NIST-SS24-CHIPS-0063 - AFM Enclosure.pdf

NIST-SS24-CHIPS-0063

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Primary POC: Forest Crumpler (forest.crumpler@nist.gov) Secondary POC: Jenna Bortner (jenna.bortner@nist.gov) Title: Acoustic enclosure for environmental AFM

BACKGROUND

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking information from sources that may be capable of providing an acous�c enclosure to contain an Atomic Force Microscope

(AFM)

To perform nanoscale mechanical property measurements as a func�on of temperature (up to 250 °C) NIST will use an environmental AFM capable of performing nanoscale mechanical measurements in temperature and gas-controlled environment. The AFM must be also located inside an acous�c enclosure that will provide further mechanical and thermal isola�on. The acous�c enclosure required to meet our needs shall have capabili�es for ambient noise isola�on, temperature regula�on, and gas purge. The enclosure shall also have full-side open (ver�cal door/doors) access to facilitate direct and easy access to the hosted environmental AFM.

a. The acoustic enclosure shall have internal dimensions within few inches of an internal volume given by 40 inches x 40 inches x 40 inches.

b. The acoustic enclosure shall have side (vertical) doors for 180 degree access.

c. The acoustic enclosure shall have the inside base at a height level close to 36 inches.

d. The acoustic enclosure shall have welded steel frame to provide increased stiffness and dampen the vibrations.

e. The acoustic enclosure shall provide acoustic noise isolation with sound loss of 35 to 50 dB within the range of few tens of Hz to few kHz.

f. The acoustic enclosure should provide temperature control above room temperature within half of Celsius degree.

g. The acoustic enclosure shall provide gas purge capability.

h. The acoustic enclosure shall have pass-through cable clamp for applications with cables and an inlet/outlet attached to the enclosure.

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE

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• Provide the complete name of your company, address, name of contact for follow-up questions, their email, their phone number and, if your company has an active registration in https://sam.gov, your company’s Unique Entity ID (UEI).

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• Details about what your company is capable of providing that meets or exceeds NIST’s minimum requirements.

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• Identify any aspects of the description of the requirements in the BACKGROUND section above that could be viewed as unduly restrictive or create unnecessary barriers that adversely affect your firm’s ability to fully participate in a procurement for such services and explain why. Please offer suggestions for how the requirements could be organized or structured to encourage the participation of small businesses.

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QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS NOTICE

Questions regarding this notice may be submitted via email to the Primary Point of Contact and the Secondary Point of Contact listed in this notice. Questions should be submitted so that they are received by 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on June 14, 2024. Questions will be anonymized and answered via sources sought notice amendment following the question submission deadline.

IMPORTANT NOTES

The information received in response to this notice will be reviewed and considered so that the NIST may appropriately solicit for its requirements in the near future.

This notice should not be construed as a commitment by the NIST to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.

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NIST is not responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice.

NIST reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and appropriate.

Thank you for taking the time to submit a response to this request