SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- TRACE 1310 GAS CHROMATOGRAPH SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 8/28/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 210.Y, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNG14523329L
- Response Due
- 9/8/2014
- Archive Date
- 8/28/2015
- Point of Contact
- Rogenia M. B. Dean, Contracting Officer, Simplified Acquisitions, Phone 301-286-5093, Fax 301-286-5373, Email Rogenia.M.Burton-Penderga@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Rogenia M. B. Dean
(Rogenia.M.Burton-Penderga@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/GSFC has a requirement for a gas chromatograph system compromising of: -TRACE 1310 Mainframe 110V -Trace 1300 SSL Injector Modules -Gas Sampling Valve Module -GC/GCMS Start-up Kit TRC1300 -Dell Optixplex 9010XL -Chromeleon 7.2 software -TRACE 1300 TCD NI/FE Module -Kit Cryo Oven LN2 -P & T Adapter Kits for TRC 1300 NASA/GSFC intends to purchase the items from Thermo Electron North America LLC pursuant to FAR 13.106 for the acquisition of supplies and services determined to be reasonably available from only one source. The Thermo Electron North America LLC gas chromatography laboratory instrument system has the required system identical to the GC system used by the French team in which flight components will be mated. Specifically, this requirement is to purchase a gas chromatograph with associated hardware and software to support the development of the Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration MatISSE)/Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LITMS) project and the Mars Organic Molecule Analyzer (MOMA) mass spectrometer, MOMA-MS flight instrument. MOMA is under development to be a key instrument on the 2018 ExoMars rover mission. MOMA is a collaborative development involving the NASA/GSFC mass spectrometer team and a team in France developing the gas chromatograph (GC) subsystem for flight. The requirements on this procurement are therefore very specifically tied to the French facilities, and close coordination is absolutely critical to producing a working MOMA instrument system for flight. We require an identical GC system to the laboratory instrumentation used by the French team, to charactize and validate their GC flight hardware. This is absolutely critical to our ability to design the MS interface to the GC subsystem with quantitative precision. We require high confidence that the flow rates, transmission efficiencies, transfer line configurations and temperatures, and other instrument operational parameters are identical between the two GSE (ground support equipment) facilities to minimize unanticipated mismatch of design features during mating of the flight components. The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12. Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 4:30 p.m. eastern standard time on September 08, 2014. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the government. Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency. NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/p ub_library/Omb.html.
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