SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Developing a Self-Powered Stove Insert to Enhance the Performance of the Kenyan Jiko Stove
- Notice Date
- 9/8/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- 00HCVGGB-2011-3306
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2011
- Point of Contact
- Linda M Young, Phone: (770) 488-2655
- E-Mail Address
-
lml3@cdc.gov
(lml3@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to issue a sole source purchase order to Research Triangle Institute, 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, for developing a self-powered stove insert to enhance the performance of the Kenyan Jiko stove. (This requirement is for an insert only, not a new stove; item will be used with existing stoves.) BACKGROUND There is a significant need for improved biomass cooking stoves that have low carbon monoxide emissions, produce less particulate matter, and operate more efficiently. A more efficient and cleaner burning stove can significantly impact the health and safety of people in parts of the world where wood or other biomass material is used for fuel. In many cases, biomass cook stoves are used indoors in unventilated conditions where people are directly exposed to the gases and particulate matter. The World Health Organization has estimated that indoor smoke from cook stoves is the 4th highest disease risk factor in developing countries. This negative health impact disproportionally affects women and children who have greater exposure to the indoor smoke. PURPOSE To develop an enhancement to the Kenyan Jiko Stove that demonstrates an 85% reduction in black carbon concentrations as compared to the stove's standard operation. SCOPE OF WORK This project would seek to develop innovative technology for enhancing existing biomass cookstoves in the field to reduce emissions and achieve significant health benefits, with previous development of a self-powered fan insert would be modified and applied to the Kenyan Jiko stove to improve combustion and reduce particulate matter (PM) and CO emissions. While, several enhanced stove designs have been developed in the past, the passive designs have only reduced emissions marginally to a level that did not have a significant impact on personal health. Active designs with a powered fan have achieved significant reductions in emissions to a level that is expected to improve personal health, but the availability of a power source limits the use of these stoves to more developed regions. This program seeks to overcome these limitations by pursuing a self-powered design that converts heat from the stove into electricity to self-power the fan. In addition, the approach will be to develop an air-injection system that can be added to existing stoves to significantly reduce emissions without replacing the user's stove. The vendor will provide all labor, materials, and equipment required to complete the tasks outlined below. TASKS TO BE PERFORMED The vendor shall perform the following tasks to enhance the existing Kenyan Jiko Stove: A. Adapt previous developed air injection system to Kenyan Jiko stove B. Adapt previously developed power generation system to Kenyan Jiko stove C. Integrate air injection and power generation systems into a fieldable prototype D. Test the prototype in the laboratory to confirm emission reductions. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE The period of performance shall commence upon award of a purchase order and shall continue through the next 12 months. It should be completed no later than September 30, 2012. DELIVERABLES A prototype enhanced stove insert for the Kenyan Jiko stove: 60 days after award of purchase order A report outlining the laboratory performance of the Kenyan Jiko stove with and without the enhanced insert: 60 days after award of purchase order A report summarizing the field trial for the stove insert that will characterize feedback from the users: 60 days after award of purchase order MINIMUM VENDOR QUALIFICATIONS The vendor must have personnel with an MD or PH.D. having experience with adapting previous developed air -injection systems to Kenyan Jiko Stoves The vendor shall be familiar with the CDC's programs, its approaches and its data. The vendor shall have been successful in the design, fabrication, and testing of a stove that demonstrated an 85% reduction over the traditional three-stone fire particulate emissions. The vendor shall be able to travel several times to Atlanta, Georgia to fulfill the requirements of consultation with CDC. CDC believes that this requirement is met by only one provider. This procurement will be processed under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). Only one responsible source and no other sources will satisfy agency requirements. No solicitation is being issued. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. This procurement is not set-aside for small business. For contractual questions contact Linda M. Young.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia, 30329, United States
- Zip Code: 30329
- Zip Code: 30329
- Record
- SN02568142-W 20110910/110909001138-51b9e85004eda72e844a74f895b9650a (fbodaily.com)
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