PowerEx Compressor and Dekker Oil-Sealed Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump System Preventative Maintenance Service

The following represents the Notice of Intent that will be posted on beta.sam.gov. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to negotiate solely with the John Henry Foster Company, 4700 LeBourget Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63134 to obtain equipment maintenance services for the Mid-Western Lab listed below.

The FSIS Midwestern Laboratory performs regulatory testing and confirmation for antibiotic residues in meat animal tissue. Nitrogen gas generated by membrane separation technology is used both in the preparation of samples in various drying steps and as a supply of drying gas for analysis of samples by LC/MS/MS. The equipment used in the production of nitrogen for the above consists of 3 PowerEx scroll compressors that supply gas for production of nitrogen which serves as both a drying gas for LC/MS/MS instrumentation and in sample preparation. The laboratory also uses vacuum in sample preparation produced by a Dekker liquid ring vacuum pump system. The objective of the laboratory is to contract for preventative maintenance service on the above equipment listed above and detailed below. The service will be an annual service visit on each of the three units.  This service will require three service visits to the laboratory as the individual units come due for service.  

Requirements.

PowerEx Compressor Preventative Maintenance Service; Model Number: SED100720 AJ, Serial Number: H07/18/13-5478457-643; Model Number: SED100720 HPAJ, Serial Number: H07/30/14-5674583-270; Model Number: SED100720 HPJA    Serial Number: (M)08/04/17-6085660-779

Service to include: Lubricate fixed scroll bearings and pin crank bearing where applicable; Changing tip seal set on each scroll; Install new check valves; check all safety valves and switches; Change air filter elements; Clean compressor; Change belts on each motor/scroll unit; and check Ingersoll Rand model D41ECA100 refrigerated dryer associated with each compressor

Each of the above compressors contains 2 scroll units.

Dekker Oil-Sealed Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump System Preventative Maintenance Service: Model Number: VMX0063MA-00-DS, Serial Number:  24131

Service to include: Lubricate bearings pump and motor (where required); Change inlet filters; Check seal fluid (replace if needed); Check and clean seal fluid strainer if needed;  Check separator element and separator oil return line (service as required); Check mechanical shaft seals.

The Dekker Oil-Sealed Liquid Vacuum Pump System is a dual pump system.

The John Henry Foster Company is the only known source which can provide the required services to the current requirements. This procurement will be conducted under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 - Only One Responsible Source and no Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements Citation: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). The period of performance will be for a 12- month base period plus 4 option years.

This covers equipment located in the USDA-FSIS-OPHS Midwestern Scientific Laboratory, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd. Building 105D, Saint Louis, MO. 63120

This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Request for copies of this solicitation will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government does not intend to pay for information received. All interested parties must respond within five (5) calendar days from the date of this notice. Written responses must provide clear and concise documentation indicating your firm's capability to provide the proprietary services. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to announcement #123A9420R0015. If no viable responses have been received in response after Thursday, April 23, 2020, 5:00 pm E.S.T to this announcement, USDA/FSIS shall negotiate solely with the John Henry Foster Company.