1g Sources Sought PR NRMJ10002300569.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Gas Analyzer Instruments

This Sources Sought Notice is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a

Request for Proposal or Quotation. It is not considered to be a commitment by the

Government to award a contract nor will the Government pay for any information provided;

no basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result from a response to this

Sources Sought Notice or Government use of any information provided.

Pursuant to FAR Part 10 (Market Research), the purpose of this notice is to:

1. Determine if sources capable of satisfying the agency's requirements exists.

2. Determine whether the acquisition should utilize any of the small business programs in accordance with FAR Part 19.

Pursuant to FAR Part 6 and FAR Part 19, competition and set-aside decisions may be based on the results of this market research. This notice in no way obligates the Government to any further action.

Requirement: This notice is issued by the Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acquisition and Grants Office (AGO), Western Acquisition

Division (WAD), and Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Global Monitoring Laboratory

(GML), to identify sources capable of providing the following:

Gas Analyzer Instruments

Anticipated Delivery: The desired delivery is 60 days after receipt of order (ARO) for this anticipated firm-fixed-price contract.

NAICS Code/Size Standard: The applicable NAICS Code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory

Instrument Manufacturing, and the size standard is 1,000 employees.

Scope of Work: The scope of the acquisition is to purchase two analytical systems capable of measuring nitrous oxide and carbon monoxide in stop-flow mode, at high precision, and with minimal cross-sensitivity.

Technical Specifications

Analyzers must simultaneously measure N2O and CO in 10 seconds signal averaging time with precision of 0.05 ppb or better for N2O and 0.2 ppb or better for CO, using less than 40 mL of air, and can operate under stop flow conditions.

One instrument for discrete air measurements and one for cylinder calibrations that can serve as backups for each other to ensure robust operations. Instrument without cross-sensitivity between the simultaneous CO and N2O measurements (i.e. variations in N2O do not impact CO, and vice versa).

Submission of Information: Companies having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought notice including commercial market information and company information.

Companies may respond to this Sources Sought Notice via email to: jade.moreira@noaa.gov no later than 28 July 2023 at 5:00 pm Eastern Time.

Please provide the following information/documentation:

1. Name of Company, Address and Unique Entity ID.

2. Point of Contact and Phone Number.

3. Business Size applicable to the NAICS Code: 8(a) Small Business Concern, Hub Zone Small Business Concern, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern (SDVOSBC) or a Small Business Concern.

4. Statement for Proposal Submission:

• Evidence of experience in work similar in type and scope to include contract numbers, project titles, points of contact and telephone numbers.

• Brief statement on how your company will perform the work.

• Confirmation that your company WILL submit a proposal as a prime contractor if a solicitation is issued as a result of this Sources Sought Notice.

Interested parties: Need to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). Failure to submit sufficient detailed information may result in considering a company as not a viable source and may influence competition and set-aside decisions. Regardless of the information obtained from this Sources Sought Notice, the Government reserves the right to consider any arrangement as deemed appropriated for this requirement.

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.

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government reserves the right to use any information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate, including using technical information provided by respondents in any resultant solicitation.

After a review of the responses received from this notice, a pre-solicitation notice and solicitation may be published on the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE). It is the potential offeror's responsibility to monitor the GPE for release of any future solicitation that may result from this

Sources Sought Notice. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice will not be considered adequate responses to any resultant solicitation.

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