SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Particle Size Analyzer
- Notice Date
- 1/16/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Southern Plains Area Office, 7607 Eastmark Drive, Suite 230, College Station, TX, 77840
- ZIP Code
- 77840
- Solicitation Number
- R8-7MN1-04
- Response Due
- 2/2/2004
- Archive Date
- 2/17/2004
- Point of Contact
- Lucinda Cose, Contract Specialist, Phone (979) 260-9447, Fax (979) 260-9413, - Lucinda Cose, Contract Specialist, Phone (979) 260-9447, Fax (979) 260-9413,
- E-Mail Address
-
ccose@spa.ars.usda.gov, ccose@spa.ars.usda.gov
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is R8-7MN1-04 and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ) This solicitation document incorporates those provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-15. The USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Cotton Production and Processing Research Unit is interested in acquiring a particle size analyzer. The instrument should provide size and volume distributions in number, volume, surface area, and mass, with an overall particle size range of 0.4 to 1,200 micrometers in diameter. This size range can be achieved with interchangeable aperture tubes. The operating temperature range should be 5 degree C to 40 degree C. This analyzer?s method of operation should be based on the ?Coulter Principle? (i.e. electrical sensing zone) to measure particle volume, a direct measurement of a physical property of the particle. In the coulter method, particles are suspended in a weak electrolyte solution and drawn through a small aperture separating two electrodes between which an electric current flows. The voltage applied across the aperture creates a ?sensing zone?. As each particle passes through the aperture it displaces its own volume of conducting liquid, momentarily increasing the impedance of the aperture. This change in impedance produces a small but proportional current flow into an amplifier that converts the current fluctuation into a voltage pulse large enough to measure accurately. The Coulter Principle states that amplitude of this pulse is directly proportional to the volume of the particle that produced it. In addition, a metering device is used to draw a known volume of the particle suspension through the aperture, producing a count of the number of pulses and yielding the concentration of particles in the sample. The instrument should utilize 300 channels for a sleeted range. The instrument should be capable of generating up to 525,000 pulses per analysis. The linearity should be with +/- 1% for diameter and +/- 3% for volume. The aperture current accuracy should be at least +/- 0.4% of setting and the polarity error less than 0.5%. The analyzer shall be delivered to the USDA, Cotton Production & Processing Research Unit, Rt. 3, Box 215, Lubbock, Texas 79403. The Government ?REQUIRES? delivery no later than 30 days after receipt of order. This delivery time is mandatory and is the maximum time allowed due to the ongoing research. Each offeror shall include their proposed delivery schedule as part of their quotation. Acceptance and FOB point are destination. In order to be considered for award offerors shall provide a quotation on company letterhead detailing the unit pricing; descriptive literature, brochures, and five references for the proposed equipment. References must have received the proposed equipment within the last three calendar years (Government references preferred but will accept commercial references) shall also be provided for the product quoted. FAR 52.212-1 (Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items), FAR 52.212-2 (Evaluation - Commercial Items), the significant evaluation factors, in the relative order of importance, are (i) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) past performance; and (iii) price (based on F.O.B. Destination), where technical and past performance are significantly more important than price. and FAR 52.212-4 (Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items) apply to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-5 (Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items) also applies, with the following clauses from (b) applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.203-6; FAR 52.219-4; FAR 52.219-8; FAR 52.219-23; FAR 52.222-26; FAR 52.222-35; FAR 52.222-36; FAR 52.222-37; FAR 52.225-16; FAR 52.232-36. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3 (Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items), with this offer; a copy of this provision may be obtained from the contracting officer or at http://www.arnet.gov/far. Any amendment and documents related to this procurement will be available electronically at the Internet site: http://www.eps.gov. Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of these documents (if any). It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the site for release of the solicitation and any related documents. Furnish quotations to Pam Seiler, Purchasing Agent, USDA, ARS, Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, 3810 4th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79415, no later than 3:00p.m., February 2, 2004. Quotations may be provided by facsimile to (806) 723-5272 if desired. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Pam Seiler, contracting officer at (806) 749-5560.
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA ARS Cotton Production & Processing Unit, Rt. 3, Box 215, Lubbock, TX
- Zip Code: 79403
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 79403
- Record
- SN00505219-W 20040118/040116211738 (fbodaily.com)
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