Closed-Cycle Cooling System

NOTICE OF INTENT

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to negotiate with Cold Edge International, located in Bally, PA, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source to purchase one (1) Closed-Cycle Cooling System.    

NIST requires is a Closed-Cycle Cooling System that flows cold liquid or gas through the cryostat, collects it, cools it back down again, and sends it back through the cryostat – this is what NIST means by “closed-cycle”.  The system needs to be continuously operating, i.e. maintains the temperature at the flow cryostat for weeks at a time, and it needs to work without needing regular additions of more helium gas or liquid. 

The NAICS Code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price contract to Cold Edge International for this requirement.

Interested parties that can demonstrate they could satisfy the requirement listed above for NIST must clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. If competitive procedures are not used it is estimated that an award will be issued by 1/28/2020. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to angela.hitt@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted to angela.hitt@nist.gov no later than January 22, at 4:30 p.m. MST.