NOTICE OF INTENT-RF Absorbers

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to negotiate with Bluetest AB, located in Sweden, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source to purchase one (1) RF Absorber Kit.     

NIST’s Radio Frequency Fields Group (672.02) requires 40 blocks of radio frequency (RF) absorber operating in the 28 GHz to 40 GHz frequency range to support a funded NIST project. The absorbers shall be high performance (reflectivity less than 40 dB at normal incidence), and magnetically backed for easy installation in existing NIST chambers. They shall be of identical make and model (Corrugated Siepel APM5 Style) as previously procured and installed RF absorbers, so the chambers have the exact same RF propagation characteristics.

The NAICS Code is 334515, Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals, with a small business size standard of 750 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price contract to Bluetest AB 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 March 15, 2022. 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 February 18, 2022, at 1 p.m. MST.