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Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Notice Number: NIST-FY25-CHIPS-0086 Title: On-axis transmission electron microscopy tomography holder for wire-based atom probe specimens NAICS code of 334516 Cont... Document Type: Sources Sought Notice Notice Number: NIST-FY25-CHIPS-0086 Title: On-axis transmission electron microscopy tomography holder for wire-based atom probe specimens NAICS code of 334516 Contracting Office Address: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640 Sources Sought Notice Title: On-axis transmission electron microscopy tomography holder for wire-based atom probe specimens 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 National Institute of Standards and Technology (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 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 in the information paper. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. Requirements NIST is seeking information from vendors capable of providing one (1) on-axis transmission electron microscopy tomography holder for CAMECA Invizo 6000 atom probe specimens compatible with Thermo Fisher Scientific transmission electron microscopes. Provide information regarding the following specifications: On-Axis transmission electron microscopy tomography holder: On-axis transmission electron microscopy tomography holder for wire-based atom probe specimens compatible with CAMECA Invizo 6000 atom probe and Thermo Fisher Scientific transmission electron microscopes. Specifications: Compatible with Thermo Fisher Scientific Talos F200X. Compatible with Thermo Fisher Scientific Spectra 300. Compatible with single wire-based specimens used in the existing CAMECA Invizo 6000 atom probe microscope at the NIST-Boulder site. Wire-based Invizo specimens consist of a wire (typically W or BeCu) symmetrically crimped inside of a standard copper tube. The standard copper tube is 1.8 mm OD x 7.62 mm length. The total length of the copper tube + wire can vary but has a minimum length of 9.5 mm and a maximum length of 14.5 mm in order to fit inside of the CAMECA Invizo atom probe microscope (per manufacturer instructions). Holder has a mechanism for retracting the wire-based sample into the holder body for safe holder loading and unloading in the TEM by users of various experience in our user facility. Capable of on-axis specimen rotation for transmission electron tomography experiments. Capable of net/effective 360 degree rotation through a combination of direct specimen rotation (mechanical or manual) and goniometer (stage) tilt. Answering This Sources Sought Notice: Interested parties shall describe the capabilities of their organization as it relates to the requirement described above. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large and small businesses. The small business size standard associated with the NAICS code for this effort, 334516, is 1000 employees. Please include your company’s size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. After the results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. Companies that can provide such product are requested to email a written response describing their abilities to Contract Specialist Elizabeth Timberlake via email at Elizabeth.timberlake@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: Name, Address, UEI, CAGE code, and point of contact information of your company. Any information on the company’s small business certifications, if applicable. Description of your company’s capabilities as they relate to the product described in this notice. A description of your company’s previous experience providing the product described in this notice. Indication of whether the product described in this notice are currently offered via your company’s GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts, Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs), or other existing Government-wide contract vehicles; and, if so, the contract number(s) for those vehicles. Any published pricing. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in finalizing its market research. Responses are limited to a total of ten (10) pages. The responses must be in MS Word format. Pages shall be 8½-inch x 11-inch, using Times New Roman 11 Point Font. Each page shall have adequate margins on each side (at least one inch) of the page. Header/footer information (which does not include any information to be analyzed) may be included in the 1" margin space.