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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to acquire a scientific imaging InGaAs camera to support the fabrication, measurement and characterization of the optical properties of nanoscale plasmonic and metamaterial devices in the Physical Measurement Laboratory. The InGaAs camera is intended to be coupled to an already existing Teledyne Princeton Instruments Spectrometer; and will be sited in the Ultrafast Nano-Optics Laboratory as a resource for experiments requiring imaging, spectral and spatiotemporal measurements. This procurement will enable the research project to perform imaging and spectroscopic characterization with state-of-the-art experimental design, control and optical sensitivity.
The NIST laboratory dedicated for this project is currently equipped with a Teledyne Princeton Instrument IsoPlane spectrometer and their proprietary Lightfield software platform. The InGaAs camera to be procured here must be completely compatible (in both hardware and software) with the existing spectrometer and the software platform. Moreover, it is required that the control of the camera and spectral data acquisition be performed from a single software interface.
The IsoPlane spectrometer currently in the lab also generates an output trigger signal that serves as the synchronization control for the InGaAs camera. Therefore, the InGaAs camera must be compatible with this existing system in both software configuration and hardware integration and it must also be readily controlled by the LightField software and must have a hardware connection port that is compatible with the output of the spectrometer.
Compatibility for seamless integration of software and hardware is necessary to achieve the functionality and high performance required to effectively and efficiently conduct NIST experiments.
Extensive market research performed confirms, the Lightfield Software platform and the built-in hardware within the existing spectrometer are only fully compatible with the Teledyne Princeton Instruments camera.
Therefore, Teledyne Princeton Instruments, is uniquely qualified to fulfill this requirement, as they are the only supplier that manufacturers a camera that meets both NIST technical specifications as well as compatibility requirements with existing hardware and software present in the NIST laboratory.
Delivery shall be FOB DESTINATION and shall be in accordance with the Contractors established manufacturing lead times.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 1000 employees.
No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responsible sources interested may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by established due date/time set forth in this notice. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to [email protected] . No telephone requests will be honored.
A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.