SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Ion Chromatograph
- Notice Date
- 4/16/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, Region I, One Congress Street, (MCP), Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114
- ZIP Code
- 02114
- Solicitation Number
- EIA-9020
- Archive Date
- 5/16/2009
- Point of Contact
- Robert Stachowski,, Phone: (617) 918-1913, Patrice Denault ,, Phone: (617) 918-1714
- E-Mail Address
-
stachowski.robert@epa.gov, denault.patrice@epa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The EPA Region 1 is issuing this Sources Sought Notice for One (1) Ion Chromatograph which can simultaneously analyze Anion & Cations and produce results equivalent to results produced by a Dionex Model # ICS-3000.Tthe Ion Chromatograph Instrument must generate its own Eluent. This is a Sources Sought Notice only; it is not a Solicitation Announcement. The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification relative to NAICS Code 334516, (Size Standard of 500 employees). If at least two small qualified businesses are identified during this market research, then any competitive procurement that results would be conducted as a Small Business Set-Aside. General Features: - The Ion Chromatograph System must be capable to display the status of vital parameters (system pressure, concentration of eluent, positions of pumps). - Physical Requirements: To install the instrument into existing space: 84" x 30" maximum EG (eluent generator): need for analyzing anions and cations. - This instrument must be able to operate simultaneously two different eluent generators for different applications. - Needs to be equipped with continuously trapping device removing interfering contaminants from the elements. Column Compartment: The IC must have two independently working columns in controllable temperature compartments. Detector: - Must have dual detection capability to be able to simultaneously control two independent runs. - Suppressor must be self-regenerating - Suppressor must not require the use of external pumps, valves or sold phase reagents to achieve eluent suppression. Interface Requirements: No interface to LIMS needed. Training Requirements: To be performed on-site. Service and Support Requirements: Instruments should include one year warranty, with possible option to extend the warranty using a Service & Maintenance Agreement for up to four (4) additional years. Warranty Agreement shall include, telephone technical support needed for the hardware, software and application. All on-site field service to include labor and travel charges. Service should include all emergency telephone calls and all parts that are required to repair defects in materials. Reporting and Documentation Requirements. Data has to be compatible with the existing equipment which includes operation, acquisition and generation of raw data files. Reporting limit of 0.1 ppm for all target analyses (fluoride, chloride, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate and sulfate) required. Acceptance Schedule and Constraints: Acceptance testing on entire system to demonstrate that all specifications are met after installation in laboratory. Must have ability to run IDC and MDL after installation within 45 days. Payment of invoice will be authorized upon completion of acceptance testing. The Solicitation which will be issued on the responses received from the Sources Sought Notification will require the following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clauses as applicable in FAC-2005-32 52.212-1: Instruction to Offerors 52.212-3: Offer Representations & Certifications - Commercial Items 52.212-4: Contract Terms & Conditions - Commercial Items 52.212-5: Contract Terms & Conditions required to implement Status or Executive Orders - Commercial Items. The following FAR Clauses will be incorporated as part of FAR Clause 52.212-5 52.219- 28: Post-Award Small Business Program Representation 52.222-3: Convict Labor 52.222-19: Child Labor 52.222-21: Prohibition of Segregated Facilities 52.222-26: Equal Opportunity 52.222-36: Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities 52.222-50: Combating Trafficking in Persons 52.225-13: Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases 52.232-33: Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - Central Contractor Registration Interested parties should submit a capability statement and product information that clearly demonstrates their capabilities to provide the equipment described above. Standard company brochures will not be considered sufficient response to this Sources Sought Synopsis. The applicable NAICS Code is 334516. In the capabilities statements, contractors must provide their size status for the above referenced NAICS code, (i.e. large, small and whether or not they are a certified HubZone, 8(a), Woman-Owned, Small Disadvantaged and/or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned business. Responses for the above shall be submitted to the Primary Point of Contact by 4:30 p.m. EDT on or before Friday May 1, 2009.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region One Laboratroy, North Chelmsford, Massachusetts, 01872, United States
- Zip Code: 01872
- Zip Code: 01872
- Record
- SN01795308-W 20090418/090416222619-294e60047167e7c4ad4c49360eb37911 (fbodaily.com)
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