Fluorescent Phosphate Optical Glass Units (SOURCES SOUGHT)

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Document Type: Sources Sought Notice

Notice Number: NIST-MML-25-SS17

Title: Fluorescent Phosphate Optical Glass Units for NIST SRM 2943a

NAICS code of 334516 -Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing

Contracting Office Address

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Acquisition Management Division,

100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1640,

Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640

Sources Sought Notice NIST-MML-25-SS17

Title: Fluorescent Phosphate Optical Glass Units for NIST SRM 2943a

This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response.

This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information.

NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME.

NIST is seeking information from vendors capable of producing 60 units of cuvette-shaped glass to renew NIST Standard Reference Material 2943 Relative Intensity Standard for Fluorescence Spectroscopy – Blue Emission.