SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- THERMOSTAR BENCHTOP GAS ANALYSIS SYSTEM GSD320 T3
- Notice Date
- 4/30/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BH
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NNJ10335960R
- Response Due
- 5/7/2010
- Archive Date
- 4/30/2011
- Point of Contact
- Ann E. Bronson, Contracting Officer, Phone 281-483-9889, Fax 281-244-5331, Email ann.e.bronson@nasa.gov - Perry L. Mueller, Contract Specialist, Phone 281-483-7158, Fax 281-244-0995, Email perry.l.mueller@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Ann E. Bronson
(ann.e.bronson@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NASA/JSC has a requirement for ThermoStar Benchtop Gas Analysis Sytems.NASA/JSC intends to purchase the items from Pfeiffer Vacuum.The thermostar benchtop gas analysis system will be critical in providing high qualitythermal gas analysis of materials that will assist in the interpretation of the SampleAnalysis on Mars (MARS) evolved gas data. In order to mimic the Mars environment, theanalysis must possess the following capabilities: 1. The thermal analyzer is capable of heating samples to at least 1100 Celsius to mimicinstrumentation sent to Mars. 2. Internal bakeout jackets required to bake out contamination that slowly builds upinside of the instrument from the evolved gases coming from the samples that are beinganalyzed in the experiments. 3. Inlet heater that is controllable to 200C (Option 350C) to reduce in the inlet lineleading to the instrument. The heater needs to have a temperature indicator present tospecify all of the conditions the experiments were done at.4. Operate with inlet gas flow rates as low as 0.001 standard cubic centimeters perminute (sccm) to more closely match the operating conditions of the Mars instrument.5. System must have all metal seals in the high vacuum area which allows for reducedbackgrounds signals of the atmospheric masses that will be analysis.6. Date collection speed of up to 500 points per second and an 8 order of magnitudedynamic detection ranges for a single scan.These requirements insure that rapidly evolving gases also both small and large signalssimultaneously are detected.The Pfeiffer ThermoStar Benchtop Gas analysis GSD320 T3 system is the only analyzer thatcan meet NASA's requirements.The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12.Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform theeffort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 1:30 p.m. local timeon May 07, 2010. Such capabilities/qualifications will be evaluated solely for thepurpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and opencompetition basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretionof the government.Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency.An Ombudsman has been appointed. See NASA Specific Note 'B'.Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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