Notice of Intent-Mirror Coating

Added: Jul 19, 2017 1:20 pm The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to negotiate with Crystalline Mirror Solutions, Inc., located in Santa Barbara, CA, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source, for four (4) Mirror Coatings.

The unique technical specification is they are fabricated from crystalline GaAs/AlGaAs and achieve very high reflectivity and low loss.

The NAICS Code is 333314- , Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing, with a Size Standard of 500 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Crystalline Mirror Solutions, Inc., for this requirement.

Interested parties that can demonstrate that they could satisfy the requirements 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 August 17, 2017. 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 so that they are received at angela.hitt@nist.gov no later than July 23, 2017 at 5 p.m. MST.