Atomic Force Microscope

NASA/GSFC plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM). This AFM will be used to characterize the geometry and other physical properties of nanoscale structures built in the GSFC Detector Development Laboratory. 

The Government anticipates a release date for the Request for Proposal (RFP) in May 2018, with an anticipated offer due date in May 2018.

The Government does not intend to acquire a commercial item using FAR part 12.

This procurement will be a full and open competition. Small Business goals for this procurement are not anticipated.

It is anticipated the resulting contract will be a Firm-Fixed-Price contract.

The NAICS Code and Size Standard are 334516 and 1,000 no. of employees, respectively.

All responsible sources may submit an offer when applicable, which shall be considered by the agency. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at https://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html

The solicitation and any documents related to the procurement will be available over the internet. These documents will reside on a World Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application.

It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this Internet site (www.fbo.gov) for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).