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This proposed procurement will be a Sole Source under North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) 334513 - Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables and FSC code 6150 - Miscellaneous Electronic Power and Distribution Equipment. Business size standard for NAICS 334513 is 750 employees.
The proposed source is TSI, Incorporated. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract regardless of responses that may be received to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, all responsible sources or authorized distributors may submit a capability statement, proposal, quotation or exception to the intent to purchase on a sole source basis, which shall be considered by the Government if received by Tuesday, 04 December 2018 by 09:00 am EST and meets all the following requirements:
Minimum requirements:
The following are the specific required parts manufactured by TSI, Inc.:
• AIM Software for SMPS 3938 (Part# AIM3938, AEROSOL INSTRUMENT MANAGER SOFTWARE) QTY 1
• Differential Mobility Analyzer - Long (Part# 3081A, LONG DMA (10 TO 1000NM)) QTY 1
• Differential Mobility Analyzer - Nano (Part# 3085A, NANO DMA (2 TO 150NM)) QTY 1
• Nano Water-Based CPC (Part# 3788, Nano Water-based CPC (N-WCPC) with Aerosol Instrument Software) QTY1
• Advanced Aerosol Neutralizer (Soft Xray) (Part# 3088, ADVANCED AEROSOL NEUTRALIZER (SOFT X-RAY) GEN 2) QTY 1
• Electrostatic Classifier (Part# 3082) QTY 1
• Accessory 1: Accessory Kit for SMPS 3938 (Part # 1035990)
• Accessory 2: Power Cord (Part# 1303053)
• Accessory 3: Flowmeter, 20L/min, 1/4in (Part # 4140), with carrying case and battery pack, to enhance size characterization range and accuracy
The following specification lists the minimum (threshold) and objective requirements as satisfied by these components.
1. Dedicated Condensation Particle Counter (CPC) to measure total aerosol number concentration and a dedicated mobility particle size spectrometer system to quantify aerosol size distribution.
2. CPC working fluid (particle condensation growth): Water (distilled) - no butanol and/or isopropyl alcohol based condensation, which are toxic and/or flammable
3. 24/7 operation: "Re-charge" / refill aerosol particulate condensation fluid reservoir or cartridge no more frequently than once every week (threshold), four weeks (objective)
4. Records aerosol number concentrations in the atmosphere and determines concentrations with sizes ranging from as small as 0.0025 microns to as large as 1.0 micron.
5. Broad aerosol particle concentration range: for extreme dust/smoke scenarios, capable of single particle counting up to 400,000 aerosol particles/cm3
6. Count/concentration accuracy: +/- 10%
7. Mobility particle size spectrometer system capable of characterizing aerosol particle size distribution (particle size spectrometer) from 0.0025 microns to .150 microns or 0.010 microns to 1.0 microns: particle resolution at least 64 size bins (channels) per decade in each of the above mentioned size ranges
8. Size spectrometer system using aerosol neutralization shall be non-radioactive
9. Built-in ethernet capability as well as RS-232 and/or USB interface
10. System control and data processing software, designed for use with Microsoft® Windows operating systems, to simplify set up, operation, data collection, and analysis
Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
In order to comply with FAR 5.207(c)(15), the reason for lack of competition is as follows: TSI, Inc.'s particle counter and size spectrometer is the only equipment that is able to meet all AF requirements, including data consistency with previously purchased TSI equipment for an on-going research effort. TSI also offers the only water based particle counter and size spectrometer on the market. It is critical that the equipment's working fluid (particle condensation growth) is water-based to avoid bio-hazards. Other vendors provided their particle counter and size spectrometer capabilities during the market research phase, but none could meet all of the technical requirements.
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