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H -- TESTING FACILITY FOR THE JOINT CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR (JCAD) POC Kim Walton, Contract Specialist, (210) 536-6385 or Michael Forbis, Contracting Officer (210) 536-6390 17. The government is hereby issuing a Request For Information (RIF) and sources sought synopsis to investigate possible sources for participating in the Joint Chemical Agent Detector Chemical Surety Test Program. The 311th Human Systems Wing, Human Systems Program Office (311 HSW/YACN) is overseeing the development of the Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD), which is a small, hand-held chemical warfare (CW) agent point detector capable of being used by the Joint Services in a variety of applications. This request solicits information on your chemical surety test capabilities. The purpose is to examine the feasibility of expanding the number of CW agent testing facilities to develop a compressed, parallel testing approach for the JCAD Production Qualification Test (PQT). The scope (agent concentration, temperature, relative humidity, and interferent) of the PQT is specified in the Chemical Surety Test Matrix as outlined in Attachment 1. The government would like to know which companies are capable of conducting any of these tests during the June 2001 through December 2001 testing window. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A SOLICITATION. If you have any questions about this matter, please contact the JCAD test manager, Mr. Jim Clink, (210) 536-4725, FAX (210) 536-3392, james.clink@brooks.af.mil. Please provide the following information by 10 July 2000 in response to this request.  Current test capabilities (compared against the Chemical Surety Test Matrix)  Description of test facilities with related instrumentation, control, and data documentation/reporting processes  Experience with similar CW agent detector tests  Testing Capabilities, including control tolerances --  Temperature ranges and associated humidity range  Agents (and dual–agent capability) -- licensed to use and able to test  Interferent Capabilities  Number of concurrent detectors capable of testing (each detector approximately 10” tall by 4” wide and 3” deep and requires 2 in. separation from other detectors)  Estimate of resources required for each trial (test condition) you are capable of conducting and approximate time (in number of days) required to set up and execute the trial  Number of test chambers or facilities available during testing window  Estimated staff resources available during the testing window  Vapor generation techniques (agents and interferents). Description should including generation control input tolerances and sample times. Also, are dynamic agent concentrations possible, and if so, in what range and at what tolerances?  Chemical vapor and interferent quantification techniques including description of methods for identification and quantification of impurities in the agent vapor. Descriptions should include sampling rates and total error in quantification.  Quality control methods for determining agent purity  Latest notification date from the JCAD Program Office to start testing on June 01, 2001 For planning purposes, the respondent should anticipate providing the following:  Chemical surety facility, pure agents (  95% purity), chemical interferences, and reproducible means of generating chemical interference vapors (e.g. diesel engine)  Personal computer(s) for data collection from JCAD and data lines and connectors (RS-232) to interconnect computers and detectors  Video cameras to obtain data from the detectors' display  Test data for each trial from both the JCAD display and data port as specified by the JCAD Program Office and agreed to by the respondent  Access to copy machine and an office for use by 3 government evaluators Attachments: 1. Chemical Surety Test Matrix CHEMICAL SURETY TEST MATRIX Agent Concentrations Environments Single (mg/m ) Interferents GA, 0.001 -32 C at 0% RH (dry) -32 C-diesel exhaust/ethylene GB/GF 0.1 22 C at 90% RH glycol vapor 1.0 46 C at 40% RH 22 C-JP8 vapor/fog oil smoke 36 C at 78% RH 46 C-JP8 Vapor/AFFF concentrate vapor 36 C-DS2 vapor/AFFF concentrate vapor GD 0.001 -32 C at 0% RH (dry) No interferents 0.01 49 C at 5% RH 1.0 VX 0.001 -5 C at 0% RH (dry) -5 C-ethylene glycol vapor/diesel 0.04 (only for 0.001, 0.04 exhaust 0.1 and 0.1 mg/m3) 49 C-JP8 Vapor/AFFF concentrate 1.0 49 C at 5% RH vapor 22 C at 90% RH 22 C-DS2 vapor/fog oil smoke 46 C at 40% 46 C-Diesel exhaust/JP8 vapor 36 C at 78% RH 36 C-DS2 vapor/AFFF concentrate vapor L 0.02 -14 C at 0% RH (dry) -14 C-diesel exhaust/fog oil smoke 2.0 49 C at 5% RH 49 C-DS2 vapor/JP8 vapor 50.0 HD 0.02 49 C at 5 %RH No interferents 2.0 50.0 AC 22.0 -32 C at 0% RH (dry) -32 C-ethylene glycol vapor/diesel 2500.0 22 C at 90% RH exhaust 36 C at 78% RH 22 C-AFFF concentrate vapor/fog oil smoke 36 C-JP8 vapor/DS2 vapor CK 20.0 -32 C at 0% RH (dry) -32 C-DS2 vapor/diesel exhaust 22 C at 90% RH 22 C-JP8 vapor/DS2 vapor 36 C at 78% RH 36 C-ethylene glycol vapor/AFFF concentrate vapor HN3 0.02 49 C at 5% RH 49 C-JP8 Vapor/AFFF concentrate 2.0 22 C at 90% RH vapor 50.0 36 C at 78% RH 22 C-DS2 vapor/ethylene glycol vapor 36 C-Diesel exhaust/JP8 vapor GD/HD 0.001/0.02 -5 C at 0% RH (dry) -5 C-ethylene glycol vapor/diesel 0.1/2.0 36 C at 78 %RH exhaust 1.0/50.0 22 C at 90% RH 36 C-diesel exhaust/DS2 vapor 46 C at 40% RH 22 C–AFFF concentrate vapor/DS2 vapor 46 C-JP8 Vapor/DS2 vapor  AFFF concentrate is Aqueous Film Forming Foam (6% concentrate), NSN 4210-01-056-8343 Notes 1. The temperature and humidity conditions represent both the test unit ambient and the condition of the sample vapor. 2. GB/GF and GD/HD represent dual agent trials; e.g., 0.1/2.0 GD/HD means a mixture containing GD @ 0.1 mg/m3 and HD @ 2 mg/m3. 3. Each environmental condition is to be tested first with a single interferent alone, then with agent alone and then with the agent and interferent together. 4. Interferent concentration: 0.1-2.0% headspace vapor, or 2% to 5% by volume for diesel exhaust and fog oil smoke. Fresh aliquots of chemical interference shall be used in the vapor generation device at the start of each days testing. Posted 06/19/00 (W-SN466280). (0171)

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