SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- PERSONAL CASCADE SAMPLERS
- Notice Date
- 8/22/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, 109 T W Alexander Drive, Rtp, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-03-00354
- Response Due
- 9/5/2003
- Archive Date
- 10/5/2003
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Jacqueline Sayles, Purchasing Agent, Phone (919) 541-3132
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(sayles.jacqueline@epa.gov)
- Description
- NAICS Code: 334516 NAICS Code: 334516 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate a sole source purchase order under Simplified Acquisition Procedures to the Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115. The Human Studies Division conducts research on the health effects of particulate matter (PM). Studies consist of human volunteer subjects inhaling a concentration equivalent to that found in most large U.S. cities. The Personal Cascade Samplers will be to monitor three different size ranges of PM: particles greater than 10 microns in diameter, particles between 2.5 and 10 microns in diameter, and particles less than 2.5 microns in diameter. These Samplers will also allow the measurement of ozone, as well as elemental/organic carbon and biological components of PM. These measurements are critical for planned epidemiology studies involving humans with asthma. The samplers will be worn by subjects for a five-day period and pollutant measurements will be taken every day; at the same time, a number of health measurements will be taken. Mathematical models will then be used to determine if either size range of PM (as well as other measured pollutants/components) is associated with specific changes in a health indicator. Contractor Requirements: The Contractor shall (1) design, (2) build, and (3) ship four Personal Cascade Samplers that meet the following requirements and characteristics and include the listed components: (1) Four personal cascade samplers, designed to accommodate three PM cut sizes: 1)particles greater than 10 microns in diameter; 2) particles between 2.5 and 10 microns in diameter; and 3) particles less than microns in diameter. Each sampler must have a flow rate of no more than 5 liters per minute. (2) A flow measuring device to calibrate the samplers to ensure that the correct flow is going through each sampler at the beginning of each day. (3) The cascade samplers must allow the use of polyurethane foam (PUF) instead of Teflon filters to collect particles in the 2.5- 10 micron particle range. NOTE: this is critical because recent methodology has been developed to efficiently extract biological components of PM (which are known to affect asthmatics) from PUF. (4) Stainless steel cutters to cut the PUF to the correct size for the samplers. (5) Four mini-PEM samplers integrated with each of the cascade samplers to allow the measurement of elemental and organic carbon. These will have an intake of no more than 0.8 liters per minute. (6) Passive samplers integrated with each of the samplers to measure the concentration of ozone in the air. These will have no flow rate at all. (7) Four rechargeable, battery-operated pumps with flow control that provides at least 5.8 liters per minute of output air. The pump should be small enough to be worn by a person for up to 24 hours, with battery power for at least 24 hours. (8) Four vests or backpacks in which the pump and samplers can be easily placed and which can be comfortably worn when the subjects are mobile. (9) An operating manual which explains the use and maintenance of the cascade samplers. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Period of performance shall be sixty days from date of award. The EPA has identified Harvard School of Public Health c/o Petros Koutrakias Ph.D.,the only vendor as the only vendor capable of satisfying the requirement. Dr. Petros Koutrakis has extensive experience in designing and constructing samples for both gaseous and particulate pollutants and he has developed personal cascade samplers which collects particles between 2.5 and 10 microns on PUF. He has also developed a methodology to extract biological components from PUF. The circumstance permitting"other than full and open competition" is FAR 6.302-1"Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The intent of this notice is to determine if any other source (s) exist, and therefore, no solicitation (RFQ) will be issued. Interested parties who can meet the above requirements and qualifications may submit written qualification statements, fully explaining their capability and how they would be useful in performing this requirement no later than 15 days after the date of this publication. Submit response to the U.S. EPA, Attn: Jacqueline S. Sayles (MD-E105-02), RTP Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle park, NC 27711. No telephonic or faxed request will be honored.
- Record
- SN00410180-W 20030824/030822213819 (fbodaily.com)
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