Resistance Tester

This request is an announcement for information/market research for planning purposes. The synopsis does not constitute a request for proposal, request for quote, and invitation for bid nor does its issuance in any way restrict the Government as to its ultimate acquisition approach. 377 MSG/ Contracting Division, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM, seeks potential business sources to provide a Resistance Tester. 377 MSG/ Contracting Division reserves the right to determine if a Small Business set-aside is appropriate. Additionally, we reserve the right to determine if one of the targeted socio-economic is appropriate for a set-aside based on responses to this notice and other pertinent information gathered by the contracting officer. In order for 377 MSG/ Contracting Division to make a SB set-aside determination, it is emphasized that SB concerns provide sufficient written information to indicate their capacity and capability to successfully provide the required items. Firms responding to this announcement must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) and should include company name, cage code, point of contact, address and indicate if it is a small business, 8(a) concern, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUB Zone small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business. The Government reserves the right to consider the acquisition for the 8(a) program based upon responses received to this sources sought announcement. The proposed contract is anticipated to be a firm-fixed price contract. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334515, Resistance measuring equipment manufacturing, and the size standard for small business is 500 Employees. The Statement of Need for this requirement is as follows: Requirements for the Non-contact Sheet Resistance Tester: Be able to determine the sheet resistance (0 to 3000 ohm/sq resistance range) of electrically conductive thin films (0, i.e. not present, to 1 micron thick) deposited glass substrates (1 to 8 millimeters thick) without making physical contact with the sample. Be able to accommodate samples (a conductive thin film on glass) as thin as 0.5 millimeters to as thick as 9.5 millimeters. Be able to measure the transparency (0 to 100% transmittance) of the sample at a visible wavelength of light (a wavelength between 390nm and 700nm) Be able to measure the thickness of the sample Have all the appropriate hardware (computer, sample stage, resistance probe, etc...) and software (operating system, data acquisition programs, etc..) to operate Can be powered by plugging into a standard 110V AC outlet found in the United States of America. Responses are due no later than 12:00 PM (EST) on 29 December 2015 via e-mail. Questions and responses should be addressed to Jennifer Quartemont, via email, to jennifer.quartemont@us.af.mil . Identify your response with the corresponding program title: Sources Sought: Resistance Tester.