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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JULY 22, 2016 FBO #5355
SOURCES SOUGHT

66 -- Incubating Orbital Shaker for Selective Dissolution Analysis of Reactive Silicate in Concrete Aggregate

Notice Date

7/20/2016
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
 

ZIP Code

20899-1410
 

Solicitation Number

NB731030-16-05086
 

Point of Contact

Amber Gray, Phone: 301-975-3696, Divya Soni, Phone: 301-975-6394
 

E-Mail Address

amber.gray@nist.gov, divya.soni@nist.gov
(amber.gray@nist.gov, divya.soni@nist.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Notice Number: NB731030-16-05086 Title: Incubating Orbital Shaker for Selective Dissolution Analysis of Reactive Silicate in Concrete Aggregate Anticipated NAICS Code: 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing Contracting Office Address National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Acquisition and Agreements Management Acquisition Management Division 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1640 This Notice is for planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposal, Request for Quotation, or an obligation on the part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking to identify sources capable of providing an incubating shaker. Background Information The Inorganic Materials Group within the Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is involved in a multi-year study involving the effects of alkali-silica reaction (ASR) on nuclear concrete structures, which requires identification and quantification of ASR-reactive phases in both susceptible aggregate (reactants) and in hydrous Si gel reaction products as well. These materials are typically poorly-crystalline or noncrystalline which makes characterization difficult by conventional x-ray diffraction (XRD), petrographic, and other methods. We plan to develop new measurement techniques for quantification of these poorly-crystalline and reactive Si phases in both aggregate and ASR gel materials by selective dissolution using novel wet chemical extraction methods. Toward that end, we will perform extractions on both in situ polished rock/aggregate sections and by batch dissolution on powder samples, both of which require variable speed orbital or reciprocating shaking with precise temperature control. With the requested equipment and the use of suitable standard reference materials and other supporting analyses, we will measure the concentration of soluble Si in extracts and be able to partition reactive (non-X, micro-crystalline, crypto-crystalline, or strained quartz) Si phases from crystalline non-reactive (e.g., quartz) phases. An important outcome of this work is expected to be improvements to some of the rapid identification and screening test methods for ASR (e.g., ASTM C289) that have met with only limited use because of poor selectivity for reactive phases. Description of Requirement The system must meet the following requirements: 1) A benchtop variable speed, microprocessor controlled orbital shaker capable of uniform agitation and precise temperature control with a minimum platform size of 17 x 17 in, and the ability to accommodate shaking of (4) 500-mL Erlenmeyer flasks. The equipment shall have temperature range of 5°C-65°C with accuracy of ±0.5% at 37°C and shaking speed of 15-500 rpm 2) Specimen holders must include the following: • (1) each tube and rack holder, 25-mm. • (4) each clamps for 250-mL flasks, • (4) each clamps for 500-mL flasks, • (4) each clamps for 1-L flask, • (1) case centrifuge tube closure, 32 mm. Installation and training are also required. Instructions / Required Submissions Interested parties shall describe the capabilities of their organization as it relates to the services described above. The small business size standard associated with the anticipated NAICS code for this effort is 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. Interested parties shall include their business size classification and socio-economic status in response to this notice. The following information is required to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Documentation/Description of capabilities, which clearly demonstrates the capability of providing the incubating shaker; 2. Documentation of any relevant experience in providing the required sensors; 3. Name, Address, DUNS number, CAGE code, business size, and point of contact information of the company; 4. Indication of whether the services described in this notice are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract(s) or Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and, if so, the applicable contract number(s). 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above, which the Government should consider in finalizing its market research. All information considered pertinent to the covered requirement shall be sent to Amber Gray, via e-mail at amber.gray@nist.gov. Information submitted shall be specific and address the aforementioned requirement. Submissions shall be received not later than 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on July 27, 2016. General Information After the results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a contract. If at least two small businesses are identified during this market research, then a competitive procurement that results may be conducted as a small business set-aside.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB731030-16-05086/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Acquisition and Agreements Management, Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States

Zip Code: 20899
 

Record

SN04190175-W 20160722/160720235230-90b76783342b29355913372891495908 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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