SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Maintenance Services for Quantachrome ASiQ-AG and ASiQ-MP-UL Instruments
- Notice Date
- 2/28/2023 7:12:27 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811210
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- Contracting Office
- DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20899
- Solicitation Number
- NB646000-23-00400
- Response Due
- 3/14/2023 10:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Erik Frycklund, Phone: 3019756176
- E-Mail Address
-
erik.frycklund@nist.gov
(erik.frycklund@nist.gov)
- Description
- SAM ANNOUNCEMENT: PRESOLICITATION NOTICE, NOTICE OF INTENT ACTION CODE: SPECIAL NOTICE CLASSIFICATION CODE: J066 � Maintenance Instruments and Laboratory Equipment SUBJECT: Repair and Maintenance Services for Quantachrome ASiQ-AG and ASiQ-MP-UL Instruments SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB646000-23-00400 RESPONSE DATE:� 03/14/2023 DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Anton Paar USA,, located in Ashland, VA to provide maintenance services covering the NIST owned Quantachrome Instruments. The NIST Facility for Adsorbent Characterization and Testing (FACT Lab) was built with support from the Advanced Research Projects Agency�Energy (ARPA-E) of the U.S. Department of Energy.� The FACT Lab aims to serve the sorbent materials research community as an impartial source for testing and characterization of sorbent materials, by establishing reference materials and testing procedures.� To establish measurement protocols, the FACT Lab currently employs two test instruments manufactured by Quantachrome Instruments (now owned by Anton-Paar) which require maintenance. Sole Source justification is based on the following: The manufacturer, Anton Paar, has stated that only Anton Paar is authorized to service or maintain their instruments due to the proprietary nature of these instruments and the associated hardware/software required for operation.� �Anton Paar has also stated they do not have any authorized repair or maintenance partners.�� NAICS code for this requirement will be 811210 � Other Electronic and Precision Repair and Maintenance with a small business size of 20.5M No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties who regard themselves as capable of fulfilling these requirements are invited to submit responses to the Government for consideration. Responses received by will� be considered by the Government. Inquiry POCs Erik.Fycklund@nist.gov ���Primary Donald.Graham@nist.gov �Secondary National Institutes of Standards and Technologies NIST Acquisition Management Division (AMD) 100 Bureau Dr.�� Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, MD. 20899-1640
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- Record
- SN06603535-F 20230302/230228230106 (samdaily.us)
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