SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT - Mixer_Frequency Multiplier
- Notice Date
- 8/29/2022 3:48:59 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334515
— Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20899
- Solicitation Number
- NB673020-22-02539
- Response Due
- 8/29/2022 9:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Clifford Nicholson, Phone: 3034975185, Angela Hitt, Phone: 3034977305
- E-Mail Address
-
clifford.nicholson@nist.gov, angela.hitt@nist.gov
(clifford.nicholson@nist.gov, angela.hitt@nist.gov)
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division intends to negotiate with Virginia Diodes, Inc. located in Charlottesville, VA on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source, for a stand-alone Mixer/Frequency Multiplier. The Radio Frequency Fields Group requires a stand-alone integrated harmonic mixer/amplifier chain to down-mix a 140 GHz signal and recover the original LO and IF frequencies for over-the-air antenna calibration. Specific Requirements are as follows: Item 1: Integrated harmonic mixer/amplifier chain for 140 GHz signal Quantity:�1 Specifications: 1.1� 110-170 GHz bandwidth (WR6 waveguide) 1.2��IF frequency 100 kHz - 17 GHz 1.3��LO frequency 18.33 � 28 GHz 1.4��Harmonic mixer must mix 6th harmonic of LO (N=6) 1.5��~12dB Amplifier on IF port This shall be provided and accomplished in accordance with these specifications. NAICS Code is 334515 � Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals, with a Size Standard of 750 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Virginia Diodes, Inc. for this requirement. Interested parties that can demonstrate they could satisfy the requirement listed above for NIST must clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. If competitive procedures are not used it is estimated that an award will be issued 4th Quarter of FY22. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to clifford.nicholson@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted to clifford.nicholson@nist.gov no later than the date and time provided herein this posting. JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AN OPEN COMPETITION: Market research resulted in Virginia Diodes, Inc. being the only vendor to provide a stand-alone integrated harmonic mixer/amplifier chain meeting all required specifications including full IF frequency bandwidth requirements consistent with the technical specifications provided herein to support a project building a next-generation channel sounder project using phased array antennas and boards with integrated harmonic mixers and amplifiers to generate the 140 GHz signal from sub-28 GHz LO and IF frequencies.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN06444215-F 20220831/220829230125 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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