Global Monitoring Laboratory Valco Gas Sampling and Multi-Position Rotary Valves

NRMJ10002300749SML

***NOAA'S ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE, WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER, OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH (OAR), EARTH SYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORIES (ESRL), GLOBAL MONITORING LABORATORY (GML), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH VALCO INSTRUMENTS CO INC (VICI) LOCATED IN HOUSTON, TX FOR GAS SAMPLING AND MULTI-POSITION ROTARY VALVES TO BE DELIVERED TO BOULDER, CO.

***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION'S (NOAA) REQUIREMENT THAT VICI IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT MANUFACTURES AND DISTRIBUTES THEIR GAS SAMPLING AND MULTI-POSITION ROTARY VALVES.

THE GML USES ELECTRONICALLY ACTUATED GAS-SAMPLING VALVES TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF GAS TO VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS FOR GAS ANALYSIS (FOR GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY AND RELATED ANALYSIS). TO ACCOMMODATE AN INCREASE IN MEASUREMENT NEEDS, THE GML REQUIRES A VARIETY OF ELECTRONICALLY ACTUATED VICI VALVES. SYSTEM SOFTWARE FOR VICI COMPONENTS IS ALREADY IN USE AT THE GML, AND NEW COMPONENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE COMPATIBLE IN ALL ASPECTS (FORM, FIT, AND FUNCTION) WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT. VICI COMPONENTS ARE REQUIRED AS THE SOFTWARE TO RUN ANALYSIS SYSTEMS HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN AND THE SUITABILITY OF VALCO VALVES FOR THE HIGH PRECISION MEASUREMENTS MADE BY GML HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. GAS PLUMBING HARDWARE AND SPARE PARTS ARE COMPATIBLE ONLY WITH VICI COMPONENTS.

DELIVERY BY 09/01/2023.

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