Reducing Compound Photometer

The Department of Labor, Mine Safety & Health Administration, intends to award a sole source contract under the authority as implemented by FAR 13.106- 1(b) Soliciting from a single source.(1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. (i) Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization), to Peak Laboratories, LLC, 2330 Old Middlefield Way #10, Mountain View, CA 94043-2459 one reducing compound photometer (RCP) for an Agilent 7890 chromatograph. The MSHA National Air & Dust Laboratory Division requires one Reducing Compound Photometer (RCP) for an Agilent 7890 Gas Chromatograph. The RCP component is used to quantify low level hydrogen and carbon monoxide in mine gas samples. This gas chromatographic instrument is required to support Mine Emergency Operations (MEO) which is to perform analysis of permanent gases, including hydrogen, argon/oxygen, nitrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide, via dual thermal conductivity detectors (TCDs) on argon and helium carrier gases. Compounds eluting after hydrogen on the argon TCD channel are back flushed to vent. Ethylene, ethane, propylene, and propane, may also be analyzed on the helium TCD channel with an extension of the backflush time. The NAICS code for this requirement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

This Notice of Intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. There is no solicitation document. No RFP will be available for competitive proposals. Phone calls will not be accepted. The point of contact for this action is Brandi Brinson, Contract Specialist, who can be reached at brinson.brandi@dol.gov . Please reference "Special Notice 1645BC-OTS-19-NAT-0136" in the subject line of any e-mails. Interested parties may express their interest and provide a capabilities statement by 8/13/2019, at 4:00 p.m. EST. A determination not to compete this proposed contract upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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