SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Extractive FTIR Emission Measurement System
- Notice Date
- 12/29/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- CPODUS Environmental Protection Agency26 West Martin Luther King DriveMail Code: NWDCincinnatiOH45268USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-CI-15-00004
- Point of Contact
- David Plagge
- E-Mail Address
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plagge.david@epa.gov
(plagge.david@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development (ORD), National Risk Management Laboratory (NRMRL), Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division (APPCD) has a requirement to purchase a Hot/Wet FTIR Emission Measurement System. This procurement is for a hot, wet extractive FTIR (Fourier-Transform Infrared) emission measurement system suitable for the measurement of trace level organic HAP (hazardous air pollutant) combustion process emissions. APPCD performs research to understand, characterize and control pollutants from diverse combustion processes and sources. Inherent to this research is the evaluation of innovative and emerging measurement/monitoring technologies, especially those that enable additional pollutants to be measured as well as those that improve measurement sensitivity and quality at very low or trace levels. Not only is extractive FTIR the most suitable measurement tool to conduct this research, but extractive FTIR has been identified by the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) as one of the few measurement technologies capable of potentially measuring/monitoring the organic HAPS that must be regulated. The Program Offices are looking to ORD to help evaluate the efficacy of FTIR to meet this need. A specialized, hot, wet extractive FTIR emission measurement system is needed to support our research needs. A FTIR emission measurement system capable of measuring various organic compounds such as formaldehyde, acrolein, and aromatics, in the low ppb to ppt range in the presence of common combustion emission constituents (e.g., H2O, CO2, SO2, NOx, CH4, etc.) is the primary requirement of this component. Specifically, the hot, wet, extractive FTIR emission measurement system must: possess FTIR and UV based measurement capabilities, specifically configured for the measurement of trace level (low ppb to ppt) HAP organics. HAP organics include, but are not limited to: formaldehyde, acrolein, 1,3-butadiene, benzene, naphthalene, general aromatics and chlorinated homologues 1. be configured for simultaneous FTIR and UV-based measurements, 2. as the primary configuration, sample, deliver, and measure the combustion gases on a "hot/wet" basis - the gas cannot be diluted, 3. include an optional sample conditioning for removal of water and CO2 as a means to improve measurement sensitivity without compromising organic analyte measurement integrity, 4. have a high resolution (≤0.125 cm-1) and higher FTIR monitor with dynamic alignment capabilities, 5. have HgCdTe LN-cooled detector with ≥ 15h hold time, 6. KBr beam splitter, 7. Have a 12 m to 79 m heated, path adjustable cel l, 8. Have the capability of being converted to a 10 m or 32 m heated cell system or to a cross duct system, have a high resolution (≤ 0.5nm) UV DOAS detector with fiber optic coupled cell adjustable from 4m to 32 m path length. Operate on the same software platform as the FTIR system, have variable path length cells with the following configuration and requirements: ZnSe windows for the IR cell(s), UV-Quartz windows for the UV cell(s), The FTIR and UV cells are to be Silco-steel treated for inertness, FTIR cell(s) to have gold mirrors with MgF2 overcoat, UV cell(s) to have enhanced Al mirrors, The FTIR and UV cells are to be heated and controllable to ≥ 200 C, have a process control for system automation and control, including data acquisition and data reduction/reporting and sample flow control, Single operating system to operate both the IR and UV systems, Analytical software to have full linearity correction, dynamic reference selection, and line stability co ntrol, have automated valve switching for routing gases controlled by the computer and FTIR system software, have full cross component interference correction for all measurement species, Reported concentrations available on user selectable wet or dry basis, be equipped with heated probe/sample interface system, The probe must be equipped with heated (≥360 ?F), removable filters and have injection ports for introduction of calibration gases and blowback, including dynamic spiking. The probe shall be completely heated (≥360 ?F),, including the stinger, with temperature controllers located at the CEM PLC, be equipped with 2 heated (≥360 ?F), sample lines containing a 3/8" OD PFA sample tubes and 1/4". OD PFA calibration gas tubes. The sample lines shall be 50ft and 100ft. The procurement is for an off the shelf commercial item. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 334516. The size standard for this code is 500 employees. One or more of the items under this acquisition is subject to the Free Trade Agreements. A Sources Sought synopsis was posted to www.fedconnect.net on November 4, 2014. It is anticpated that solicitation number SOL-CI-15-00004 will be posted on or about January 7, 2015 at www.fedconnect.net. Anticipated award date will be in February 2015. Questions must be submitted in writing to Mr. Garry A. Plear via e-mail at plear.garry@epa.gov. Telephone queries will not be honored.
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