7 Synopsis 1305M322QNRMJ0074.pdf

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

ACQUISITION AND GRANTS OFFICE

SYNOPSIS

Analyzer Instruments

SYNOPSIS:

The Analyzer Instruments requirement is hereby synopsized in accordance with FAR 5.207 Preparation and Transmittal of Synopses:

(1) Action Code: N/A

(2) Date: 22 July

(3) Year: 2022

(4) Contracting Office ZIP Code: 80305

(5) Product or Service Code: 6655

(6) Contracting Office Address: 325 Broadway, DSRC, Boulder, CO 80305

(7) Subject: Analyzer Instruments

(8) Proposed Solicitation Number: 1305M322QNRMJ0074

(9) Closing Response Date: 5 August 2022

(10) Contact Point or Contracting Officer:

Contract Specialist: Jade Moreira

Email: jade.moreira@noaa.gov

Contracting Officer: Darrin Moore

Email: darrin.moore@noaa.gov

(11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number:

Solicitation Number: (proposed)

Contract Number: To be determined at time of award.

(12) Contract Award Dollar Amount: To be determined at time of award.

(13) Contract Line Item Number: To be determined at time of award.

(14) Contract Award Date: To be determined at time of award.

(15) Contractor: To be determined at time of award.

(16) Description:

The estimated duration of the Analyzer Instruments contract is one year, with estimated starting date of 15 August 2022 to 14 August 2023, and estimated acquisition of 14 (fourteen) analyzer instruments. The estimated award date is 15 August 2022. For consideration to this award a completion of the solicitation is required. One or more of the items under this acquisition is subject to the World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement and Free Trade Agreements.

Analyzer Instruments specifications and evaluations are as follow:

GENERAL TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

In this procurement the brand name or equal to Picarro instruments should trace gas analyzers for near-simultaneous measurement of CO2, CH4, CO, and H2O. Instruments to be procured must maintain or improve upon the precision of current aircraft and field instrumentation used within the NOAA Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network:

Picarro G2401: a cavity ring-down spectrometer for measurements of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor. This instrument is to be used to measure ambient air at surface and tall-tower sites.

Picarro G2401-m: an aircraft flight-ready, cavity ring-down spectrometer for measurements of carbon dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide and water vapor. This instrument is to be used to measure ambient air collected with pressurized and unpressurized aircraft. The NOAA GML Carbon Cycle aircraft program plans to expand its airborne trace-gas measurements to include data collected from commercial aircraft.

Custom modification of a G2401-m to have a low-cavity pressure (80-torr) mode of operation with limited software changes for high-altitude, low-pressure measurement of ambient air. The modified analyzer with custom mode is expected to be flight ready, have a 3.5x or better degradation in precision, and require no changes for sample handling.

DETAILED TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:

The G2401 analyzer must be capable of measuring:

● CO2 in bulk air samples to or better than ± 0.05 parts per million (ppm) in 400 ppm

● CH4 in bulk air samples to or better than ±0.5 nmol/mol (ppb) in 1800 ppb

● CO in bulk air samples to or better than ±4 nmol/mol (ppb) in 100 ppb as 1-σ over a 30-second averaging period.

The analyzer must have a measurement range of at least:

● 0 – 1000 ppm CO2

● 0 – 6 ppm CH4

● 0 – 5 ppm CO

The analyzer must be extremely stable and not subject to rapid drift in response to environmental influences such as pressure and temperature changes. The cell temperature and pressure must be controlled to within ±0.01°C and ±0.15 Torr to prevent measurement drift associated with temperature and pressure fluctuations. The analyzer must be able to measure ambient air with a wide range of conditions, from -10 to +45 °C in temperature and 400 – 1330 hPa in pressure. The analyzer should minimize sample gas consumption by having a small sample cell volume and efficient flushing of internal components such as tubing, valves, etc. The analyzer needs to be deployable to the field, as well as in the laboratory.

The G2401-m analyzer must be capable of measuring:

● CO2 in bulk air samples to or better than ± 0.05 parts per million (ppm) in 400 ppm

● CH4 in bulk air samples to or better than ±0.5 nmol/mol (ppb) in 1800 ppb

● CO in bulk air samples to or better than ±4 nmol/mol (ppb) in 100 ppb as 1-σ over a 30-second averaging period.

The analyzer must have a measurement range of at least:

● 0 – 1000 ppm CO2

● 0 – 6 ppm CH4

● 0 – 5 ppm CO

The analyzer must be extremely stable and meet thresholds for drift of ≤ 10 ppb for CO; ≤ 0.2 ppb for CO2; and 2 ppb for CH4 at standard temperature and pressure (STP) over 24 hours. The cell temperature and pressure must be controlled to within ±0.01°C and ±0.15 torr to prevent measurement drift associated with temperature and pressure fluctuations. The analyzer must be able to measure ambient air with a wide range of conditions, from -10 to +45 °C in temperature and 400 – 1330 hPa in pressure. The analyzer should minimize sample gas consumption by having a small sample cell volume and efficient flushing of internal components such as tubing, valves, etc. The analyzer needs to be deployable to pressurized and unpressurized aircraft, as well as in the laboratory and in the field.

Custom modification of a G2401-m (delivery required by February 2023)

● 80-torr cavity pressure mode of operation

● limited software changes

● degradation in precision of 2x or better

● no sample handling changes

All analyzers should be robust, be able to run unattended for months, and require little maintenance.

DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE:

● 4-6 units delivered quarterly, starting with the first set within 20 weeks after order is placed.

● The single G2401-m with custom 80-torr mode is required by February 2023.

(17) Place of Contract Performance: Boulder, CO

(18) Set-aside Status: The Government intends this procurement to be a total small business set-aside award.