SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- ELEMENTAL COMBUSTION SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 8/11/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 339111
— Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Administrative Support Center, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA, 23510
- ZIP Code
- 23510
- Solicitation Number
- EA133F-04-RQ-0250
- Response Due
- 8/23/2004
- Archive Date
- 9/7/2004
- Point of Contact
- Sybil Custer, Contract Specialist, Phone 757-441-6889, Fax 757-441-3786, - Lynne Phipps, Contract Specialist, Phone (757) 441-6881, Fax (757) 441-3786,
- E-Mail Address
-
Sybil.S.Custer@noaa.gov, lynne.b.phipps@noaa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Milford, Connecticut, has a requirement a for an elemental analyzer model 4010-500A or equivalent. This equipment will be used for the determination of total carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, sulfur and oxygen (C,N,H,S, and O) in solids and liquids of various sample sizes and types. The specification for the elemental analyzer system must include: (1) an option to have a sealed carousel, which adds no atmospheric nitrogen during sample introduction; (2) proven success to be coupled to a mass spectrometer for continuous flow measurement of stable isotopes; (3) on board controller of all instrument functions with no separate computer control required; (3) the ability to be configured for the simultaneous determination of NC, NCS, CHNS, or O; (4) make a complete, gas chromatographic separation of all elements; (5) the entire gas sample must be analyzed from combustion with no splitting of dilution of the combustion gases; (6) regulators must be used to control the gases, not mass-flow controllers, to ensure stable gas control; (7) a microbalance with 1 ug readability; (8) the ability to account for different sample sizes and the analyzer must be able to easily switch combustion/reduction reactors of different diameters; (9) data acquisition software; (10) a start up kit; (11) use a single dual filament, high sensitivity thermal conductive detector for the measurement of N,C,H,S and O so that no reference gas flow is required; (12) installation and training; and (13) one-year one site warranty. This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. All responsible sources may submit an offer to the RFQ which will be considered by the agency. Copies of the solicitation will only be posted on FEDBIZOPPS. Telephone requests will not be honored. Submit a copy of the downloadable RFQ, if offering an equal product, provide sufficient technical/descriptive literature for technical evaluation, via email to (sybil.s.custer@noaa.gov) or mail offers to U.S. Dept. of Commerce/NOAA/Eastern Administrative Support Center, 200 Granby Street, Suite 815, Norfolk, VA. 23510, Attn: Sybil Custer, NO LATER THAN AUGUST 23, 2004. Potential contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) to be eligible for award. The CCR website is: www.ccr.gov. Award will be made to the lowest responsible, responsive offeror who can meet the requirements contained in this announcement and is the most advantageous to the Government considering price and other price related factors. Award will be made on or about August 30, 2004.
- Place of Performance
- Address: MILFORD, CT
- Zip Code: 06460
- Zip Code: 06460
- Record
- SN00641244-W 20040813/040811211733 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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