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P -- DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW TRACE-ELEMENT MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY SOL 40SBNB867035 DUE 031698 POC Contract Specialist, David Orris, (301) 975-4154; Contracting Officer, Paul Cataldo, (301) 975-6332 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for the design, construction, and implementation of a new trace-element measurement technology based on Glow Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry for environmental radionuclides at NIST and intends to negotiate with Dr. J. M. Robin Hutchinson, 113 Hesketh Street, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 as the only source. This notice is not an invitation for competitive proposals. See numbered Note 22. Dr. Hutchinson is the only know source with the prerequisite expertise and knowledge in the field of low level measurement techniques and Glow Discharge Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry (GDRIMS) to perform the statement of work. The contractor shall: 1) form a multidisciplinary task group with members who have expertise in GDRIMS systems including the disciplines of radiochemistry, mass spectrometry, glow discharge methodology, metallurgy, and radioactivity measurement methods; 2) investigate relevant atomic species from the standpoint of criticality of particular radionuclide measurement need and atomic energy level scheme which must be susceptible to c.w. resonance ionization with Ti Sapph laser and identify suitable radionuclide; 3) activate the NIST glow-discharge (GD) ion source using tin as source material and perform appropriate source manufacturing methodology to ensure acceptable glow discharge current, and perform GDMS with tin isotopes and compare isotopic ratios thus found with those in the literature; 4) develop and design source with the selected radionuclide (this may mean using the ORNL procedure, suitably modified and developing an entirely new means of incorporating the radionuclide into a GD source); 5)perform GDMS with selected radionuclide; 6) activate pulse counting system in the NIST magnetic sector mass spectrometer; 7) perform GDRIMS with double + fundamental on the selected radionuclide; 8) activate C02 laser; 9) perform GDRIMS for TiSapph + CO2 laser on the selected radionuclidic source; and 10) perform GDRIMS on environmental radioactivity sample. The period of performance will be two years after contract award. The work shall be completed at the NIST Gaithersburg campus. The Government will furnish the contractor with work space, a desk, a chair, a computer, a telephone, and access to a copier and a fax machine. NIST intends to solicit one source pursuant to FAR 13.106-2(a)(5), which permits solicitation from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. However, NIST will consider all capability statements received within 14 days after the posting of this synopsis. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability by submitting a written capability statement. The capability statement must provide adequate information describing how the they will satisfy the above requirements. If it is determined that more than one source can satisfy the requirements of this acquisition, NIST will solicit competitive quotations. However, this determination is solely within the discretion of NIST. See numbered Note 26. (0037)

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