Bureau of Reclamation, Acquisition Operations Group, Code D-7810, Denver Federal Center, PO Box 25007, Denver CO 80225

66 -- MARKET SOUGHT FOR SPECIFIC FLOWMETERS SOL 99SQ810022 DUE 122998 POC Ann Capron by fax (303)445-6345 WEB: AAMS, http://www.usbr.gov/aamsden/. E-MAIL: d7810@do.usbr.gov, d7810@do.usbr.gov. Marketing Research -- The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking sources to provide magnetic flowmeters and converters for construction of a nanofiltration pilot plant for the Paradox Valley Salinity Control Project. They must be equivalent or similar to the magnetic flowmeters and converters manufactured by Yokagawa. Selected design requirements are critical for the safe, effective, and accurate operation of the magnetic flowmeters for the pilot plant application. The Yokogawa specifications, the only known source that can provide both -- and 1-inch meters, are as follows: Very high operating pressures (1000-1200 psi) will be involved in testing, it is therefore necessary that 6 of the 11 magnetic flowmeters used include 600# ANSI flanges for the process connections, rather than 300# flanges which limits the pressure rating to 740 psi. Because of the low-flow operating range (1.5-4.0 gpm) required in 3 of the 12 magnetic flowmeters, it is necessary that the -inch meters produce linear results over this range at 0.5% accuracy. The highly corrosive nature of the process fluid requires that extremely inert materials be used for all wetted parts of the meters, i.e., Hastelloy C for the electrodes and PFA (Teflon) for the lining. Operators will be manually recording data from these meters several times a day; therefore, it is necessary that the displays on the remote converters be easily readable. Consequently, larger -inch LED displays would be preferable to the typically-supplied small 16-digit back-lit LCD displays. Vendors having the ability to furnish the items described herein are requested to give written notification and pricing data via fax (303) 445-6345 or -Mail to D-7810@do.usbr.gov/ no later than, December 29, 1998. Responses must be in sufficient detail to demonstrate the respondent's ability to meet the requirements stated above; and should include the firms's Dun & Bradstreet and Tax ID Numbers (TIN) and their business size based on the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC code) of 3823.To be rated as a Small Business, there must not be more than 500 employees working for the company. This notice is for marketing research purposes only; however, the information gathered from this notice will be used to determine which preference program will be used to process the acquisition (e.g., 8(a) set-aside under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) program total small business set-aside, or full and open competition.) No preference program determination will be made until the market research has been completed. This is a market research notice only, and not a Request for Quotation or an announcement of a solicitation. The Government will not pay for any materials furnished in response to this synopsis. Submittals furnished will not be returned to the sender. Posted 12/18/98 (W-SN281803). (0352)

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