SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Development of System for Dry Inoculation of Building Material Coupons
- Notice Date
- 3/1/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Cincinnati Procurement Operations Division 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- PR-CI-06-10372
- Response Due
- 3/10/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/9/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. EPA hereby issues this Sources Sought synopsis in search of any vendor capable to complete a project entitled ?Development of a system for dry inoculation of building material coupons. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. This request for information does not commit the Government to pay any cost incurred in preparation of any submission to this Sources Sought Notice or to a contract for services. This is a market survey for written information only, to ascertain whether the services contemplated for this procurement can be set aside for small business concerns. The North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 541710, the size standard of which is 500 employees. The U.S. EPA?s National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) is currently investigating various decontamination technologies for high value building materials contaminated with Bacillus anthracis. Current on-going studies inoculate building material coupons using a syringe (liquid droplets). However, the likely dissemination method for B. anthracis is aerosol dispersion, thus building materials will be contaminated by dry deposition. Liquid inoculation may yield non-comparable decontamination efficacy results to actual event decontamination efforts for porous materials such as cinder block and wood. A system for the dry inoculation of building material coupons is needed to ensure comparable efficacy results during decontamination efforts. In response to the need for reproducibly dosing building material coupons with dry B. anthracis, the U.S. EPA/NHSRC?s Decontamination and Consequence Management Division (DCMD) is seeking to develop an aerosol deposition system for use in the systematic decontamination studies. The system shall be able to reproducibly (within 20%) dose coupons with user defined spore loadings in the range of 102 - 108 spores per coupon (7 cm2). The terminal velocities of these spores shall mimic those expected in an anthrax release. The system shall be applicable to all building materials of interest, specifically: painted and unpainted cinder block, stainless steel ductwork, industrial carpet, decorative laminate, ceiling tile, painted wallboard, and glass. The system shall be able to dose at least twenty-five 20 mm x 35 mm coupons during a single deposition and the coupons shall be easy to remove, ensuring minimal disruption of the deposited particulate matter. As the B. anthracis innoculant is limited in availability, the deposition process must be efficient so as to conserve inocculant. The deposition system shall be entirely contained to prevent environmental interference and contamination. The system shall be both portable and autoclavable. The performance of the aerosol deposition system shall be evaluated with a suitable surrogate for B. anthracis that is 1-3 ?m in diameter. Uniformity of the aerosol deposition and reproducibility of coupon dosing shall be determined using Scanning Electron Microscopy or another comparable technology. The ability for the system to deliver the needed concentrations of the spores to the building material coupons will be accessed here at the EPA and if the aerosol delivery system is unable to meet the specifications listed in the statement of work then the system shall be modified until it fulfills these requirements. Interested parties shall submit capability statements that demonstrate their experience in this field. Capability statements shall not exceed 3 pages and standard company brochures will not be reviewed. Reference PR-CI-06-10372. Again, this statement is for information purposes only. Interested parties shall submit their capability statement to the Contracting Officer via email at bowers.joshua@epa.gov no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time, Friday, March 10, 2006.
- Web Link
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/oam/solicit)
- Record
- SN00997262-W 20060303/060301212956 (fbodaily.com)
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