SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- COY Lab Products Anaerobic Culture Chamber
- Notice Date
- 8/17/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- 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
- NOI-NB644010-16-04656
- Archive Date
- 9/13/2016
- Point of Contact
- Karen Armstrong, Phone: 3019753671, Grace H. Garrity, Phone: 3019752345
- E-Mail Address
-
Karen.Armstrong@NIST.gov, grace.garrity@nist.gov
(Karen.Armstrong@NIST.gov, grace.garrity@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FBO ANNOUNCEMENT: PRESOLICITATION NOTICE, NOTICE OF INTENT ACTION CODE: SPECIAL NOTICE CLASSIFICATION CODE: 66- Instruments and Laboratory Equipment SUBJECT: Purchase of COY Lab Products Anaerobic Culture Chamber, Installation and Training SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB644010-16-04656 RESPONSE DATE: 9:30 am EDT August 29, 2016 Synopsis: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with COY Lab Products located at 14500 Coy Drive, Grass Lake, MI 49240 to purchase: (1) Anaerobic Culture Chamber, Type A, Vinyl (Item Number 7150000), (1) Incubator, Model 2000, Low Temp Range (Item Number 6100000), (1) Anaerobic Monitor, Model 12 (CAM-12) (Item Number 6250000), (1) Anaerobic Gas Infuser (Item Number 8100110) and (1) Shelf Unit (Item Number 6593000) to enable manual manipulation of microbial cultures and allow introduction/removal of material, all while maintaining strict anaerobic conditions. The sole source justification is based on the following: NIST requires an Anaerobic Culture Chamber that will enable manual manipulation of microbial cultures and allow introduction/removal of material, all while maintaining strict anaerobic conditions. The Complex Microbial Science group is involved in improving measurement methods for studying complex microbial communities and engineering novel laboratory culture approaches that incorporate some of the complexity found in naturally occurring microbial ecologies. This work involves the routine culture of microorganisms under controlled conditions. Specifically, many organisms require anaerobic conditions (vary low oxygen levels) to grow or even survive. An anaerobic culture chamber is needed to maintain such conditions for the culture of these microorganisms. Anaerobic culture chambers for culturing such microorganisms are standard instrumentation in most microbiology laboratories; however, there are not currently any anaerobic culture chambers at NIST. The following Coy Laboratory Products were found to be the only products and services that could meet NIST's requirements and specifications: (1) Anaerobic Culture Chamber, Type A, Vinyl (Item Number 7150000), (1) Incubator, Model 2000, Low Temp Range (Item Number 6100000), (1) Anaerobic Monitor, Model 12 (CAM-12) (Item Number 6250000), (1) Anaerobic Gas Infuser (Item Number 8100110) and (1) Shelf Unit (Item Number 6593000 anipulator and T4m/r, I4, Universal stand NK4/NI4. The specific performance characteristics required by NIST include: • Airtight enclosure with minimum interior dimensions of 30" wide x 30" deep x 30" high and maximum external dimensions of 80" wide x 36" deep x 48" high. • Enclosure must be fabricated from flexible materials (e.g., vinyl) to minimize gas consumption during routine operation. Chamber must not expel interior atmosphere (e.g., through a pressure relief system or bubbler) during routine operation. • Enclosure must be clear on all four sides to allow complete illumination and visibility of contents. • Minimum internal anaerobic (≤5 ppm O2) volume of 25 cubic feet. • Pass-through airlock with minimal volume of 1 cubic foot with vacuum purge capability (vacuum pump, connections, and requisite valves included) for introduction/removal of material while maintaining anaerobic conditions within the chamber. • Airtight glove ports and gloves (one pair) for performing manual operations inside the anaerobic chamber. • Feed-through power outlets to allow equipment to be plugged in inside chamber. • Catalyst to remove O2 and provide an anaerobic environment. • Fans to circulate air and ensure even scrubbing of trace O2. • Sensors for real-time monitoring of O2 and H2 levels inside the chamber. • Interior incubator with programmable temperature (ambient to ≥40 C) for culturing microbes Market research has shown that Coy Laboratory Products is the sole company who can provide this equipment to NIST. Given these facts, NIST has determined that Coy Laboratory Products is the only source reasonably available to provide the required equipment. The resulting purchase order will be a Firm Fixed Price purchase order. The NAICS Code is 334516 with a size standard of 1,000 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties who regard themselves as capable of fulfilling these requirements are invited to submit responses to the Government for consideration demonstrating their ability to provide items meeting the above requirements Responses received by 9:30 am EDT August 29, 2016, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiry POCs: Karen.Armstrong@nist.gov Primary Grace.Garrity@nist.gov Secondary National Institutes of Standards and Technologies NIST Acquisition Management Division (AMD) 100 Bureau Dr. Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, MD. 20899-1640
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN04227617-W 20160819/160817234623-c4ee995b0752692d7bace9c973203fe9 (fbodaily.com)
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