SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Volumetric Multicomponent Gas Sorption Instrument
- Notice Date
- 7/26/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-13-RQ-0681
- Archive Date
- 8/24/2013
- Point of Contact
- Kim S Stavish, Phone: 301-975-2672, Monifa Coleman, Phone: 3019756321
- E-Mail Address
-
kim.stavish@nist.gov, Monifa.Coleman@nist.gov
(kim.stavish@nist.gov, Monifa.Coleman@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the Chemical Sciences Division, Material Measurement Laboratory, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Microtrac, Inc, 148 Keystone Drive, Montgomery, PA, 18936-9637, for the purchase of one (1) BelSorp-VC Volumetric Multicomponent Gas Sorption Instrument with Internal Flow Through Gas Mixing System Coupled to a Gas Chromatograph, located at NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD. Sole Source determination is based on the following: NIST is building a state-of-the-art Facility for Adsorbent Characterization and Testing (FACT). The FACT aims to serve the sorbent materials research community as an impartial source for testing and characterization of sorbent materials, by establishing reference materials and testing procedures, and by building an informed research community around sorbent materials testing and characterization. One of the key capabilities of this laboratory is the ability to measure selective absorption of the component gases of a mixture. NIST requires gas mixing in situ to avoid gas composition gradients in the system. NIST requires gas chromatographer necessary for accurate gas composition analyzer at high pressure to develop standard measurement protocols and standard reference materials (SRMs), which is accomplished through the multicomponent gas sorption system. NIST requires that the gas mixing system must be upstream and must interface with a gas chromatography (GC) system. The GS is essential for accurate gas composition of the mixture at high pressure to develop standard measurement protocols and SRMs. Microtrac, Inc., is the only vendor capable of providing the required BelSorp-VC Volumetric Multicomponent Gas Sorption Instrument that meets the Government's minimum requirements. Microtrac, Inc., is the sole U.S. distributor for the manufacturer BelJapan. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received by August 9, 2013, 3:30 p.m. EST. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/SB1341-13-RQ-0681/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: BelJapan, Japan
- Record
- SN03128975-W 20130728/130726235134-6451ebfe9d6fc9c530c3391afae282fe (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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