SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Enhancement of Configured Fireside Simulator
- Notice Date
- 9/5/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- CPOD US Environmental Protection Agency 26 West Martin Luther King Drive Mail Code: W136 Cincinnati OH 45268-0001 USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 68HE0C18Q0175
- Response Due
- 9/20/2018
- Archive Date
- 12/31/2018
- Point of Contact
- Tyus, Renita
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. EPA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(i), with Reaction Engineering International (REI) to enhance and update the existing Configured Fireside Simulator (CFS) software to operate more efficiently in EPA's Windows 10 computing environment as well as to improve the configuration and output of the CFS models to facilitate more rapid setup and presentation of the predicted results. The CFS was developed in 2005 to provide for the ability to run "what if" scenarios of waste streams contaminated with chemical and biological agents in the EPA's pilot-scale Rotary Kiln Incinerator Simulator (RKIS) facility, as well as 3 commercial incinerators based on design criteria for actual operating facilities, including a Medical/Pathological Waste Incinerator, a Hazardous Waste Burning Rotary Kiln, and a Waste-to-Energy Stoker type combustor. CFS uses chemical kinetic data for destruction of chemical warfare agents derived from a Department of Defense Small Business Innovative Research Grant (SBIR) with Reaction Engineering International (REI), coupled with biological agent destruction kinetic data derived from bench- and pilot-scale experiments performed at EPA ¿s Research Triangle Park, NC facility. REI has developed and validated chemical kinetic mechanisms for the destruction of military nerve agents including VX and GB, which are threat agents of interest to the EPA. In addition, they have used their expertise to couple these kinetic mechanisms with complex fluid dynamics simulation code developed in-house at REI in order to examine issues related to the potential release of chemical warfare agents from hypothetical failure modes from the Army's chemical demilitarization (chemical warfare agent destruction) facilities. The EPA's National Homeland Security Research Center's (NHSRC) is investigating issues related to disposal of chemical/biological-contaminated indoor and outdoor urban materials using thermal incineration, where the chemical agents are bound on porous substrates rather than as pure chemicals in containers. Other similarities include some of the target compounds for which REI has already developed mechanisms (VX, GB), and the process for which their code is successfully operating (full-scale thermal incinerator). The EPA has identified REI as the only known source able to satisfy the Government's requirement(s) because the proprietary chemical warfare agent kinetic destruction mechanisms developed by REI (with close collaboration with the Army) for the SBIR grant are unique and are the property of REI. There are no other CW agent thermal decomposition mechanisms available to the modeling community. Their combustor modeling that was done for the Army used the designs for the Army's chemical warfare agent incineration systems located at the Toole Army Depot; the work for the EPA used the same mechanisms and combustion/fluid mechanics approach but used design parameters from commercially available incinerators rather than the Army ¿s facilities. The purpose of the work described in this procurement is to 1) enhance the functionality of CFS to reflect needs identified since its initial development; 2) improve compatibility of CFS with the EPA Windows 10 computing environment; 3) enhance the user interface of CFS to facilitate rapid setup of cases to run; and 4) enhance the output capability of CFS to facilitate delivery of results to decision makers This procurement will be accomplished under FAR Part 12 Commercial Procedures and FAR PART 13 Procedures. The award will be for a period of up to 12 months. Interested firms may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirements. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETATIVE QUOTATIONS. Any firm that is capable of meeting EPA's requirement as set forth above may submit a response; which, if received within fifteen (15) calendar days of the date of this announcement, will be reviewed for consideration. A determination not to compete the described requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Responses to this posting must be submitted via the FedConnect website at https://www.fedconnect.net through the message center for 68HE0C18Q0175. Mail, fax, phone and email submissions shall not be accepted. EPA anticipates that award will be October 31, 2018. FedConnect ® is a web portal that connects agencies and vendors to streamline the process of doing business with the federal government. Through FedConnect ® contractors will be able to receive, review and respond to contract pre- and post-award actions and documents such as correspondence, request for proposals, tasking instruments and contract modifications. The use of FedConnect ® also furthers the EPA's commitment to moving towards a paperless acquisition environment by reducing its carbon footprint and conducting its business in an ecologically friendly manner. There is no charge to use FedConnect ®. Vendors can register with FedConnect ® at www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. For assistance in registering or for other FedConnect ® technical questions please call the FedConnect ® Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net. In addition, all vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), as this facilitates registration for FedConnect ®. Please note that vendors MUST have their SAM profile set to public, otherwise FedConnect ® will not be able to access the SAM information required to validate vendor credentials. Registration may be completed and information regarding the registration process may be obtained at http://www.sam.gov. There is no charge for registration in SAM.
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