Sources Sought Notice for NMR Gaussmeterview on SAM.gov

The purpose of this sources sought notice is to conduct market research and identify potential sources of commercial products/services that satisfy the Government's anticipated needs. BACKGROUND The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), Nanoscale Device Characterization Division, Advanced Electronics Group intends to purchase a gaussmeter whose operating principle is the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) of protons. Additionally, the gaussmeter must be calibrated and traceable to international standards. A primary strategic focus of the division involves exploring the chemical and physical nature of atomic-scale defects in materials. Chief among these materials is diamond; including applications exploiting its wide bandgap properties for power electronics and its ultra-stable defect entities for use in quantum sensing applications. The division is currently undertaking an effort to develop diamond-based magnetometers for magnetic field sensing. A critical aspect of this program is the precise measure of the electronic g-tensor of a specific diamond-based defect entity, the nitrogen vacancy (NV) center. Our ability to measure this quantity directly relates to our ability to calibrate the magnetic field of our magnets. Thus, we require an ultra-sensitive NMR gaussmeter. Additionally, our program requires that our measure of g-tensor be SI traceable and thus requires an SI-traceable measure of magnetic field. The primary purpose of this acquisition is to measure magnetic field in an ultra-sensitive and SI-traceable manner by exploiting the nuclear magnetic resonance of protons. This unit will serve to measure and verify against international standards the magnetic fields of our existing magnet infrastructure. The ability to perform this is ultimately directly related to the sensitivity and traceability of the diamond-based magnetometers currently under development. NIST is seeking information from sources that may be capable of providing an NMR gaussmeter that will achieve the objectives described above, and meet the following essential minimum required technical specifications: The gaussmeter shall operate on the principle of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons. The gaussmeter shall be a standalone instrument that does not require integration or requirements of any other systems. The gaussmeter shall have a precision of less than 0.01 parts per million in a stable magnetic field of 1.5 T. The gaussmeter shall have an accuracy of plus or minus 5 parts per million that is independent of temperature. The gaussmeter shall have a maximum field gradient of at least 1 mT per cm. The gaussmeter shall have an operating frequency range covering at least 1 MHz to 1 GHz. The gaussmeter shall have the ability to accept interchangeable probe heads for measuring a variety of different magnetic field ranges. The gaussmeter shall come furnished with one such probe head that shall Cover the magnetic field rang…