SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE BAY INSTRUMENT MEMBRANE INLET MASS SPECTOMETER (MIMS)
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Western Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-4431-S-16-0024
- Archive Date
- 9/6/2016
- Point of Contact
- Shalunda S. Mix, Phone: 662-686-5346
- E-Mail Address
-
shalunda.mix@ars.usda.gov
(shalunda.mix@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, WBSC, Stoneville, Mississippi, intends to award a sole source procurement to the Bay Instruments, LLC, 930 Port Street, Easton, MD 21601 under the authority of FAR Part 6.302-1 to provide a custom, turn-key, high precision Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometer Dissolved Gas Analyzer (MIMS-DGA), including installation and on-site training. The required MIMS-DGA is a state of the art instrument with a customized membrane inlet mass spectrometer designed for high precision and rapid analysis of dissolved air gases in natural water samples which will allow the use of state of the art methods to study trace gases in natural water samples. The MIMS-DGA is needed to conduct research under research project plan # 6060-13660-008-00D, "Strategic Investigations to Improve Water Quality and Ecosystem Sustainability in Agricultural Landscapes." This instrument shall facilitate research focused on nitrogen processing in aquatic systems, help identify potentially significant nitrogen removal mechanisms within agricultural water bodies, and improve best management practices in agricultural watersheds that reduce impacts of nitrogen runoff to downstream ecosystems. The MIMS-DGA must: (1) be capable of direct measurement of dissolved N2, O2, and Ar as well as CO2, CH4, DMS, and other low molecular weight dissolved gases concentrations in environmental water samples without requiring headspace equilibration; (2) be able to detect air gases in water including stable isotope labeled gases (15N/14N and 18O/16O) measurement on dissolved N2 and O2; (3) be capable of rapid sample analysis (analysis time typically 90 seconds; (4) high precision of dissolved N2, O2, and Ar measurements (0.1% for triplicate samples); (5) high precision gas ratio (N2/Ar and O2/Ar) measurements (0.03% for triplicate samples); (6) be a turn-key complete custom membrane inlet dissolved gas analyzer system; and (7) be delivered and installed within 12 weeks after purchase order receipt. USDA-ARS source research indicates Bay Instruments, LLC is uniquely qualified and is the only known company to provide this turn-key instrument that provides rapid measurement of dissolved gases directly from water and also includes isotope measurement capability and that can perform all of the required analyses at with the necessary precision, accuracy and sample throughput. Pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements The equipment will be located at the USDA, ARS, NSL, Water Quality & Ecology Research Unit, in Oxford, MS. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order on or about August 23, 2016. This Notice of Intent is not considered a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a Request for Proposals (RFP). No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will consider all responses received by 12P.M. Central Standard Time, August 22, 2016. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries will only be accepted via email/ mail to the Contracting Officer at the following address: Contracting Office Address: USDA-ARS-WBSC Shalunda Mix 141 Experiment Station Road Stoneville, MS. 38776-0225 shalunda.mix@ars.usda.gov
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA, ARS, NSL, WQERU, 598 MCELROY DRIVE, OXFORD, Mississippi, 38655, United States
- Zip Code: 38655
- Zip Code: 38655
- Record
- SN04224567-W 20160817/160815235624-7442cc1ae7e3feb58437c1f317406e5b (fbodaily.com)
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