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66 -- HYDRAZINE DETECTOR -- MONITOR, CHEMICAL AGENT, NSN 6665-01-327-3869, P/N MVIP2170 OR EQUAL SOL Reference-Number-FD2050-99-10040 DUE 052600 POC Dennis Clements, Contract Specialist, Phone 536-2359/2664, Fax 536-3392, Email dennis.clements@brooks.af.mil -- Dennis Clements, Contract Specialist, Phone 536-2359/2664, Fax 536-3392, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&ProjID=Reference-Num ber-FD2050-99-10040&LocID=1183. E-MAIL: Dennis Clements, dennis.clements@brooks.af.mil. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS (SSS). Sources are being sought for a Hydrazine Detector to be used for detection of toxic amounts of hydrazine vapor in a designated work area. Currently, Zewellger Analytics, (formerly MDA Scientific, Inc.) of Austin TX is the government_s source for this acquisition, NSN 6665-01-327-3869, P/N MVIP2170. Be advised this is not a RFP and this SSS in no way obligates the Government to award a contract. The Government will not compensate any interested party, firm, or individual that responds to this SSS. The United States Air Force, Air Materiel Command, 311 Human Systems Wing, Brooks AFB, TX intends to procure this acquisition as a sole source acquisition unless it is ascertained that other qualified sources are available based on the minimum, qualified hydrazine detector performance characteristics listed below. If qualified sources are ascertained, the government will seek to procure this acquisition competitively. Interested parties are required to provide information/data in accordance with the characteristics listed below so that the Government may evaluate to ensure compliance. Detector volume: 1815 cubic inches. Detector weight: 25 Pounds. Recording mechanism volume: 57 cubic inches. Recording mechanism weight: 3.75 pounds. Recording mechanism time: 200 hours. Recording mechanism printing range: 0 to 1.0 parts per million (ppm), in 0.1 ppm increments. Safety enclosure: no more than 110% combined volume of detector and recording mechanism. Be designed for use in hazardous or combustible environments. Electrical: 120Vac +/-10%, 50-60 Hz, 35 watts. Hydrazine detection range: 0 to 1.0 ppm, in 0.1 ppm increments. Detection accuracy: + 10%. Repeatability: Better than +/-5% at TLV. Display: illuminated digital or analog. Time to alarms minimums: Hydrazine Concentrations vs Time to Alarm. 2.0 ppm/ 10 seconds; 1.0 ppm/ 20 seconds; 0.5 ppm/ 40 seconds; 0.1 ppm/ 200 seconds. Maintenance: No shorter than six-month increments. Sampling distance: up to 100 feet. Output: Audible to 90 dB plus 4-20 mA, RS232/RS4422. Operating temperature Range: 32-104 degrees F. All potential offerors should contact the buyer/POC identified in this notice for additional information and/or to communicate concerns, if any, concerning this acquisition. Responses may be e-mailed to the Dennis C. Clements at dennis.clements@brooks.af.mil or faxed to 210-536-3392. Responses received after 26 May 00 may be returned to sender. If the buyer or contracting officer does not satisfy your concerns, an Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development phase of an acquisition. The Ombudsman does not diminish the authority of the program director or Contracting Officer, but communicates Contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate Government personnel. When requested, the Ombudsman shall maintain strict confidentially as to the source of the concern. The Ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals orin the source selection process. Interested parties are invited to call the Brooks AFB Acquisition Ombudsman, Stephen Plaisted at 937-255-9005 or send E-mail to: stephen.plaisted@ascsy.wpafb.af.mil. Posted 05/09/00 (D-SN453096). (0130)

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