intensity extraction via either region of interest (ROI) or spectrum fitting via synthetic Gaussians for every line in the analysis. Fitting shall be configurable between linear and non-linear regressions • Operate the program in batch mode via inputting multiple (100's) of spectra at a time and performing automated FP analysis • Able to ingest spectral files from the Bruker M4 Tornado during batch mode operation. Delivery Date: 21 days after award NIST is also seeking information on third party resellers of software meeting the specifications above. Interested contractors shall supply the following information: 1. Documentation clearly showing how their software is equivalent in performance and function to the software specifications above. 2. Resellers shall submit information showing that they are authorized to resell the specified software and that all manufacturer warranties and titles can transfer to NIST once equipment is delivered. Interested contractors shall submit their response via email to dennis.bailey@nist.gov no later than 8:00 am EST on 7 August 2017. NIST's email system limits the total size of attachments to not more than 10Mb. Any single email exceeding that may be rejected by the NIST email server.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NIST-MML-17-SS20/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Contractor Facility, United States
- Record
- SN04606245-W 20170803/170801231640-a1e28c6c24c1bc5a87d1db5da9a0e647 (fbodaily.com)
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