The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development awarded a $148,365.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Particle Metrix Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business, to provide a ZetaView TWIN Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis (NTA) system. This purchase order was the result of a pre-solicitation notice that did not have a set-aside designation. The ZetaView TWIN NTA system will support the EPA's research and development efforts. Particle Metrix Inc. has previously...
The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development awarded a $101,093.06 firm fixed price purchase order to TSI Incorporated for a TSI Particle Size Analyzer. The analyzer will be used to measure particle size distributions in airborne particulate matter and aerosols, supporting EPA research initiatives. Delivery is required by July 25, 2024. As the sole awardee under the pre-solicitation notice, TSI Incorporated will provide the specified particle size analyzer to the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract worth $108,586.00 to Particle Instruments LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for the procurement of one Dekati ELPI high-resolution particle impactor particulate matter analyzer. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025. The technical requirements for the analyzer are detailed in a pre-solicitation Request for Information...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development awarded a firm-fixed price purchase order to Oxford Instruments America, Inc., doing business as Oxford Instruments, for an AZtecLive Automated Microanalysis System with UltimMax 100 Large Area Analytical Silicon Drift Detector. The $111,900.00 contract was awarded on a sole source basis under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) as Oxford Instruments was identified as the only vendor able to meet the EPA's requirements. The system...
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $756,650 to Aerodyne Research Inc. to deliver a VOCUS-2R Chemical Ionization - Time of Flight mass spectrometer. The instrument, along with a PTR reactor, Aim reactor, and gas chromatograph, will support the Agency's ongoing air quality research by enabling advanced mass spectrometry techniques for identifying and measuring airborne contaminants and pollutants. This purchase was in response to a Special...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $92,530.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Govcrest Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for the procurement of three CAI 700LX M-HFID Heated THC/CH4/NMHC Analyzers. This contract, set aside for small businesses, was issued by the EPA's Office of Research and Development and has a completion date of May 12, 2025. The original solicitation was a brand name or equal procurement, indicating potential alternatives could be considered. This...
The Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 awarded a $99,660 purchase order to Ags Scientific Inc., doing business as Nippon Instruments North America, for the delivery of RA-7000A Mercury Analyzer and MA-3000 Mercury Analyzer systems with personal computers. The solicitation specifically requested these mercury analyzer models to support the EPA's programs for monitoring and regulating mercury in the environment. Performance will occur in Japan with deliveries from December 19, 2023 through...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Markes International, Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit small business, for a Thermal Desorption Autosampler System, Multi-Gas, 199-tubes automation. The $104,725.80 contract has a completion date of November 30, 2023. The system is being procured to support EPA research and testing, and was not set aside for a specific business type. Markes International is an experienced...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance awarded a $40,930.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Ags Scientific, Inc., doing business as Nippon Instruments North America. The purpose of this sole source contract is to provide a new mercury analyzer, model RA-4500, for analyzing total and dissolved mercury according to EPA and other standards. Ags Scientific is an experienced laboratory instrument distributor that has previously supplied mercury...
The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development awarded a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Elementar Americas, Inc. for an Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer CNS System, with a potential value of $133,817.10. This award was not set aside for small businesses. The original solicitation was a combined synopsis/solicitation for a brand name or equal Delta V Mass Spectrometer CNS System. As the prime contractor, Elementar Americas, Inc. will provide the specified analytical...