SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Two-Stage, High-Purity, Low-Flow, Gas Cylinder Regulators
- Notice Date
- 1/27/2012
- Notice Type
- Cancellation
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NOAA/OAR/ARL/ATDD, 456 S. Illinois, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37830
- ZIP Code
- 37830
- Solicitation Number
- NRMJ1000-12-01827ADN
- Archive Date
- 2/24/2012
- Point of Contact
- Anna Norcross, Phone: 3034976650
- E-Mail Address
-
anna.norcross@noaa.gov
(anna.norcross@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ***NOAA's Acquisition and Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division - Boulder, intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Air Liquide, of Longmont, Colorado for: •nine (9) cylinder regulators for their trace gas standards. The regulators must be of nickel‐plated brass construction, two‐stage, contain a stainless steel diaphragm with inlet pressures of 3,000 psi, supply pressure range of 2 ‐ 50 psi, with a CGA590 inlet connection and flow capacity of 10 scfh (standard cubic feet per hour); and •thirty (30) cylinder regulators for their trace gas standards. The regulators must be of nickel‐plated brass construction, two‐stage, contain a stainless steel diaphragm with inlet pressures of 3,000 psi, supply pressure range of 2 ‐ 50 psi, with a CGA590 inlet connection and flow capacity of 25 scfh (standard cubic feet per hour). ***The sole source determination is based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) requirement for equipment which meets complex and highly demanding specifications. NOAA's Carbon Cycle and Greenhouse Gases (CCGG) group operates a global multi‐trace gas research which produces scientific standards for the air sampling network. The data gathered with this equipment is disseminated to other scientific organizations around the world which rely upon CCGG's accuracy for their own research. CCGG has developed rigorous standards over the years for the environments in which these gas standards are stored. The cylinders are made of aluminum and treated with a proprietary passivation coating. The cylinders are ordered with brass valves containing all‐metal and nickel stems. Brass is required as it is less reactive with trace gases than is stainless steel. Many of the gas standards require a special high‐purity electron capture sensitive regulator and so CCGG needs a regulator for these cylinders that must is compact, two‐stage, high purity, and low‐flow. They must be nickel plate brass with stainless steel diaphragms and low internal volume. The desired flow rate, purity level and corrosiveness of the standard gas determine which delivery pressure range and gauge delivery pressure is required. ***This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation package is available. However, firms that believe they can provide equipment that fully meets the Government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days after publication of this synopsis. Such documentation will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to conduct a competitive procurement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
- Web Link
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 325 BROADWAY, DSRC R/GMD1, BOULDER, Colorado, 80305, United States
- Zip Code: 80305
- Zip Code: 80305
- Record
- SN02662653-W 20120129/120127234342-27a539825a57059801d3b6a7da9c29a7 (fbodaily.com)
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