SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- 12905B23SS0032 Sources Sought for CO2 weather stations, Maricopa, AZ
- Notice Date
- 4/28/2023 9:15:53 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- USDA ARS PWA AAO ACQ/PER PROP ALBANY CA 94710 USA
- ZIP Code
- 94710
- Solicitation Number
- 12905B23SS0032
- Response Due
- 5/5/2023 2:00:00 PM
- Point of Contact
- Paige C. Francis, Phone: 5203166314
- E-Mail Address
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paige.francis@usda.gov
(paige.francis@usda.gov)
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought notice Only.� This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations.� This Sources Sought is issued for information and planning purposes only as part of USDA ARS market research and does not itself constitute an RFQ. This requirement is covered under NAICS code334513. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of qualified sources; Small Businesses; HUBZone small business; service-disabled, veteran-owned small business; 8(a) small business; veteran-owned small business; woman-owned small business; or small disadvantaged businesses; Responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. LIST DESCRIPTION OF ITEMS NEEDED: CO2 Weather station.� Minimum requirements are as follows: To meet researcher experiment requirements, the system must assess diurnal CO2 and H2O fluxes and associated controlling factors in an agricultural setting, to inform plant growth and water stress tolerance mechanism. High resolution and accurate data metrics including atmospheric CO2 and H20 concentration; air temperature; relative humidity; photon flux density (PAR); net radiation; surface temperature; soil temperature; and wind speed and direction must be measured and recorded once per second. Rugged field equipment including power supply and generation; weatherproof equipment enclosures; and mounting hardware and brackets will be required. All equipment must withstand temperature extremes, dust, and mechanical and electrical shock. Sensors must have the following specifications. The dataloggers must have at least 8 differential plus or minus 5v input channels and achieve 24 bit analog to digital conversion and provide at least 8 GB of onboard storage potential using a removable media data such as SD flash. Dataloggers must be ruggedized and operate from -15 to +70 �C. Temperature/relative humidity sensors must operate between �15 to 60 �C, with accuracies as follows. �15 to 40 �C: ?90% RH � (1.3 + 0.003 � RH reading) % RH, �15 to 40 �C: >90% RH � 2.3% RH, �15 to 60 �C: � (1.4 + 0.01 � RH reading) % RH, �15 to 60 �C: � (1.5 + 0.015 � RH reading) % RH, the temperature accuracy must be approximately 0.2% at 23 C or better). PAR sensors must have a sensitivity of approximately 0.01 mV per umol per square meter per second and operate between -15 to 70 C in all humidity conditions. Net Radiometers must operate from �15� to 80�C, their pyranometers would have a spectral range between approximately 385 to 2105 nm up looking and 295 to 2,685 nm down looking with a sensitivity of approximately 0.057 mV per watts per square meter up looking and 0.15 mV per watts per square meter down looking. Net radiometer pyrgeometers would have a spectral range of approximately 5,000 nm to 30,000 nm, and sensitivity of 0.12 mV per watts per square meter. Wind speed and direction sensors must have a speed accuracy of approximately plus or minus 2% and direction accuracy of plus or minus three degrees, with a one-degree resolution, and must operate from -15� to 70�C. Infrared radiometers must operate from -15� to 80�C, with an operating relative humidity range of 0 to 100% RH. Their absolute accuracy must be �0.2�C (-10� to +65�C) and �0.5� C (-40� to +70�C), with a uniformity of �0.1�C (-10� to +65�C), �0.3� C (-40� to +70�C) and repeatability of �0.2�C (-10� to +65�C), �0.5� C (-40� to +70�C). Solar panels must provide a minimum of 90 watts. 12-volt power supplies with regulators must have an operational temperature of -15� to +60�C. Radiation reflecting UV-stabilized weather resistant datalogger housing must be able to contain all necessary components. The assembly and delivery must be provided by the time the cotton emerges. Vendor must provide LoggerNet Software to allow communications and compatibility with existing hardware and programs. All equipment must be compatible with existing custom in-house datalogger code written in CR Basic, and data downloaded from the systems must be formatted for analysis using in-house developed Python and Excel code written specifically for this project. The Government does not intend to make an award based on responses to this inquiry. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the Government. Capability Statement All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary, and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. Business concerns that possess the capabilities necessary to undertake this work should submit complete documentation of their capabilities to the Contracting Officer.� Capability statements shall include the Contractors contact point to discuss their response. The capability statement should include: 1)� Acknowledgement that they are able to provide the subject supplies/services being requested; 2) Interested vendors should identify their size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration; 3) At least three previous requirements that are similar to the requirement include a discussion of the Contract type, delivery method, duration, etc.; 4) Any other information considered relevant to this requirement; and 5) The government requests that no proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in the response. Any vendor responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine their qualifications to perform the work.� Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.� After review of the responses received, a combined synopsis/solicitation may be published on sam.gov depending on the responses received. All responses to this Sources Sought Notice must be received by the notice�s POC by the deadline in order to be considered. Ensure that the sources sought notification ID is in the subject line of the email.� Responses may not be returned. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this Inquiry. D
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