SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Sole Source Announcement
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- NPS, WASO - WCP ContractingP.O.Box 25287 MS WCPDenverCO80225US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- P14PS02254
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notification of the National Park Service (NPS) intent to issue a Sole Source award to Satlantic for Ph Monitoring Sensors. This contract will form fixed price. This is not a request for quote nor shall there be any written solicitation to follow. The NPS requires state-of-the art pH sensors that are robust, stable, and precise for monitoring ocean water pH in an open, wave-swept coastal setting. The pH sensor must be capable of data-logging, scheduling and have an internal battery pack allowing for autonomous deployment for over a month in the marine environment A sources sought previously announced did not return any interested parties, thus the NPS is intending to issue a sole source award to Satlantic as the only known manufacturer of the equipment required under the following specifications. Specific features and specification are as follows: 1.The instrument shall be capable of working in freshwater, brackish water, and seawater. 2.The instrument shall use ion sensitive field effect transistor (ISFET) technology for pH measurement. 3.The instrument shall have a measurement range of 6.5-9.0 pH units 4.The instrument pH measurement accuracy shall be at least 0.05 with a precision of better than 0.001. 5.The instrument pH measurement stability shall be at least 0.005/month 6.The instrument shall be programmable, with an internal memory of at least 2 GB. 7.The instrument shall be able to operate in three different modes: Continuous mode - with samples at ~ 0.3 HZ; Scheduled mode operating on an internally stored, user-programmable schedule; Polled mode responding to data logger commands. 8.The Instrument shall be capable of sample averaging, calculating the mean of 1-100 samples. 9.The instrument shall be capable of operating in a self-powering mode from an internal power supply for at least 90 days with a 20-minute sampling interval. 10.The instrument shall have a memory capable of storing at least 8,700 individual readings. 11.The instrument shall have an internal, replaceable battery pack, with spare battery packs to extend field deployment. 12.The instrument shall also have an external power supply for laboratory operation/calibration. 13.The instrument shall be able to communicate via both USB and RS-232 interfaces. 14.The instrument shall be able to operate to a depth of at least 50 meters. 15.The instrument shall have a temperature range from 0 to 55 deg C and a salinity range from 30 to 45 PSU. 16.The instrument shall not exceed 4.5 in diameter, 20 in length, and 10 lbs. in weight. 17.Loss of battery power shall not cause loss of memory. 18.The instrument shall be supplied with a user-friendly software program providing instrument communication and data processing. 19.Software shall be capable of supporting live instrument readings, instrument calibration, and recording information for quality assurance and quality control. 20.Software shall be capable of configuring and operating the pH sensor for deployment scenarios. The software shall manage on-board data storage, data processing, and collection modes. Additionally the software shall capture and plot real time data for pre-deployment checks and interactive profiling casts. 21.Software shall be able to re-process logged pH data using ancillary temperature and salinity inputs to improve accuracy. 22.The software shall be compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 23.Each instrument should include a robust, shock resistant carrying case and a bio-fouling guard The proposed contract action is for commercial services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 8.405-6 (b) (1). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No RFQ is available for this requirement. Inquiries shall be submitted to the Contract Specialist, Heather Madsen via e-mail at email address: heather_madsen@nps.gov. No telephone or fax inquiries will be accepted. Inquiries shall be submitted no later than Monday, August 18, 2014 at 1:00p.m. Mountain Time. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.
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