SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent - Sole-Source Justification
- Notice Date
- 7/30/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Procurement Section, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20535, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20535
- Solicitation Number
- PR-0021947
- Archive Date
- 8/18/2015
- Point of Contact
- Jerry D. Varnell, Phone: 7036327500
- E-Mail Address
-
jerry.varnell@ic.fbi.gov
(jerry.varnell@ic.fbi.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Sole-Source Justification PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate a one-time sole source contract with Safety Management Services, Inc., 1847 W 9000 Street, STE 205, West Jordan, UT 84088. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This notice will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Website (www.fedbizopps.gov). Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The North American Classification System Code is 334519, Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing; the size standard is 500 employees. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to award a non-competitive, sole source contract to Safety Management Services, Inc., 1847 W 9000 Street, STE 205, West Jordan, UT 84088 for an ABL Friction Test Machine. Under the FBI's Explosives characterization research and testing efforts, Element 2 (Homemade Explosives Synthesis and Characterization) specifically identifies "safety and characterization testing" as a task to be performed and documented as part of the explosives characterization research effort. The measurement of susceptibility to friction insults for an energetic material is a crucial parameter to determine safe handling. The Safety Management Services, Inc., ABL Friction Tester is required for determining the safety characteristics of energetic materials subjected to sliding frictional forces. Safety Management Services, Inc. is the only vendor that can provide the required ABL friction tester that meets the critical specifications listed below: • The ABL friction tester must be constructed and able to perform friction tests in accordance with (IAW) MIL-STD-1751A, Method 1021; • The friction tester motor for the low speed drive should operate on 208V, single phase current. The electrical outlets in the FBI's new explosives testing laboratory are wired for a maximum allowable current of 16A and have 20A-2P circuit breakers. If this is not possible, the friction tester should be supplied as a "tabletop" version with no low speed drive or accompanying motor; • The friction tester must closely simulate actual, in-process manufacturing conditions where an explosive may be subjected to friction by personnel, equipment, or crushed between moving parts of an object; • The friction tester must facilitate the acquisition of data in engineering units; • The friction tester must facilitate the testing of samples of various thicknesses, including solids, powders and liquids; • The friction tester must include 20 friction wheels and 10 friction anvils; • The friction tester must include appropriate photoelectric trigger sensors and associated mounts for use with a Phantom high-speed camera to record the explosive/chemical reaction (Note - the FBI plans on utilizing a Phantom v641 high-speed camera mounted on a tripod for this purpose; • The friction tester must have PC-base, user-friendly software that will: o Record the sample name, date, temperature, humidity, velocity of the anvil, force applied to the wheel, pendulum position, sound output, positive/negative reactions, and miscellaneous notes for each test; o Accommodate the use of the above-referenced Phantom high-speed camera to record the explosive/chemical reaction; o Allow easy playback of the relevant camera frames that depict the explosive/chemical reaction; o Allow the user the option of not utilizing the Phantom high-speed camera, but still be able to record the technical parameters noted above; o Export a final report (in pdf form) containing all of the recorded data; • The friction tester must come with an instruction manual on the operation and maintenance of the system and parts; • The friction tester must come with on-site technical set-up and assistance. The Safety Management Services ABL Friction Tester is the only device on the market that closely simulates in-process conditions, provides data in the appropriate engineering units, and facilitates quantitative risk assessment of normal and abnormal failure scenarios. Other industry-available friction testers are designed primarily to provide data for relative comparison of material sensitivity as compared to a common, reference material. Such equipment is not designed to simulate in-process conditions or to minimize numerous testing variables. The Safety Management Services ABL Friction Tester is approved by the Transportation and Dangerous Goods Committee and referenced in the standard United Nations Manual of Tests and Criteria. This manual is routinely utilized by the explosives industry as a standard reference for the tests required for the particular hazard classification of an explosive. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interests and capability to respond to this requirement to this office by 08:00 am, EST, August 03, 2015, by email to the attention of Jerry Varnell, Contract Specialist, at Jerry.Varnell@ic.fbi.gov. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Telephone requests will not be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Vendors must be registered in SAM, effective July 29, 2012 to receive government contracts. The FBI uses a financial system that has a direct interface with SAM. Please ensure that your company's SAM information is updated and accurate. This includes TIN, EFT, DUNS, addresses and contact information. The EFT banking information on file in SAM will be what the FBI uses to process payment to your organization.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOJ/FBI/PPMS1/PR-0021947/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 4940 Fowler Road, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, 35898, United States
- Zip Code: 35898
- Zip Code: 35898
- Record
- SN03817473-W 20150801/150731000230-7ed8ee6569c3d92306358d5401ead8a0 (fbodaily.com)
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