SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- NIR Flour Analyzer System
- Notice Date
- 8/3/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Midwest Area
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 12-63VY-18-S-0005
- Archive Date
- 8/20/2018
- Point of Contact
- Randall W Kiehne, Phone: 651-649-5047
- E-Mail Address
-
randy.kiehne@ars.usda.gov
(randy.kiehne@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- USDA-ARS in St Paul, MN, intends to award a sole source procurement to: Foss North America 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 award will be for an NIRS DS2500F. The spectral resolution on this Foss system is 0.5 nm. This system provides an ability to conduct multiple analysis on grain and flour, including protein, moisture, fat, and starch. The Soft Wheat Quality Research unit conducts analysis on multiple varieties of soft wheat and flour to help stakeholders produce the best products. In order to ensure test results are in line with food industry standards, and are consistent with analysis completed in previous experiments, the system must employ a monochromatic sensor and have a spectral resolution no higher than 0.5 nm. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. 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. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries will be accepted via email only.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA-ARS, 1680 Madison Ave, Wooster, Ohio, 44691, United States
- Zip Code: 44691
- Zip Code: 44691
- Record
- SN05020533-W 20180805/180803231102-b7e2bd71c45e303a8826c9914592acb4 (fbodaily.com)
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