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This is a Sources Sought notice for domestically manufactured products only. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. Per the Buy American Act and Executive Order 14005, the National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Disease (NIAID) is seeking information for domestically manufactured products only, Per the requirements under the Buy American Act and requirements relating to Executive Order 14005 entitled: “Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers”, in the event that a nonavailability waiver request submitted through the Made in America Office (MIAO)’s Digital Waiver Portal is required." Respondents must certify in capabilities statement that products are manufactured in the United States.

The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all U.S manufactured products that are equal to the following product:

WE ARE ONLY SEEKING A POWER SUPPLY FOR THE PP3010 Cryo-SEM/Cryo-FIB/SEM Preparation System.

System specifications requiring power supply:

SEM components:

• Nitrogen gas cooled SEM cold stage: -190ºC

• Temperature stability:

• Nitrogen gas cooled SEM cold trap: -190ºC

• SEM LED illumination

SEM cooling:

• CHE3010 off-column, 30 litre gas cooling system, with up to 24 hours hold time

Column mounted aQuilo cryo preparation chamber with:

• Nitrogen gas cooled cold stage: -190ºC to +100ºC. Temperature stability:

• Nitrogen gas cooled upper and lower cold traps ambient to -190ºC

• Multiple LED illumination and CCD camera (Optional Binoculars Viewer)

• Actively cooled fracturing/manipulation tool, micrometer controlled knife (option)

• Large front window (150mm x 78mm) plus two top viewing ports

• Automated, high resolution sputtering (Pt standard)

• Optional film thickness monitor and carbon fibre evaporation attachment

• Automated sublimation

Preparation chamber pumping system:

• Floor-mounted turbo pumping with stainless steel vacuum connection to the preparation chamber

• Typical preparation chamber vacuums when cold are in the region of 10-7 mbar

• Vacuum pump required

Optional dry pump Touch-screen control via panel PC:

• 380mm/15” panel PC

• User definable “recipes” can be stored

• On-screen data logging, diagnostics and help videos

Prepdek® specimen preparation station:

• Slushed nitrogen freezing and specimen handling system – ideal for handling pre-frozen specimens

• Includes work area for specimen preparation

• Pump storage for cryo transfer device, flexible LED light and specimen mounting jig

Capability Statement/Information Sought

All capable vendors should respond with a brief capability statement demonstrating an equal product that is manufactured in the United States by December 14, 2023, by 11:00 AM EST.

Capabilities statement must also include the following information: 1) organization name, address, point of contact, email address, website address, telephone number, UE ID# with an active SAM.gov registration, and a tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of capability.

Submission Instructions

Interested businesses who consider themselves qualified to provide an equal product that is manufactured in the United States for the above-listed product are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by December 14, 2023, by 11:00 AM EST. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to directly to, Jesse Weidow: rita.davis@nih.gov with the Sources Sought ID# SS-NIAID-24-2198901 in email the subject line.

Disclaimer and Important Notes

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).

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