SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent - Sole-Source Justification
- Notice Date
- 6/8/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Procurement Section, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20535, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20535
- Solicitation Number
- PR-0020220
- Archive Date
- 6/26/2015
- Point of Contact
- Jerry D. Varnell, Phone: 7036327500
- E-Mail Address
-
jerry.varnell@ic.fbi.gov
(jerry.varnell@ic.fbi.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sole-Source Justification PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate a one-time sole source contract with TA Instruments- Waters LLC, 159 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This notice will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Website (www.fedbizopps.gov). Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; the size standard is 500 employees. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to award a non-competitive, sole source contract to TA Instruments - Waters LLC, 159 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720 for a TAM III Microcalorimeter System. The FBI is often faced with questions from the law enforcement and intelligence communities regarding the gas evolution and stability of improvised explosive materials in numerous external environments. An accurate and extremely efficient method of directly determining these parameters of energetic materials is to utilize a Microcalorimeter specifically designed for such tests. Calorimeters have a long history in the field of energetic materials science. The FB currently owns a TA Instruments TAM III Microcalorimeter System. The FBI requires an identical instrument for the new FBI Facility located in Huntsville, AL. The required system must be identical to directly compare the results generated. TA Instruments is the sole-manufacturer and distributer of the TAM III Microcalorimeter System and is the only vendor that can provide the same instrument that the FBO owns that meet the FBI requirements listed below: • Temperature Range: 15 150C; • Temperature Accuracy: <± 0.1 K; • Long Term Stability: <± 100 µK/24h; • Short Term Stability: < ±10 µK (peak-peak); • Scanning Rate: < ±2 K/h (between 20 150C); • Heating 15 K/h at 15C - 2 K/h at 150C; • Cooling 15 K/h at 150C - 1.5 K/h at 15C; • Thermostat must include at least four channels, which accommodate up to four different calorimeters for simultaneous measurement, and up to 24 simultaneous calorimetric measurements; Calorimeter must include the following: • Nanocalorimeter: For isothermal or temperature scanning experiments; • Isothermal Titration Calorimeter: Includes a nanocalorimeter, ITC ampoule and peristaltic pump; • Microcalorimeter: For isothermal or temperature scanning experiments on larger sample sizes; • Mini/Multicalorimeters: An array of minicalorimetes, each providing microcalorimeterlevel sensitivity, and configured in groups of 3 or 6, depending on the sample volume; • Precision Solution Calorimeter: For semiadiabatic measurement of the heat produced or consumed during the dissolution of a solid or liquid into a solvent; Calorimeter Details: • Nanocalrimeter: Calorimeter must be able to perform to the following minimum specifications. Technical data must be included to demonstrate calorimeter performance: o Dynamic Range: ±10 milliwatts o Short Term Noise: <± 10 nanowatts o Baseline Drift: < 20 nanowatts/24hours o Accuracy: > 1% o Precision: ±100 nanowatts • The calorimeter must be a true isothermal (not adiabatic) system. The temperature of the sample should not change more than ±0.0001C; • The calorimeter must operate in either heat flow (heat flux) or power compensation (feedback) modes of detection; • The heat flow response of the calorimeter must be calibrated using a fixed calibration heater; • The calorimeter must accommodate removable sample ampoules, up to 4 mL in volume. Fixed cell designs are not acceptable due to lack of flexibility and inherent issues with cleaning the cell; • The calorimeter must accommodate a wide variety of ampoules, including the following: o Closed ampoules, made from either glass, stainless steel or hastelloy and employing either heat seals or screw caps seals; o A perfusion ampoule, for the introduction of reactive gas to the sample during the testing; o A relative humidity perfusion ampoule, for the control of humidity or solvent/vapor concentration during the testing; o A titration ampoule, for performing isothermal titration calorimetry testing; • Microcalorimeter: Calorimeter must be able to perform to the following minimum specifications. Technical data must be included to demonstrate calorimeter performance: o Dynamic Range: ±30 milliwatts o Short Term Noise: < ±100 nanowatts o Baseline Drift: < 200 nanowatts/24hours o Accuracy: > 5% o Precision: ±100 nanowatts • The calorimeter must be a true isothermal (not adiabatic) system. The temperature of the sample should not change more than ±0.0001C; • The calorimeter must operate in heat flow (heat flux) mode of detection; • The heat flow response of the calorimeter must be calibrated using a fixed calibration heater; • The calorimeter must accommodate removable sample ampoules, up to 20 mL in volume. Fixed cell designs are not acceptable due to lack of flexibility and inherent issues with cleaning the cell; • The calorimeter must accommodate a wide variety of ampoules, including the following: o Closed ampoules, made from either glass, stainless steel or hastelloy and employing either heat seals or screw caps seals; o Microsolution ampoule for measuring the heat of solution of dissolving a solid or liquid in a solvent; • Mini/Multicalorimeters: Microcalorimeter system must accommodate multiple, simultaneous, differential measurements. This can be accomplished through an array of minicalorimeters. A minicalorimeter is a differential calorimeter constructed in a vertical design to minimize space in the thermostat. Each minicalorimeter must provide performance as defined below: o Dynamic Range: ±50 milliwatts o Short Term Noise: < ±100 nanowatts o Baseline Drift: < 200 nanowatts/24hours o Accuracy: > 5% o Precision: ±200 nanowatts • The calorimeter must be a true isothermal (not adiabatic) system. The temperature of the sample should not change more than ±0.0001C; • The calorimeter must operate in either heat flow (heat flux) or dynamic correction (feedback) modes of detection; • The heat flow response of the calorimeter must be calibrated using a fixed calibration heater; • The calorimeter must accommodate removable sample ampoules, up to 4 mL in volume. Fixed cell designs are not acceptable due to lack of flexibility and inherent issues with cleaning the cell; • The calorimeter must accommodate a wide variety of ampoules, including the following: o Closed ampoules, made from either glass, stainless steel or hastelloy and employing either heat seals or screw caps seals; • The thermostat must accommodate up to four individual multicalorimeters, resulting in up to 24 simultaneous differential measurements; • Thermostat must be reconfigurable to accept up to 48 individual minicalorimeters; • Calorimeter must be configured to perform vacuum thermal stability (VTS) testing on energetic materials. This includes an appropriate evacuation station, as well as a digital block heater to maintain sample temperature while removed from the thermostat system for extended periods of time; • Precision Solution Calorimeter: Microcalorimeter system must accommodate a precision solution calorimeter, for high precision measurements of the heat generated or consumed when a solid or liquid sample is dissolved or diluted into a solvent. See specifications below: o Temperature range: 15-90°C o Liquid Volume: 100ml o Sample Volume: 1.1 ml o Thermal short-term noise: <±10 µK/h o Thermal long-term drift: <±100 µK/h o Precision: heat > 1000 J <±0.02 % o Precision: heat < 50 J <±10 mJ o Precision: heat < 0.1 J <±5 mJ o Accuracy heat < 100 J < 0.1 % • Solution calorimeter must accommodate both solid and liquid samples; • Reaction vessel should be removable for easy cleaning and solvent replacement; • System shall include electric calibration heater and thermistor for temperature detection; • Stirring speed should be controllable over the rate 0-600 rpm; • Sample must be held in separate ampoules until entire system achieves thermal equilibrium. Microcalorimeter system must include separate software for complete experimental control, data acquisition, data analysis and reports. Based on market research conducted and contacts made with knowledgeable individuals within the government and related industry, it has been determined the FBI's requirement can only be provided by TA Instruments as they are the sole-manufacturer and distributer of the TAM III Microcalorimeter System. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement to this office by 08:00 am, EST, June 11, 2015, by email to the attention of Jerry Varnell, Contract Specialist, at Jerry.Varnell@ic.fbi.gov. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Telephone requests will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Vendors must be registered in SAM, effective July 29, 2012 to receive government contracts. The FBI uses a financial system that has a direct interface with SAM. Please ensure that your company's SAM information is updated and accurate. This includes TIN, EFT, DUNS, addresses and contact information. The EFT banking information on file in SAM will be what the FBI uses to process payment to your organization.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 4940 Fowler Road, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 35898, United States
- Zip Code: 35898
- Zip Code: 35898
- Record
- SN03757325-W 20150610/150608235500-20eb5731e3ad6c1186f16eb150aa6b77 (fbodaily.com)
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