SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE / THERMOFLEX 2500 SPECIALLY CONFIGURED CHILLERS
- Notice Date
- 1/10/2023 7:34:23 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 333415
— Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20899
- Solicitation Number
- NB680000-23-00561
- Response Due
- 1/24/2023 9:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Joni L. Laster, Tracy Retterer
- E-Mail Address
-
joni.laster@nist.gov, Tracy.retterer@nist.gov
(joni.laster@nist.gov, Tracy.retterer@nist.gov)
- Description
- The United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division (AMD) intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. �for the procurement of four (4) chillers. The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is FAR 13.106-1(b) by the authority of FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Nanofabrication Operations Group enables science and industry by providing essential measurement methods, instrumentation, and standards to support all phases of nanotechnology development, from discovery to production. The Nanofabrication Operations Group has the mission of advancing measurement science by developing develops novel nanofabrication and nanomanufacturing techniques. NIST seeks to acquire brand name chillers to support existing NanoFab equipment. In general, chillers fail frequently. In our current mode of operation, when a chiller fails, the chiller is shipped for repair. We�ve experienced equipment downtimes ranging from 4 weeks to 10 weeks. The added capability of having spare chillers for our existing NanoFab equipment allows to minimize equipment downtime by immediately replacing the chiller. This will reduce downtime from many weeks or months to a day, and therefore maximize productivity of NIST mission critical projects. The NanoFab has numerous NIST and external projects, including the NIST on a chip nanophotonic efforts, that utilize complex processing involving aggressively scaled patterning, etching and deposition. Majority of the NanoFab plasma etchers and thin film deposition systems require chillers to cool various critical elements within the system, including electrodes, substrates, loading hot zones, and other elements of these systems. Each system requires a distinct brand name chiller model. Specific models from a distinct brand name are required because the NanoFab equipment has proprietary software and hardware that directly communicates with the chiller of a particular model. Therefore, we must procure brand name specific chillers. � Specifically, to support our ion mill, cluster deposition, and various plasma etch equipment we require Thermo Fisher Scientific ThermoFlex 2500 chillers of the following configurations: a.������������ Two Thermo Fisher Scientific ThermoFlex 2500 chillers with a configuration defined by BOM# 1217C10510200200 b.������������ Two Thermo Fisher Scientific ThermoFlex 2500 chillers with a configuration defined by BOM# 1247C40119400000 Thermo Fisher Scientific is uniquely qualified to provide this brand name specification equipment with the proper configurations that are needed to meet the requirement of the Government to ensure 100% interchangeability and direct drop in replacement capability for our existing equipment.� � Delivery shall be FOB DESTINATION and shall be in accordance with the Contractors established service lead times.�� � The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 333415 and the size standard is 1250 employees. No solicitation package will be issued.� This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responsible sources interested may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by established due date/time set forth in this notice. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to joni.laster@nist.gov . No telephone requests will be honored. �� A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.�
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/47629316935047f08a88ee4d633a130d/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN06560226-F 20230112/230110230106 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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