# Cryospot 4TS Cryogenic System Maintenance

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/nb6720602501102

- Solicitation number: NB6720602501102
- Notice type: Special notice (first published as sources sought)
- Status: Awarded to Photon Spot Inc.
- Department: Department of Commerce
- Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Contracting office: Department of Commerce NIST (1333ND)
- NAICS: 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6625 Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments
- Place of performance: Boulder, Colorado
- County: Boulder County (FIPS 08013). https://abierto.us/counties/boulder-county-co-08013
- City: Boulder. https://abierto.us/cities/boulder-co-0807850
- First posted: March 10, 2025
- Last posted: May 22, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d7499f45ac4e424789e8e5760898137a/view

## Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division intends to negotiate with Photon Spot, Inc. located in Monrovia, California on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b), soliciting from a single source, for Cryospot 4TS Cryogenic repair and maintenance. Specific Requirements are as follows:

**Item 1:** Service Cryospot 4TS Cryogenic System, Replace RDK-205D Cold Head with Refurbished RDK-205D Cold Head, and provide a 6-month warranty on the entire product This shall be provided and accomplished in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). NAICS Code is 334516 – Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a Size Standard of 1,000 employees. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Photon Spot, Inc. for this requirement.

Interested parties that can demonstrate they could satisfy the requirement listed above for NIST must clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. If competitive procedures are not used it is estimated that an award will be issued 3rd Quarter of FY25.

Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to lia.arthofer@nist.gov . All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted to lia.arthofer@nist.gov no later than the date and time provided herein this posting.

**JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AN OPEN COMPETITION:** Market research resulted in Photon Spot, Inc. being the only vendor to provide commercial services for maintenance and repair of a NIST owned Cryospot 4TS Cryogenic System consistent with the statement of work provided herein. Maintenance and repair does not meet these specifications and tasks would be less accurate than what is required to proceed with the repair of the system, and NIST would have to attempt to develop something which would cause unreasonable costs, delays and lead to the Cryogenic system inoperable and would cause delays in ongoing research.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Photon Spot Inc. (UEI Q3LNGG9XQN77)
- Contract: 1333ND25PNB670161, purchase order
- Obligated: $17,825.00
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number NB6720602501102 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 1333ND (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_1333ND25PNB670161_1341_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- March 10, 2025: Sources sought, due March 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice f1ecfd3c30a54e148ed3348d244b6200. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f1ecfd3c30a54e148ed3348d244b6200/view
- May 22, 2025: Special notice, due May 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 3a2af9f4f6f249a599cdbfb1ddc7b29f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/3a2af9f4f6f249a599cdbfb1ddc7b29f/view
- May 22, 2025: Special notice, due May 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice d7499f45ac4e424789e8e5760898137a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d7499f45ac4e424789e8e5760898137a/view

## Points of contact

- Lia M Arthofer, lia.arthofer@nist.gov, 3034973870

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