Intent to Award Sole Source - Mass Air Flow Generator System

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This procurement will be processed pursuant to FAR part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. No solicitation will be issued.

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The United States Department Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Conservation and Production Research Lab in Bushland, TX 79012 currently intends to award a firm-fixed price contract to Sable Systems International for an integrated system for controlling air flow rate within four large animal respiration chambers.  The air flow system shall consist of a) four (4) high flow-rate, PID modulated mass flow generators, b) a four channel thermocouple meter, c) universal interface for data acquisition and instrument control, and d) data acquisition and analysis software.  The location currently has and utilizes four Sable Systems mass flow generators and software on their existing animal chamber system.  The need for a second backup set of four mass flow generators from Sable Systems International is imperative in order to be compatible with the current mass flow generators to utilize in furthering the studies of emissions using animal respiration chambers.  NAICS Code is 334516.  Award is in accordance with both 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 13.106-1 (b)(1)(i)