Gas/Moisture Analyzers at Northern Research Station
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 1158572
- Agency
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Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- 8(a) Sole Source
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
- Place of performance
- New Lisbon, New Jersey 08064, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The USDA Forest Service has published a Special Notice regarding its intent to issue a sole-source contract to Li-COR Inc. for the procurement of gas/moisture analyzers at the Northern Research Station. The agency plans to acquire two 7200RS-1 analyzers and two 7200-101 Flow Modules under a firm-fixed-price arrangement. These specialized instruments will replace existing equipment used for measuring forest productivity and assessing the impacts of prescribed fire fuel reduction treatments on forest growth and quality at the Silas Little Experimental Forest. The procurement is structured as an 8(a) sole source award with an anticipated contract award date of September 2, 2025. The Forest Service justifies the sole-source approach based on the need for equipment compatibility with existing data collection workflows and meteorological equipment used in their flux tower projects.
The primary purpose of this Special Notice is to inform potential contractors of the intended sole-source procurement while providing an opportunity for interested parties to demonstrate that competition would benefit the government. The Forest Service emphasizes that the Li-COR analyzers are essential for maintaining consistency in their established data collection methods and are only available directly through Li-COR Inc. Interested contractors must submit their responses by 5:00 PM EST on August 22, 2025, to Contracting Specialist Shannon Wrobel and Contracting Officer Keith Friot via email. Any response must include clear and convincing evidence that conducting a competitive procurement would be advantageous to the government. The agency will use submitted information solely to determine whether to pursue competitive bidding instead of the planned sole-source award, and no reimbursement will be provided for costs associated with preparing capability information.
Notice text
The USDA Forest Service intends to issue a firm-fixed-price, sole-source award Li-COR Inc. to replace two current gas/moisture analyzers at the Northern Research Station which are used in conjunction with one another for measuring forest productivity and impacts of prescribed fire fuel reduction treatment on forest growth and quality at the Silas Little Experimental Forest. USDA Forest Service intends to procure two 7200RS-1 and two 7200-101.
Data collection materials, methods, workflows, and reporting have been established using the The Li-COR 7200RS-1 and the 7200-101 Flow Module is a necessary peripheral to the function of that unit. Utilizing a consistent and compatible eddy flux gas/moisture analyzer monitoring equipment is set-up to build this powerful data set is important. This analyzer is capable of sampling across all environmental conditions (heat, cold, rain, snow), can be used with factory calibration, and is directly compatible with other associated meteorological equipment used in tandem by USFS flux tower projects. The Li-COR 7200RS-1 and 7200-101 Flow Module is only available direct through Li-COR.
The anticipated award date is September 2, 2025. Interested parties may identify their interests and capabilities to respond to this requirement to the Contracting Specialist, Shannon Wrobel, by email at shannon.wrobel@usda.gov with a courtesy email to the Contracting Officer, Keith Friot, keith.d.friot@usda.gov no later than 5:00pm EST August 22, 2025. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government.
Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No reimbursement for any cost connected with providing capability information will be provided.
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