The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, CA, intends to procure on a full and open competition basis a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Commercial contract for one XPS Spectrometer.  The procured system shall be comprised of the following (or equivalent):

AXIS Supra+ Base Spectrometer Unit

AXIS Supra+ Imaging/Spectroscopy Analyser

Small Spot Selected Area Aperture Drive

Small Spot & Imaging Selected Area Iris Drive

Automated Analyser Entrance Slit

Five Axis Automated Sample Stage

Sample Load-lock and Storage Magazine

Sample Load-lock Pumping Kit

Rough Pumping Kit for Sample Entry System & SSS

Sample Analysis Chamber TMP Pumping Kit

Sample Analysis Chamber Rough Pumping Kit

Sample Analysis Chamber CCTV and Optics System

Sample Load-lock Optics System

Motorised Monochromator Mirror Assembly

Motorised Al Monochromator X-ray Source

High Perfornace Ar-ion Sputtering System

ESCApe Data Acquisition and Processing System

eSpectra Database Licence

Water Boost Pump for X-ray Monochromator

US Power Distribution System

2kW Water Chiller

208V/240V Voltage Isolation Transformer

Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy

The Government will consider all information received via email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer by 20 December 2022 at 12:00 PM PST. A determination by the Government not to compete this procurement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not pay for any information received. No telephone responses will be accepted. Any submissions or questions shall be submitted via email [email protected] and [email protected].

The solicitation or Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted in Contract Opportunities on the SAM website at https://sam.gov/ on or about 20 December 2022.  

Interested firms must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at https://sam.gov/ to start doing business with the federal government.  

Written responses to this notice shall be submitted by e-mail to the point(s) of contact listed below no later than 5 days from this notice date.