SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Optical Particle Sizer
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Acquisition and Assistance Field Branch (Pittsburgh), Post Office Box 18070, Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15236-0070
- ZIP Code
- 15236-0070
- Solicitation Number
- PR2012-50959
- Archive Date
- 9/14/2012
- Point of Contact
- Florence P Black, Phone: 4123866455, Stephanie Cruz, Phone: 4123864414
- E-Mail Address
-
fpblack@cdc.gov, scruz@cdc.gov
(fpblack@cdc.gov, scruz@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), intends to issue a purchase order to TSI Incorporated, 500 Cardigan Road, Shoreview, MN 55126. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Office of Mine Safety and Health Research (OMSHR), has a requirement for TSI Model 3330 Optical Particle Sizer. The Optical Particle Sizer (OPS) must include an operation manual, power supply, one battery, purge filter, USB cable, carrying case and Aerosol Instrument Manager software for the OPS. The OPS must meet the following specifications: • The instrument must be capable of measuring 16 size channels. • The number of channels must be user selectable • The channel boundaries must be user selectable. • The instrument must be capable of measuring aerosols from 0.3 microns to 10 microns. • The instrument must be capable of measuring concentrations up to 3,000 particles per cc without dilution. • The instrument must be capable of measuring mass concentrations between 0.001 and 275,000 µg/cubic meter. • The instrument must include a built-in pump providing sample with ±5% accuracy. • The instrument must measure less than 1 count per minute with HEPA filtered air at inlet. • The instrument must be capable of sample times as short as 1 second and sample time must be user definable. • The instrument must measure airborne solids and non-volatile liquids. • The instrument must have a built-in filter to collect a sample for subsequent analysis. • The instrument must have a battery in the system that will allow up to 12 hours of operation. • The instrument must be portable with an operating weight of less than 5 pounds. • The instrument must have built-in data logging for up to 30,000 sample sets of data. This project is supported by justification for other than full and open competition to TSI Incorporated under authority of 41 U.S.C.253(c)(1) or FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). Responsible sources that believe they can provide a product that matches the specifications identified above are hereby afforded the opportunity to submit, within 15 days from the posting date of this notice, their product information and pricing information. Please forward product and pricing information to Florence Black at fpblack@cdc.gov. All vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov, (formerly known as Central Contractor Registry (CCR) at www.ccr.gov), prior to an award of a federal contract. This is not a Request for Proposals; however, the Government will review any/all product and pricing information submitted and determine if other qualified sources do exist that could provide this requirement. Information received in response will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If no affirmative responses are received within 15 days, in accordance with FAR 6.302-1, negotiations will be conducted with TSI Incorporated, 500 Cardigan Road, Shoreview, MS, as the only source.
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