66 -- AMBIENT PARTICULATE SULFATED MONITOR

Notice Date

March 7, 2001

Contracting Office

DOE/National Energy Technology Laboratory, P.O. Box 10940, MS 921-107, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940

ZIP Code

15236-0940

Solicitation Number

DE-RQ26-01NT00270

Response Due

March 30, 2001

Point of Contact

Thomas J. Gruber, 412-386-5897

E-Mail Address

thomas.gruber@netl.doe.gov (thomas.gruber@netl.doe.gov)

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The announcement constitutes the only solicitation: proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation document incorporates all provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-11. The solicitation number is DE-RQ26-01FTS00270 and is being issued, on March 08, 2001, as a Request for Quotations using Simplified Acquisition Procedures under FAR Part 13. Only written offers received by March 30, 2001 in accordance with the solicitation, will receive consideration and responses must convey the ability of the offeror to meet the stated requirements. The documentation shall include descriptive literature containing sufficient technical literature to establish a bonafide capacity of meeting this requirement. NOTE: This is a Small Business Set-a-side acquisition. Request for information should be directed to Thomas J. Gruber at 412-386-5897 or E-mail thomas.gruber@netl.doe.gov. The specific activities and /or services to be provided under this procurement action shall consist of the following: 1. Ambient Particulate Sulfate Monitor. The ambient particulate sulfate monitor as purchased must: a. Determine the mass concentration of particulate sulfate contained in PM2.5 every ten minutes with a resolution of 0.2 mg/m3; b. Utilize a flash vaporization technique for the direct determination of the ambient particulate sulfate mass concentration (mg/m3) without the use of any wet chemistry; c. Incorporate an SO2 pulsed fluorescence sensor specially tuned for pulse measurements for accurate, time-resolved analyses; d. Utilize a sharp cut cyclone to provide a PM2.5 particle size cut-point performance equivalent to that of the USEPA-designed WINS impactor; e. Humidify the particle-laden sample stream using a Nafion humidification system to maximize the collection efficiency of the impactor; f. Collect humidified particles on a metal impaction plate using critical impaction, achieving an approximate capture efficiency of 98%; g. Utilize a constant sheath flow of outside ambient air to keep the sampling section of the analyzer at ambient temperature; h. Provide built-in software and hardware support for automatic calibrations verifications of zero and span using a user supplied gas cylinder of SO2 in air, and for manual calibrations using a liquid standard; i. Electronically measure and store the ambient temperature, pressure and relative humidity; j. Provide bidirectional RS232 communication capabilities for remote data interchange; and k. must include MS Windows compatible software to permanently store collected data on an on-line basis (within the same time frame as the detection response time) to an user supplied external computer. 1.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010309/66SOL001.HTM (W-066 SN50F4Z6)