SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- AMMONIA LEAK LOCATOR
- Notice Date
- 3/27/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BH
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NNJ12ZBH201L
- Response Due
- 4/10/2012
- Archive Date
- 3/27/2013
- Point of Contact
- Jessica C. Miller, Contracting Officer, Phone 281-483-6792, Fax 281-483-4066, Email jessica.c.miller@nasa.gov - Stacy G. Houston, Contracting Officer, Phone 281-483-9649, Fax 281-483-7890, Email stacy.g.houston@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Jessica C. Miller
(jessica.c.miller@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA is searching for equipment capable of finding a potential ammonia leak in aheat rejection system on the International Space Station (ISS). NASA Johnson SpaceCenter (JSC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for an Ammonia LeakLocator. JSC has a need for a piece of equipment capable of detecting an ammonia leak in thevacuum environment immediately external to the International Space Station. NASA isseeking potential sources that can provide an instrument capable of locating the sourceof an ammonia leak from the ISS external heat rejection system should one arise. Thefluid that transfers the heat from heat exchangers to radiators is anhydrous ammonia. The ammonia lines have the possibility of leaking at any location along the lines. NASAis searching for an instrument capable of finding a leak, so a repair can be made. Different detection methods have different operational concepts. One operational conceptinvolves delivering a leak detection instrument to ISS, store the device in the habitablevolume, transfer the device through the airlock in the Japanese Experiment Module, attachthe device to the robotic arm, and have the robotic arm survey the area around theammonia lines.The technique should be capable of identifying a 0.1 20 kg/day leakfrom a distance 3 meters from the leak source.The detector needs to operate in theexternal environment of space, with diurnal temperature swings, diurnal changes inlighting, naturally occurring species (mostly atomic oxygen), off-gas products from theISS materials, and gaseous products vented from ISS vacuum vents.Interested parties are invited to provide descriptions of their leak location systems. This description should include the following:- Description of the theory of measurement- Description of measurement capabilities -- Sensitivity -- Selectivity -- Dynamic range- Description of Engineering Specifications -- System size -- System mass -- System power use- Description of Performance in the ISS environment -- Performance in a vacuum environment -- Performance in temperature extremes -- Power input needs, and cooling requirements -- Data input requirements -- Data delivery requirementsIn addition, responses must include the following: name and address of firm, size ofbusiness; average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; and point ofcontact - address and phone number. Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-typeproduct. A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101.This notice is issued by NASAs Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) as a Request forInformation seeking information from industry about technical capabilities. Thisdocument is for information and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a Requestfor Proposal, Invitation for Bid, or Request for Quotation, and is not to be construed asa commitment by the Government to enter into a contract nor will the Government pay forinformation solicited.All responses shall be submitted to Jessica Miller,jessica.c.miller@nasa.gov, no later than 4:00pm standard time on April 10, 2012. Pleasereference NNJ12ZBH201L in any response. Any referenced notes may be viewed at thefollowing URLs linked below.No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If asolicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA AcquisitionInternet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sitesfor the release of any solicitation or synopsis.
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