LBNF Argon Distribution Equipment IDIQ
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- LBNF-355802-JD
- Agency
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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Office of Science, Department of Energy
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 3332 Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Lead, South Dakota, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is seeking an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) subcontract for Argon Distribution Equipment to support the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF) and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) project. The contract requires engineering, manufacturing, delivery, installation, and testing of vacuum-jacketed and uninsulated pipes, valves, and associated equipment to transfer gaseous and liquid argon throughout the underground portion of the facility located 4,850 feet below the surface at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota. Proposals are due by February 14, 2025, at 5:00 PM CST, with a mandatory site visit having been conducted in early November 2024. Evaluation criteria will likely include technical capability, past performance, safety record, and quality assurance processes. Offerors must demonstrate relevant experience in cryogenic equipment manufacturing and underground installation capabilities.
The solicitation is not set aside for any specific small business category and will utilize standard competitive bidding processes. The contract period of performance spans from December 18, 2025, through April 30, 2030, with two initial delivery orders to be issued concurrently. The total project involves supporting four massive neutrino detectors requiring approximately 70,000 tons of liquid argon (about 17,500 tons per cryostat). The estimated contract value is not explicitly stated, but the complexity of the equipment and installation suggests a significant multi-million dollar procurement. Contractors will be responsible for providing all necessary engineering, manufacturing, delivery, installation, and testing services for the argon distribution system, including vacuum-jacketed pipes, uninsulated pipes, valves, instrumentation, and support structures. The work will be performed primarily underground at the SURF facility, with strict requirements for safety, quality control, and technical precision.
Notice text
Please see the attached RFP and Statement of Work for complete information. In short, the Argon Distribution Equipment serves:
- To transfer gaseous and liquid argon throughout the underground portion of the LBNF, housed 4850 ft (1478 m) below the surface level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF).
- To transfer, in limited capacity, gaseous and liquid nitrogen (for regeneration) throughout the underground portion of the LBNF.
- As a connection between the various other argon subsystems at the LBNF for the ultimate purpose of building and maintaining a clean reservoir of LAr within the LBNF cryostats.
- To install hardware and equipment delivered by partners as In-Kind Contributions (IKC).
- To provide dry Nitrogen gas to the cryostat insulation space.
- To provide the capability of injecting xenon gas from cylinders into the manifold containing argon vent gas from cryostat feedthroughs, heading to argon condensing.
- As a connection between the LAr Purification and Purity Monitors.
To analyze GN2 content of GAr from the surface during cryostat filling.
LBNF Project Background:
LBNF (http:/lbnf-dune.fnal.gov/) will provide the infrastructure necessary to support the massive neutrino detectors located deep underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD. The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will employ four (4) such detectors, housed in cryostats requiring almost 70,000 tons of liquid argon (LAr), about 17,500 tons for each cryostat. DUNE (http://www.dunescience.org/) is expected to achieve transformative discoveries, making definitive determinations of neutrino properties, examining the dynamics of supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and probing the possibility of proton decay.
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