SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- USAFA Spectrometer Notice of Intent
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2023 12:38:44 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- FA7000 10 CONS LGC USAF ACADEMY CO 80840-2303 USA
- ZIP Code
- 80840-2303
- Response Due
- 8/14/2023 1:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 08/29/2023
- Point of Contact
- Kenneth Robert Jackson, Phone: 7193333777, Kristin Heikkila, Phone: 7193333961
- E-Mail Address
-
kenneth.jackson.30@us.af.mil, kristin.heikkila@us.af.mil
(kenneth.jackson.30@us.af.mil, kristin.heikkila@us.af.mil)
- Description
- Notice of Intent to Single Source� This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 5.2 - Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions.? The contracting office for this notice is the 10th Contracting Squadron, USAF Academy, CO 80840.� The US Air Force Academy (USAFA) intends to award a single source commercial contract for a Spectrometer with the following capabilities:� perform combined steady-state spectra in the UV-VIS-NIR (Ultraviolet-Visible-Near Infrared) spectral range, measure fluorescence decay in the time range of 100 ps - 50 microseconds using Time-Correlated-Single-Photon-Counting, measure phosphorescence decays in the time range of 1 microsecond to 10 seconds using multi-channel scaling, guarantee sensitivity of >20,000:1 or better for the signal-to-noise ratio of the water Raman signal (350 nm excitation, 397 nm emission, 1 sec integration time, 5 nm spectral bandwidth), a 450 W Xe lamp and a pulsed high energy Xe flashlamp sources, a TE-cooled photomultiplier detector with a minimum response width of 600 ps and a maximum dark count rate of 100 cps at -20 C and a liquid nitrogen cooled NIR-sensitive photomultiplier detector with a spectral range of 500 nm - 1400 nm, a minimum detector response width of 800 ps and a maximum dark count rate of 20,000 cps, fully computer-controlled excitation and emission polarizers, the emission monochromator grating should be 830 grooves/mm, blazed at 1200 nm, the excitation monochromator should be a double grating monochromator with a 1200 grooves/mm grating blazed at 400 nm, the instrument shall be compatible with existing EPLED and EPL (Edinburgh Instruments) diode lasers and LEDs and external Continuum Surelite ns Q-switched Nd:YAG laser and OPO, the instrument must be compatible with an external multiwell-plate reader module, the instrument shall include an integrating sphere, mounts and optics for excitation diodes, software for controlling system and analyzing data, required computer, monitor, keyboard, and mouse, temperature adjustable single cuvette holder, using simplified acquisition procedures in accordance with FAR parts 12 & 13 to TechComp USA Inc., a small business heardquartered at?11840 W Market Place STE K Fulton, Maryland 20759-2619, United States.? The authority for this noncompetitive award is FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), only one source reasonably available.? The NAICS code for this requirement is 334516.? The size standard as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration is 1,000 employees.? This notice incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2023-04 effective 2 June 2023. The anticipated award date is unknown.� THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A SOLICITATION, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION.? A solicitation package will not be issued.? Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged.? Information received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether conducting a competitive procurement in the future is in the best interest of the Government.? All information submitted should support the offeror's capability to provide the supplies required and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government.? Responses must be in writing and must provide clear and concise documentation indicating any offeror's capability to provide these supplies.? Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered.? Responses and questions shall be received via email by kenneth.jackson.30@us.af.mil NLT 14 Aug 2023 @ 1400 MDT.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USAF Academy, CO 80840, USA
- Zip Code: 80840
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 80840
- Record
- SN06782669-F 20230811/230809230046 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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