SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- CATALYST CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 5/23/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Contracts Management Division 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- PR-CI-02-10710
- Response Due
- 6/11/2002
- Archive Date
- 7/11/2002
- Point of Contact
- KATHLEEN A. ROE, Contract Specialist, Phone: 513/487-2144, E-Mail: roe.kathleen@epa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to KATHLEEN A. ROE
(roe.kathleen@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation number PR-CI-02-10710 is issued as a Request for Quotation. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-07. This acquisition is a 100% small business set aside. The NAICS code is 334516, the size standard for which is 500 employees. The successful contractor shall provide and install one Catalyst Characterization System in accordance with the following specifications/statement of work. The system will be used to deliver accurate temperature-programmed analysis for determining catalytic properties such as percent of metal dispersion, active metal dispersion, acive metal surface area, and acid strength. Specifications/Statement of Work: The contractor shall supply a Catalyst Characterization System that meets the following minimum performance specifications and requirements: Hardware: 1- The system shall perform fully automated a. Temperature Programmed Desorption b. Temperature Programmed Reduction c. Temperature Programmed Oxidation d. Temperature Programmed Reaction e. Pulse Chemisorption, Pulse calibration 2- The system shall perform BET surface area analysis 3- The system shall have a thermal conductivity detector (gold plated and corrosion-resistant) that is capable of detecting minute differences in the concentration of gases flowing into and out of sampler reactor. 4- The system shall have at least four temperature zones which control and heat the gas lines and valves up to 150 degrees C, which ensures that condensation does not occur in the gas lines. 5- The system shall have completely linear temperature ramp from -80 to at least 1000oC in fully automatic operation. The instrument shall have an air cooling system for rapid cooling of the furnace to allow the next run. 6- In order to maximize the peak height and sensitivity while significantly reducing peak spreading, the total dead volume after the sample shall be less than 1.0 cc. 7- The system shall have a built-in controller that allows the instrument to continue the analysis even if the PC based controller crashes. 8- The instrument shall easily accommodate connection to a Mass Spectrophotometer through the exhaust port or through a bleed off line between the reactor and the thermal conductivity detector. 9- Safety: The instrument shall have built in alarms to warn the user of any unsafe conditions which may have been programmed or may have occurred while the instrument is operating, i.e. loss of gas flow. 10- The instrument shall have 12 or more gas input lines and at least 4 mass flow controllers with flow rate ranging from 0 to 100 Scc/minute, to allow greater flexibility when designing experiments. Software: 1- The instrument shall have a Windows based operating software package with a complete data reduction and peak editing. This software shall be a standalone package, which allows complete integration of all peaks. 2- The software shall be very user friendly and interactive, which allows the to import other files for integration, export data to spreadsheet, export graphs to other word processing software. 3- The program shall allow the user to design experiments, which are not limited to a small number of steps. It also shall allow the operator to change, delete or add steps during an experiment. Additional Requirements: 1- The vendor shall install the system and shall provide technical support and assistance to EPA researchers during the start up period and later in the use of the system. i.e., at least throughout the warranty period. 2- The vendor shall provide operation and troubleshooting manuals, 3- The system shall provide at least a one-year warranty. 4- The system shall comes with its own PC, printer, cryogenic unit. All Items shall be delivered to the U.S. EPA Andrew W. Breidenbach Research Center, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268 no later than 90 days after contract award. F.O.B. point shall be destination. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this to this acquisition. The provision at FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items is applicable and the specific evaluation criteria are as follows: (1)Technical acceptablility of the item offered to meet the Government's requirement and (2) price. Technical acceptability shall be evaluated on a pass or fail basis. Offers shall provide descriptive techncial literature in sufficient detail to demonstrate that the items offered meet the minimum requirements specified above. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. This clause may be found on the Internet at the following site: http://www.arnet.gov/far/. Clause FAR 52.212-4, Contract terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The Clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Under FAR 52.215-5 paragraph (b), the following additional clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; FAR 52.222-22, Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports; FAR 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance; FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Verterans of the Vietnam Era; FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; FAR 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; FAR 52.225-1, Buy American Act--Balance of Payments Program - Supplies; and FAR 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Other than Central Contractor Registration. Offerors shall submit 2 copies of their proposals no later than June 11, 2002 to Kathleen Roe as follows: via regular mail: U.S. EPA, Contracts Management Division, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, or via Express Mail/Hand Carry: U.S. EPA, 4411 Montgomery Road, Suite 300, Norwood, OH 45212. Faxed quotations are acceptable and may be sent to Kathleen Roe at (513)487-2109. Proposals may sent electronically via e-mail to roe.kathleen@epa.gov. Questions or comments may be directed to Kathleen Roe at (513-487-2144) or via e-mail at roe.kathleen@epamail.epa.gov.
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