Metals Monitor Capital Equipment purchase

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Cincinnati Procurement Operations Division (CPOD) and Office of Research and Development (ORD), Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL).



The US EPA intends to negotiate with Cooper Environmental Services, LLC on a sole source basis for a semi-continuous metals monitor to support ORD/NRMRL emissions characterization research activities included, but not limited to, diesel and coal-fired combustion emissions characterizations. The requested instrument needs to be fully integrated into the existing combustion facility, complexly capable of fully autonomous functionality, and measure metal emissions at a source level semi-continuously. The semi-continuous metals monitor requested shall be capable of quantitatively measuring a large suite of metals autonomously in less than 15 minute increments and is non-destructive to the sample.



The metals monitor instrumentation needed for research investigations must be capable of autonomous operation, and meet or exceed all of the following minimum specifications:

1. Must provide continuous emissions monitoring for metals and use filter tape sampling

2. Must be capable of making undiluted stack sample measurements of metals from flue gas streams

3. Must use non-destructive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) to measure vapor and particle phase metals

4. Semi-continuous operation (samples must be collected and analyzed autonomously and on a user-determined rate)

5. Must have the capability to take a sample as often as every 15 minutes for onboard analysis

6. Must have daily blank and flow calibration that are automatic

7. Internal calibration check must be incorporated for all samples upon analysis

8. Must be capable of identifying and measuring at least 20 metals simultaneously

9. Key metals that must be included in measurement capabilities (with minimum detection limits in µg/dscm):

Fe (0.38), Zinc (0.12), As (0.06), Hg (0.09), Mn (0.14), and Pb (0.11)

10. Probe system must provide isokinetic sampling from stack emissions

11. Must include system installation, commissioning and training (minimum 3 days)



The government anticipates awarding a single fixed-price purchase order. This procurement will be accomplished under FAR Part 12 Commercial Procedures. Sources wishing to be considered MUST submit a capability statement via FedConnect. Documentation must be submitted within 10 calendar days of the date of publication of this notice. Submit your statement in writing via FedConnect message center at www.fedconnect.net, reference number SOL-CI-17-00013. Telephone requests will not be honored. Questions concerning this synopsis should be submitted in writing via the message center in FedConnect at www.fedconnect.net within 7 calendar days of the date of publication of this notice. Telephone requests for the request will not be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.