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This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quot... This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal or Request for Quotation or an obligation on the part of the NIST for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST's use of such information. NIST recognizes that proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non-restricted/non-proprietary information. In the absence of such identification, NIST will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data provided in the response. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. NIST is seeking information from small businesses that are capable of providing an interferometric displacement sensor. Summary of Requirements: The requested equipment shall include but is not limited to the minimum specifications below. The potential offeror shall provide information demonstrating that the small business entity is able to provide a phase angle measurement instrument(s) that meets the following minimum specifications: a) System shall have three (3) position measurement axis channels. b) System shall have three (3) individual compact sensor heads connected by fibers for 3 axes displacement measurements. c) System shall have a function for the sensor head alignment with alignment laser beams for each axis. d) System shall measure absolute displacement with relative accuracy of less than 1 ppm. e) System shall support 1 picometer position resolution with a minimum of 47-bit digital readout at 10 MHz bandwidth. f) System shall include environmental compensation to measure temperature, pressure and humidity and compensate position measurement from beam path refractive index changes. g) Frequency stabilized laser shall be included in system. System requires laser frequency stability of less than 100 ppb over 1 hour. h) Position measurement shall be traceable through laser frequency to an accepted international reference. i) Laser system shall include visible alignment laser. j) Maximum weight: 1 kg (or less) k) System shall have real-time incremental quadrature position output, analog sin/cos output, and real-time high-speed digital absolute position output l) Shall include interface for sensor setup and diagnostics m) The size of the sensor heads should not exceed 25 mm diameter. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible small business sources Small businesses are defined under the size standard of 1,000 employees associated with the applicable NAICS code, 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. Please include company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. Interested parties shall describe the capabilities of their organization as it relates to the requirements described herein. Small businesses able to provide the requested equipment are directed to email a detailed response describing their capabilities to tracy.bisson@nist.gov no later than the response date for this source sought notice. The report should include any information relevant to the organization's capabilities to meet the requirements detailed in Summary of Requirements. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of company/companies that are authorized provide product, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of product. 4. Indication of whether the product is currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts or any other government-wide contracts. If so, please provide the applicable contract number(s). 5. Indication of whether the product proposed is a commercial item currently offered in the market place. 6. Interested vendors shall address their capability of providing Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) parts. 7. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum performance requirements. Responses are limited to a total of twelve (12) pages in MS Word or PDF format. NIST invites all interested small businesses to submit any questions or comments regarding the Draft Summary of Requirements via email to tracy.bisson@nist.gov within 3 calendar days of the posting of this notice. NIST intends to then post an amendment providing responses to any questions received. Official responses to the Sources Sought Notice shall be submitted by July 16, 2019 at 11:59 pm EST. Points of Contact: Tracy Retterer, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-8448, Email: tracy.bisson@nist.gov Robert Cowins, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 975-8335, Email: robert.cowins@nist.gov