SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Request for Information: Compressed Gases
- Notice Date
- 6/2/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 325120
— Industrial Gas Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Battelle (DOE Contractor), PNNL Contracts, PO Box 999, Richland, Washington, 99352
- ZIP Code
- 99352
- Solicitation Number
- EMSL_RFI_Compressed_Gases
- Archive Date
- 7/1/2010
- Point of Contact
- Joel R Burks, Phone: 509-375-4501, Susan M Turner, Phone: 509-375-3810
- E-Mail Address
-
joe.burks@pnl.gov, susan.turner@pnl.gov
(joe.burks@pnl.gov, susan.turner@pnl.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Battelle Pacific Northwest Division (Battelle), Management and Operating Contractor of the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is requesting information from prospective suppliers regarding general compressed gas needs in support of the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) located in Richland, WA. The EMSL facility currently has approximately 650 cylinders on hand with retention times for cylinders ranging from months to years. INFORMATION REQUESTED: Information requested from potential suppliers is part of a market research effort to identify preliminary recommendations for improving PNNL's compressed gas operations at EMSL, reducing demurrage and transportation costs, and meeting programmatic delivery and financial requirements. This RFI is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. Battelle does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI, or to otherwise pay for information received in response to this RFI. Battelle will determine Request for Proposal specifications based on EMSL's final technical and financial requirements. Please provide your questions or need for further information as well as your expression of interest to the attention of the point of contact listed in this RFI. In support of development of our RFP, please describe the innovative features of successful gas management services your company has implemented for customers, and include the following types of technical, cost, and delivery information: 1. Available Gases 2. Ordering mechanism options 3. Available Cylinder Sizes 4. Quality Program--Basic quality requirements for compressed gas orders. 5. Delivery/Tracking Process - Cylinder labeling/barcoding. Notification of delivery Delivery timeframe. Deliver location is: Battelle EMSL for the USDOE 3335 Q Avenue Richland, WA 99354 6. Container Rental/Billing Process - Arrangement should strive to eliminate/minimize transactions and costs. Describe billing process. 7. Inspection/Maintenance Maintaining current cylinder inspections and pressure testing. 8. Pick-up - Positive confirmation of pick-up and removal from PNNL's inventory.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOE/PNNL/PN/EMSL_RFI_Compressed_Gases/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 3335 Q Avenue, Richland, Washington, 99354, United States
- Zip Code: 99354
- Zip Code: 99354
- Record
- SN02166334-W 20100604/100602235312-37f96d2358f1dca0844f6b806fcf9650 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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