SPECIAL NOTICE
59 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source - GasBench Peripheral
- Notice Date
- 3/11/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Midwest Area Urbana, IL, 1101 West Peabody Drive, Room 180, Urbana, Illinois, 61801
- ZIP Code
- 61801
- Solicitation Number
- AG-518P-S-AA55
- Archive Date
- 4/9/2009
- Point of Contact
- Randa Plotner,, Phone: 217-244-3262
- E-Mail Address
-
randa.plotner@ars.usda.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- USDA/ARS, Photosynthesis Research Unit, Urbana, IL Location has a requirement for a GasBench Peripheral to be used with already existing equipment, Delta V Mass Spectrophotometer, brand name or equal. This Notice is being published as an Intent to Sole Source this equipment from Thermo Electron North America as provided in Quotation No. 2017436 as a follow-on contract to match already existing equipment in the laboratory. The Statement of Work and Minimum Requirements Specifications are as follows: Statement of Work: This equipment will provide us the ability to measure the stable isotopic signature of various trace gases as they are absorbed by or released by vegetation under laboratory conditions. This will help our lab measure issues related to plant responses to the environment, including water use efficiencies, respiration, bundle sheath leakiness, mesophyll conductance, as well as additional measurements. Given the versatility of this equipment, it will also allow for other members of the PRU to utilize its capabilities for a wide range of applications. This exact model must be purchased as it is an instrument that works with existing equipment that we already in our possession. The Minimum Requirements Specifications are as follows: We need a GasBench Peripheral to work with a Delta V Mass Spectrometer, brand name or equal, that uses the Isodat control software. The precision of the system must be as follows: 10 pulses of reference gas (amplitude 3V, H2 5V), ä notation Precision Linearity CO2 13C 0.06 ‰ 0.02 ‰/nA CO2 18O 0.08 ‰ 0.02 ‰/nA O2 18O 0.08 ‰ 0.02 ‰/nA N2 15N 0.06 ‰ 0.02 ‰/nA H2 2H 0.50 ‰ 0.20 ‰/nA Please provide your proposals for equipment meeting or exceeding these requirements to: Randa Plotner, Purchasing Agent, USDA/ARS, 1101 W. Peabody Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, phone: 217-244-3262, fax: 217-244-7703, e-mail: randa.plotner@ars.usda.gov by COB 03/25/2009. Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition is as follows: JUSTIFICATION AND APPROVAL FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (SOLE SOURCE) TITLE: GasBench Peripheral 1. AGENCY AND CONTRACTING ACTIVITY: USDA/ARS/MWA, Photosynthesis Research Unit, Urbana, IL Location 1. DESCRIPTION OF ACTION: USDA/ARS/MWA, has a requirement for a gasbench to be used with existing Delta V Mass Spectrophotometer, brand name or equal, meeting or exceeding the Statement of Work and Minimum Requirements Specifications as listed above. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES: See listed above 2. AUTHORITY CITED FAR Part 6.302-(ii) (A) and FAR Part 5.102-6 3. REASONS FOR AUTHORITY CITED. FAR Part 6.302 (ii) - Supplies may be deemed to be available only from the original source in the case of a follow-on contract or the continued development or production of a major system or highly specialized equipment, including major components thereof, when it is likely that award to any other source would result in (A) Substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. 4. EFFORTS TO OBTAIN COMPETITION: Notice of Intent to Sole Source Published in FedBizOps 03/11/2009 5. FAIR AND REASONABLE DETERMINATION. See File 6. MARKET RESEARCH: See File 7. OTHER SUPPORTING FACTORS: See Attachment Exhibit C 8. INTERESTED SOURCES: N/A
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA/ARS, 193 ERML, 1201 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, United States
- Zip Code: 61801
- Zip Code: 61801
- Record
- SN01767213-W 20090313/090311220455-2a77dfb94c555f6091465de4c7e51b78 (fbodaily.com)
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