National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 

NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE ACQUISITION FOR COMMERICAL ITEM PURCHASE

This is a Notice of Intent and not a request for a quotation.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology intends to award a sole source purchase order to Keysight Technologies , Inc. for an upgrade of an existing Keysight Vector Analyzer PNA-X-N5245B, serial # SG49151023 to enable nonlinear vector network analysis; this upgrade shal linclude hardware and hardware installation related components according to the attached specifications herein.

SPECIFICATIONS:

1. The contractor shall add switches and combiner to a 4-Port PNA-X N5245B Analyzer to allow use of nonlinear vector network analysis otpion.

2. The contractor shall provide two (2) 50 GHz comb generators with 3.5mm female input connectors, 2.4mm female output connectors

3. The contractor shall install the hardware upgrade to allow the PNA-X to connect to the comb generators. 

Delivery: Contractor shall deliver within 84 days after receipt of order (ARO).  Early delivery is acceptable.

Any other contractor that believes they are capable of fulfilling the above requirements must submit their capabilities to me no later than 2 Dec 2019.  Send to Aron Krischel, at [email protected]