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SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE – DOIGFBO250058

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. The Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is conducting a MARKET SURVEY to determine the interest and capability of any small business or ISBEE small business firms eligible to compete under NAICS Code 334516 – Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees for an upcoming requirement for the USGS National Water Science Center located at the Denver Federal Center, Lakewood, CO.

The Government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price, single award as a result of a solicitation that may be issued.

Background: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL), located in Lakewood, CO, has a requirement for filters for use in Water Mission Area (WMA) water sampling and testing programs. The USGS, WMA, and NWQL strive to maintain national consistency in all environmental samples collected by their personnel. The scientific analytical data from these samples is available and presented for use by other agencies and the public. It is extremely important that the filters acquired hereunder will continue to provide consistency with the data that has been obtained, in some cases, for over a decade. Consistency in data is critical for the NWQL and USGS programs across the country for which the Lab does analysis. Unlike commercial labs, the NWQL, and the USGS programs they support, monitor trends in the data.

Scope: This purchase description covers the requirement for filters required by the NWQL to conduct their analysis.

Requirement: Pursuant to Clause 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal, this purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government’s needs. The salient characteristics that “equal” products shall meet are specified herein.

The following information concerning the brand names providers for the item is provided for the convenience of offerors. Cytiva (www.cytiva.com) and GeoTech ( Geotech Home Page (geotechenv.com). Offerors offering other than PALL or GeoTech products shall meet or exceed the following brand name salient characteristics. Offerors shall include product documentation, including certificates of analysis (COAs) for the two most recent lots, which readily verifies that the product meets or exceeds the brand name salient characteristics listed below. See Clause 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal.

Salient Characteristics:

1. Required products:

Filter, Capsule, Cytiva (Pall) Part #12180 or GeoTech dispos-a-filter, GeoTech Part #73050004, Pack/50 (NFSS #Q398FLD)

· Shall have the following filter media: Versapor® membrane (acrylic copolymer on a non-woven support).

· Shall be a self-contained, disposable device with a housing made of polypropylene.

· Shall have of an effective filtration area of no less than 700 cm2.

· Shall have Inlet/Outlet Connections of 1⁄8 in. MNPT.

· Shall have a maximum operating temperature of no less than 88 °C (190 °F).

· Shall have maximum operating pressure of no less than 3.4 bar (340 kPa, 50 psi) at ambient temperature.

· Shall have a pore size of 0.45 µm.

· Shall have a flow rate of no less than 500 mL per minute.

· Shall meet or exceed the limits of detection listed in the table in Section 2: Vendor tested limits of detection for the capsule filter.

2. Vendor tested limits of detection for the capsule filter:

Limits of Detection (LOD) for stated analytes for capsule filters.

Analysis is performed following a 1-liter flush of ultrapure (18 Megohms) water for the capsule filters.

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3. Labeling requirements for both products shall be in accordance with the following:

a. All inks and labels shall be waterproof and on the outside of the housing.

b. Pad print or affix a label to the casing of the filter so as not to interfere with the flow path of the water.

c. At a minimum, the pad print or label shall contain the following information:

· Manufacturer or supplier’s name

· Filter pore size (e.g. 0.45 um)

· Part # XXXX

· Lot # XXXX

d. Capsule filters only: Pad print or affix a directional arrow indicating flow path on the outside of the capsule. The directional label shall be waterproof and shall not peel off or be destroyed during or after contact with water.

4. Lot requirements for the capsule filter:

All filters shall be from one capsule and media/membrane lot per shipment. Include a certificate of compliance/analysis with each shipment. Certificate of compliance/analysis shall list the lot number and filter media/membrane of the filters.

5. Single lot requirement:

All 8,000 capsule filters must be from the same lot/run. All 8,000 capsule filters must have the same capsule lot number and membrane lot number. Individual capsule filters outside of the lot/run will not be technically acceptable.

Quality Assurance: The acceptability of items delivered hereunder will be determined by quality assurance (QA) testing of each lot at the NWQL. The capsule filters shall be of sufficient quality to support the detection limits attainable by the NWQL for all applicable methods. In addition to the placed order, the offeror shall supply fifty (50) capsule filters of each lot to accommodate this QA testing. These capsule filters shall be provided at no cost to the Government. Acceptance of the entire lot will be based on the results of these analyses.

NWQL QA Inspection Criteria - Filter, Capsule (NFSS #Q398FLD), Ground Water

IC = Ion Chromatography ICP-OES = Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectroscopy ICP-MS = Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectroscopy cICP-MS = Collision/Reaction Cell Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectroscopy CVAF = Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence Spectrometry DA = Colorimetry, Automated Discrete Analyzer AP = Alkaline Persulfate Digestion LLP = Persulfate Digestion IR = Infrared Spectrometry

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. ALL COST ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION AS REQUESTED BY THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR. Submission is voluntary.

This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP)/Request for Quotation (RFQ) and does not constitute any commitment by the Government. Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this market survey. Any solicitation that may be issued will be posted on the SAM.gov website and no paper copies will be provided. The actual work statement with scope will be provided with any solicitation that may be issued. The Government is not required to issue a solicitation. ALL questions will be answered during the solicitation phase.

Responses to this announcement are requested from Small Businesses, and ISBEE Small Businesses. A firm is considered small under NAICS Code 334516 – Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. Any information submitted is voluntary. If sufficient interest and capability is not received from small business firms, any solicitation may be issued as unrestricted without further consideration.

Interested small, and ISBEE small business firms, who feel that they can provide the analysis services, are invited to submit by email an affirmative response to this announcement. An affirmative response must include:

REFERENCES with contact names, email addresses, and phone numbers. These references are to be for the same or similar services contracts. This information will be evaluated and used to determine if competitive opportunities exist;

Indicate your firm's SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS (e.g. small business, ISBEE, service-disabled veteran-owned, women owned, HUBZone, etc.) This information will assist the Government in determining how small businesses can fit into the acquisition strategy;

FIRM NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, UEI Number, and website (if available);

UNIQUE ENTITY IDENTIFIER (UEI); your company must have a UEI number and be registered on System for

Award Management (SAM) found at www.sam.gov in order to be awarded a contract. You will also be required to provide your small business status information via Representations and Certifications with your SAM registration at the SAM website, www.sam.gov. Your active SAM registration will cover any/all of your offers to the Federal Government, and needs updated annually.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT Please provide your firms capability statement not to exceed 3 pages.

All responses must be submitted NLT 8/5/2025 at Noon MT via e-mail to Jenn Rollin, jrollin@usgs.gov.