SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Gravimetric Filters
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Labor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Procurement Services Center, N5416 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20210-0001
- ZIP Code
- 20210-0001
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-DOL069RI20227
- Response Due
- 7/10/2006
- Archive Date
- 7/25/2006
- Description
- Description The U.S. Department of Labor?s, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Directorate of Science, Technology and Medicine is seeking a contractor to provide Gravimetric filters to be used with Robot Models USD-1, and USD-4. These robots have a type GP hand. The part number of the hands are as follows: USD-1, Part Number 37788/5; and USD-4, Part Number 55442 The filters are comprised of filters contained in robot compatible capsules. These capsules are installed in plastic cassettes to form the sampling device. The cassette is comprised of the following parts: MSA # 456877 ? Cassette inlet MSA # 803460 ? Cassette outlet half MSA # 636906 ? Cap, round, vinyl, red, .343 ID X ?? MSA # 457038 ? Plug, plastic This SOW is being issued as a DRAFT only. At this time the Department estimates that the period of performance for this effort will be effective for 1 year from the effective date. OSHA reserves the right to exercise up to 4 additional option years, after the base year. OSHA seeks a response from firms that are capable of providing these filters as described in the DRAFT SOW. The Department is conducting market research in an effort to identify businesses that are capable of performing the work described in the DRAFT SOW. All offerors, including small businesses capable of performing the work described in the DRAFT SOW are encouraged to submit a capability statement to Thompson.sheila@dol.gov. Please indicate the size/type of business (small, hub-zone, 8(a), non-profit, large, etc.) in your submission. This sources sought notice and DRAFT SOW are for planning purposes only and do not commit the Government to pay for the information requested, issue a solicitation, or award a contract. No solicitation document exists at this time. No proposals shall be entertained based on this submission. Furthermore, the attached technical sections do not constitute a complete solicitation or imply that a complete solicitation will be submitted at a later date. No legal liability on the part of the Government exists for payment of any money for the performance of work requested by this sources sought notice. The Government will take into consideration all responses issued by the above deadline. Based on the BPA Qualifications responses and capability statements that the Government receives for this RFI, the Government may issue a final BPA at later date. The closing date for the receipt of responses is July 10, 2006, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Send your responses to Sheila Thompson, Contract Negotiator at the following e-mail address: Thompson.Sheila@dol.gov. The government reserves the right to compete any acquisition resulting from this survey among small businesses or to make award to an 8 (a) firm, based on the responses received. This sources sought notice is for planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to pay for the information requested, issue a solicitation, or award a contract. No solicitation document exists at this time. The NAICS Code identified for this requirement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 500 employees DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK SUPPORT FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH ADMINISTRATION DIRECTORATE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE SALT LAKE TECHNICAL LABORATORY I. INTRODUCTION The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Directorate of Science, Technology & Medicine (DSTM), Salt Lake Technical Center (SLTC) is requiring service and materials for pre-weight filters. II. BACKGROUND The Department of Labor (DOL), OSHA, SLTC, Industrial Hygiene Chemistry (IHC) Division annually analyzes tens of thousands of samples submitted by Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) evaluating worker exposure to regulated chemicals in workplaces all over the United State and the territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam. Analytical results provided by SLTC to CSHOs are often used as the basis for citations and these results must be accurate, precise, and defendable in court proceedings. A significant number of samples (approximately 6,000 per year) are for worker exposure assessments to dusts (including silica and metals). These dust samples are collected on filters and exposure results are based on weighing the filter before and after sampling ? the weight difference determines the mass of dust collected on the sample (gravimetric analysis). Because of the quantity of gravimetric analyses performed, SLTC has invested in high-tech robotics to process the pre- and post-weighing of filters. Although this automated technology increases the efficiency, accuracy, and precision of gravimetric analysis, it requires the use of specific, robotic compatible, filter capsules. In addition to specialized analytical equipment and supplies, the actual assembly of the sampling device (fitting and sealing the filter capsule into a plastic cassette) also requires trained staff, specialized equipment, and quality control practices to test and ensure the integrity of each individual device. SLTC has determined that the most efficient way to accomplish this work is to contract with a private business to perform the sampling device assembly. Historically, the cost of the filter capsule is included in the assembly cost. As part of the on-going analytical services provided by SLTC, gravimetric sampling devices are provided at any time to CSHOs upon request and submitted samples are analyzed within 15 days of when they are received. Because the shelf-life for the assembled sampling devices are essentially indefinite, they can be annually stockpiled and maintained in SLTC?s inventory. Maintaining an annual inventory also allows for quickly providing sample media to large scale events such as this year?s hurricane assistance efforts. Therefore, SLTC must maintain an adequate inventory of sampling media at all times. III. TECHNICAL SERVICES REQUIRED A. Scope of Work In coordination with SLTC analytical staff, this contract requires: - Robotics compatible filter capsules be assembled and delivered to SLTC. - SLTC staff will pre-weigh the filter capsules and return approximately 90% back to the contractor (the other 10% will be retained for internal quality control). - The contractor will perform final assembly into acceptable sampling devices. - The contractor will returne the assembled devices to SLTC. SLTC currently operates two Zymark Corporation robots: a model USD-1 and a model USD-4. Further, Zymark designed and built a custom arm to manipulate gravimetric filter capsules. SLTC currently uses a custom filter capsule (MSA Corporation?s part number 10012901) comprised of an aluminum over-guard, PVC filter, and stainless steel filter support. Once filter capsules are received by SLTC, on a time permits basis between routine duties, analysts at SLTC prepare and load the automated system with filter capsules for pre-weighing. Therefore, it is difficult to establish a time-line for SLTC analysts to complete the pre-weighing and return of the filter capsules to the contractor for final assembly into sampling devices. To accommodate both parties, SLTC and the contractor will coordinate the supply of un-weighed filter capsules in agreed to lot sizes. As filter capsules are pre-weighed and accumulated at SLTC, minimum lots of 400 pre-weighed filter capsules will be returned to the contractor for final assembly. An outline of the scope of work follows the sequence below: 1. Robotics compatible filter capsules will be delivered to SLTC on an agreed to schedule. 2. As time permits, SLTC staff will condition, pre-weigh, and give a unique bar-code for tracking to each filter capsule. 3. As they are accumulated, lots of not less than 400 pre-weighed filter capsules will periodically be returned to the contractor for proper assembly. 4. 90% of supplied filter capsules will be returned to the contractor for final assembly. 5. Final assembly will include, installation of filter capsules into cassettes, quality assurance inspection, and testing to ensure acceptable performance. 6. Fully assembled sampling devices will be sent back to SLTC in their submitted lots. 7. The contractor will maintain and report inventory data with each shipment including lost, damaged, or destroyed sampling devices. B. Deliverables and Schedule SLTC is requesting a contract to provide quality assured assembly of robotic compatible sample devices including filter capsules and cassettes. The Contractor will be responsible for providing materials and services according to the schedule outlined below: 1. As outlined in the Delivery Order (Task Order), the contractor will provide the first batch of SLTC robotics compatible filter capsules comprised of a compatible over-guard, filter, and filter support. 2. Filters will be of 35 mm diameter, 5 um pore-size, low-ash PVC material compatible with OSHA analytical methods 3. The filter capsule will be comprised of an aluminum overguard, a filter described in B.2 above, and a stainless steel ?spider? support. The filter capsule will be compatible with existing SLTC robotics. 4. Within three weeks of a request by SLTC, the contractor will be able to provide additional filter capsules in quantities agreed to at the time of request. 5. SLTC will robotically condition and weigh the filter capsules, assign individual barcodes, and return 90% filter capsules to the contractor for final assembly (the remaining 10% will be used for internal quality control programs at SLTC). 6. SLTC will return pre-weighed, barcoded, and logged filter capsules to the contractor as they are processed in lots of not less than 400. 7. Within one week of receipt, the contractor will: a. Assemble the filters capsules into appropriate plastic cassettes, b. Visually inspect each assembled sampling device for quality including: cracked cassettes; ripped, folded or improperly seated filter capsules; and improperly taped cassette seals. c. Perform a negative pressure integrity test to assure that each collection device is properly assembled, seated, and sealed, and d. Return the assembled sampling devices to SLTC. e. The contractor will include in the shipment an bar-coded inventory accounting for all filter capsules including those damaged, destroyed, or rejected by quality control for some other reason. 8. Shipments will be by common carrier.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Not known at this time
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