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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 13, 2003 FBO #0622
MODIFICATION

66 -- Personnel Contamination Monitor (PCM)

Notice Date

8/11/2003
 

Notice Type

Modification
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571
 

ZIP Code

20899-3571
 

Solicitation Number

NA1341-03-Q-0654
 

Response Due

8/18/2003
 

Archive Date

9/2/2003
 

Point of Contact

Joni Laster, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-975-8397, Fax 301-975-8884, - Patrick Staines, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)975-6335, Fax (301)975-8884,
 

E-Mail Address

joni.laster@nist.gov, Patrick.Staines@nist.gov
 

Description

Solicitation Number NA1341-03-Q-0654 is hereby amended to address the following vendor questions and revise two (2) of the specifications as follows: Question: What is the required gas for the detectors, Xenon? Answer: There is no specific type of gas specified for the sealed gas-proportional detectors. Xenon (Xe-Co2) and P10 (Argon-Methane) are both acceptable. The detectors on PCM shall be sealed gas proportional detectors and require low maintenance. The detector windows shall be of a thin, industry standard type material such that detection of low energy betas is permitted, i.e., C-14; unsealed gas flow detectors are unacceptable. Question: If Xenon, how can the detection system detect Alpha particles (Radon), due to the Mylar windows being so dense (durability) for the sealed detectors? Answers: NIST would like a low maintenance sealed detector system that measures contamination from alpha, beta and photon radiation and measures the Radon contamination without sounding an alarm from this contamination. To the best of our knowledge, no such machine exists. Therefore, NIST will drop the Radon contamination compensation specification (specification #12) entirely. The following specifications have been revised: (12) Completely removed and (21) When installed the PCM shall have a maximum footprint of 54 inch x 54 inch and a maximum height of 92 inch. The due date of August 18, 2003 @ 3 pm EST remains unchanged.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 100 Bureau Drive,, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Zip Code: 20899

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00397328-W 20030813/030811213300 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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