RFI-GASES-ATL.pdf

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT, A MARKET SURVEY FOR WRITTEN

INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR

PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services (OAGS) has issued this sources sought announcement on behalf of the FDA Atlanta Human and Animal Food Lab (ATLHAFL) and Tobacco Products Laboratories (TPL) in order to determine if there are existing small business sources capable of providing Consumable Gases and Related Products for Laboratory Use.

If your firm is considered a small business source under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 325120- Industrial Gas Manufacturing; with a Small Business Size Standard of 1200 employees and believe that your firm would be able to provide the FDA with the supplies/services described below, please submit an email to Nina.Montgomery@fda.hhs.gov. The vendor should include information about the company and demonstrate that it can meet all of the minimum performance requirements.

The FDA Atlanta Human and Animal Food Lab (ATLHAFL) and Tobacco Products Laboratories (TPL) are seeking to establish a contract for the lease of bulk gas tanks and the purchase and delivery of bulk Nitrogen and Argon laboratory gases. Laboratory gases are essential supplies for the functionality of analytical laboratory instruments and methodologies for ensuring consumer safety.

Objectives

The Atlanta Human and Animal Food and Tobacco Products Laboratories require a continual, reliable source of compressed gases for use in surveillance and regulatory chemical analyses.

Gases are essential to instrument and laboratory function.

The Atlanta Human and Animal Food and Tobacco Products Laboratories require a micro-bulk liquid argon system to provide a steady and reliable system to source argon gas for inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometers (ICP-MS) and inductively coupled plasma optical systems (ICP-AES or ICP-OES). These systems are used for trace determination of elements, including selenium.

The Atlanta Human and Animal Food and Tobacco Products Laboratories require a micro-bulk liquid nitrogen system to provide a steady and reliable system to source nitrogen gas for mass spectrometers, evaporators, and other scientific equipment. These systems are used for the trace determination of chemical contaminates and toxic substances.

Minimum Requirements for Consumable Gases and Related Products for Laboratory Use

All the following are minimum requirements. Equivalent requirements that differ from these minimum requirements must be justified by the proposing vendor and evaluated by the Government.

Consumable Gases Estimated Unit Size

Liquid Argon UHP 99.999% Liquid Nitrogen UHP 99.999% Removal of contractor owned property

Disclaimer and Important Notes

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. 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. After a review of the responses received, a pre‐solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in sam.gov. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non‐proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).

Additional Notes:

If the stated requirements appear restrictive, please submit comments detailing the concern.

Though this is not a request for quote, informational pricing for the service would be helpful.

****Interested Contractors must respond with capability statements which are due by email to the point of contact listed below on or before February 27, 2025 10:00am (EST) at the Food and Drug Administration, Attn: Nina Montgomery, email nina.montgomery@fda.hhs.gov. Reference:

FDA25SS126816****.