Cryocooler
Waiver type - Procurement: Nonavailability
Agency: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (1341) • Product Service Code (PSC) : 6640 | Last Modified: 03/16/2023
Procurement Summary
NIST's Faint Photonics Group requires a complete mechanical cryocooler system, including an air-cooled compressor, hoses, and coldhead, for cooling electronics and optics to 4K. The system will be installed into an existing cryostat that is designed to accommodate a Sumitomo RDK-101D or equivalent in dimensions. The cryocooler must get to a temperature of 2.3K or colder, with a cooling power of 100mW or greater at 4.2K. There is a cryostat that has been assembled from spare parts at NIST in the Faint Photonics Group. As a result, the cryocooler NIST intends to procure needs to be a Sumitomo RDK-101D or a product with equivalent capabilities and dimensions.
Waiver Rationale Summary
I hereby determine that a cryocooler system is not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities of satisfactory quality that will meet FPG’s requirements. Authority is hereby granted to procure the cryocooler system of foreign origin (Japan), which shall be treated as a domestic article for this procurement, at a price of $22,500 inclusive of shipping/delivery costs to the destination.
Yes
No
Consistent with Policy
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
03/15/2023
N/A
NB686060-23-00336
Post-solicitation
Between 6 months and 1 year
Individual Waiver
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY