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All Federal Contract Awards
Purchase Order DOCSB134117SU0613
Award Date
9/7/17
Potential Completion Date
9/23/17
Potential Value
$33K
Overview
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Activity
2
Transactions
2
Subawards
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Similar Awards
Federal Agency
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Awardee
Starna Cells, Inc. NRS4TE1MZ7P8
Ultimate Awardee
Not listed
NAICS Category
325199 - All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing
PSC Category
6640 - Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
Federal Contract Vehicle
Not listed
Set-Aside Type
No Set-Aside Used
Extent Competed
Competed under SAP
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
United Kingdom
Solicitation Procedures
Simplified Acquisition
Number Of Offers Received
1
Legislative Mandate
Not listed
National Interest Action
Not listed
Research Type
Not listed
Primary Consortia Member
Not listed
Update #1
Update #2
UV/VISIBLE TRANSMITTANCE STANDARD SRM 2031, 20 SETS OF OPTICALLY CONTACTED METAL-ON-QUARTZ FILTERS
Posted 9/7/17
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Description
Solicitation Number
FederalAgency
Type
PostedDate
Purchase of optically-contacted metal-on-quartz
Added: May 24, 2017 2:10 pm FBO ANNOUNCEMENT: PRESOLICITATION NOTICE, NOTICE OF INTENTACTION CODE: SPECIAL NOTICECLASSIFICATION CODE: 99 - MiscellaneousSUBJECT: Purchase of optically-contacted metal-on-quartzSOLICITATION NUMBER: SB1341-17-RQ-0470RESPONSE DATE: 10 days after postingDESCRIPTION: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 Starna Cells, Inc. located at 5950 Traffic Way, Atascadero, CA 93422-4256 to purchase optically-contacted metal-on-quartz for UV/visible Transmittance standard SRM 2031.The sole source justification is based on the following: NIST's Material Measurement Laboratory has exhausted its inventories of the SRM (2031b). This SRM is produced by evaporating a metal coating onto fused silica and then optically contacting another piece of fused silica onto the metal. The difficult process of optically contacting metal to fused silica is not available commercially until quite recently. Optiglas Ltd., tough Starna Cells, Inc., has recently offered a commercial version of SRM 2031, which is optically contacted. NIST has tested these materials and has found them to be consistent with the specifications necessary for producing the SRM. NIST has also tested metal coatings on silica, which were protected with an additional coating (e.g., silicon dioxide) or with no coating at all, and found the optical contacting of fused silica to be the only form of protection that makes the material robust and homogenous enough to produce the quality and specifications needed for SRM 2031. These specifications include homogeneity to 0.8% over a 32 mm2 area, robustness such that the filters are highly scratch resistant and their Transmittance values change by less than 0.5% after repeated wet cleaning with methanol and lens paper, and stability of Transmittance over a 6-month period.Market research has shown that Starna Cells, Inc. is the sole company who can provide this requirement to NIST.Given these facts, Starna is the only source reasonably available to provide the required SRM materials.The resulting purchase order will be a Firm Fixed Price purchase order. The NAICS Code is 325199 with a size standard of 1,250 employees.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 05:00 pm EST 06/04/2017, will be considered by the Government.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 the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.Inquiry POCs:heather.bauer@nist.gov PrimaryWendy.Paulo@nist.gov SecondaryNational Institutes of Standards and Technologies NISTAcquisition Management Division (AMD)100 Bureau Dr. Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, MD. 20899-1640
SB1341-17-RQ-0470
Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology
Award Notice 1/1
5/24/17, 2:10 PM
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1
Mod #
Description
ReasonForModification
Federal Obligation
Date
P19001
METAL ON QUARTZ FILTERS
Funding Only Action
($2k)
9/11/19
Not listed
UV/VISIBLE TRANSMITTANCE STANDARD SRM 2031, 20 SETS OF OPTICALLY CONTACTED METAL-ON-QUARTZ FILTERS
Not listed
$34.5k
9/7/17