SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE
The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on vendors that are capable of providing a Digital Servo System used in the NIST digital servo systems as described in the following requirements. The purpose of this notice is to identify organizations capable of providing the necessary item and meeting the minimum contractor qualifications.

Salient Requirements:

Ten units/copies of the complete enclosed NIST digital servo system (not including the FPGA which will be separately installed by NIST) The system is based on an FPGA evaluation board made by Opal Kelly, model XEM6010-LX150. The board communicates with a PC via USB, using drivers and C++ and Verilog libraries provided by Opal Kelly.
Key specifications:
• 2 analog input channels (LTC2195, 16 bit, 100 MSPS)
• 2 analog output channels (AD9783, 16 bit, 400 MSPS)
• 1 analog output channel (AD5791, 20 bit, 1 MSPS, amplified to 0V to +65V output)
• Several digital I/O channels
• Latency (ADC, digital processing, and DAC) including PI filter: 320 ns

This announcement is not a Request for Proposals or Quotes (RFP/RFQ) and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. The information contained in this notice is DRAFT only and as such, is subject to change prior to issuance of a solicitation. No solicitation is available at this time.

After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive or non-competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. NIST will use the results of this sources sought notice to determine whether to proceed on a sole source basis or competitively if it is determined that other vendors could potentially meet NIST's needs. This requirement is assigned a NAICS code of 334516 with a small business size standard of 1000 employees.

Interested business organizations that believe they are capable of meeting the requirement should submit electronic copies of their capability statement. Please limit responses to four (4) pages or less. Responses should include the following information:

1. Name of company that will provide product.
2. Name of company that will manufacture the product.
3. Spec sheets and examples of products that meet the specifications.
4. Typical lead time to deliver the product after receipt of order.
5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.

Any proprietary information should be so marked. The written capability statement should be received by the Contracting Officer no later than 4:00 p.m. MT, Wednesday, 15 Aug. 2018. The capability statement shall identify the business status of the organization.

 

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