SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Rapid Identification of Crude Oil Properties
- Notice Date
- 7/29/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Office of Acquisition and Grants Services, Mail Stop 50, West Bldg, 3rd Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, District of Columbia, 20590
- ZIP Code
- 20590
- Solicitation Number
- FR15RPD32000000026
- Archive Date
- 8/27/2015
- Point of Contact
- Isaac Rosier, Phone: 2024936149
- E-Mail Address
-
isaac.rosier@dot.gov
(isaac.rosier@dot.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Rapid Identification of Crude Oil Properties The Federal Railroad Administration, Washington, DC, intends to award a Sole Source, Firm-Fixed-Price contract to Harvard University to develop low-cost, portable, and easy-to-use indicators that will allow for rapid on-site estimation of the compositional makeup and identification of key physical properties of hazardous flammable liquids including crude oil that are sufficient to determine its packaging group (as outlined in 49CFR Section 173.121) and best transportation practices. This research is a continuation of the previous work done by Harvard University to demonstrate, in a laboratory setting, a W-Ink diagnostic method that can rapidly identify the packaging group of crude oil samples with an accuracy of greater than 95% and then validate the diagnostic method on several crude oil samples provided by the FRA. Using an alternative contractor, other than Harvard University, will result in additional time for the contractor to gain knowledge of the previous research and will cost substantially more. The expected period of performance is two years and the value of the contract is expected to be $300,000.00. The proposed contract action, for which the Government intends to solicit only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302, is for a two-phase Research Program for the development of indicator technology that rapidly distinguishes crude oil samples based on their volatility profile and dissolved gas content (Phase 1) and development of software and user interface to extract and simplify volatility profiles and dissolved gas content from indicator technology (Phase 2). This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals; however, interested parties may state their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this synopsis. Interested parties with the capability of meeting the proposed requirements are requested to provide an e-mail to the FRA point of contact, Mr. Isaac Rosier, Jr. (isaac.rosier@dot.gov) no later than 3:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, 08/12/2015. The FRA will evaluate all capabilities/qualifications for the sole purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. Based on responses to this notice, the Government's determination not to compete the proposed effort on a full and open competition basis is solely within the discretion of the Government.
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