Notice of Intent- X-Ray Diffraction Sytem

Added: Aug 28, 2015 1:21 pm The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, intends to negotiate with Panalytical, Inc., located in Westborough, MA, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source, for providing an upgrade to NIST's Panalytical X-ray Diffraction System, model X'Pert PRO MRD.

The unique technical specifications of this system is that it needs to be upgraded, all-solid-state high voltage generator for producing x-rays, x-ray optics to optimize the beam and detection of grazing incidence signals for thin film analysis, and software package for analyzing the data, and a new computer to run the software on the Windows 7 operating system.

The NAICS Code is 334516- Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a Size Standard of 500 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Panalytical, 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 9/23/2015. 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 September 1, 2015 at 5 p.m. MST.