Sensitive and Specific Detection and Identification of Volatile Chlorine Containing Chemicals
TITLE: Sensitive and Specific Detection and Identification of Volatile Chlorine Containing Chemicals.
This is a Request for Information (RFI) ONLY.
The Joint Product Manager, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Analytics and Response Systems (JPdM CBRNE A&RS), Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD is conducting market research to identify potential chemical detection and identification capabilities for placement into the Common Analytical Laboratory System (CALS). The purpose of this announcement is to gather information on State-of-the-Art Technologies to replace a capability gap created by the obsolescence of the current hand portable Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS) system within the CALS program. Specifically, the Government is attempting to identify possible replacements for a system that will work within existing space and interoperability constraints that will detect and identify various volatile compounds (to include volatile chlorine containing compounds). The applicable NAICS codes for this RFI are 334516 and 541715. Potential technologies that would be applicable to this notice would have the following features:
- Suitable for analyzing volatile chemical constituents
- The ability to detect and identify Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs) and Toxic Industrial Chemicals and Materials (TIC/TIMs) with a focus on volatile chlorine containing chemicals
- Capable of analyzing and detecting targets combined in complex environmental samples
- Has the capability to be calibrated
- Use/or incorporate commercial or Government developed libraries of signatures, based on chemical structure, to identify chemical components
- Have Windows 10 compatibility
- Have File Interoperability and Data Sharing capability
- Supportable for at least 7 years
NOTE: JPdM CBRNE A&RS requests that the attached questionnaire be filled out and submitted along with any relevant test reports, manuals, brochures, information papers, and other applicable documents. Submission may not be reviewed without a completed questionnaire. The questionnaire is extensive, but the requested information is necessary for the Government to identify state-of-the-art systems that will work within existing constraints.
All firms responding to this RFI are advised that their response is not a request to be considered for a contract award. All firms that are able to provide technologies meeting the criteria in this RFI should submit their information to the Joint Product Manager CBRNE Analytics and Response Systems.
Submissions are due no later than 30 September 2019, Eastern Standard Time. (Mailed Reponses must be received by this date).
Responses to this notice shall be submitted to:
Preferred submission method: To Kevin Kearns, via email at: kevin.t.kearns.civ@mail.mil, Erin Roos at erin.c.roos.civ@mail.mil, and Shantice Wright at Shantice.m.wright.civ@mail.mil.
Alternate submission method:
To Kevin Kearns, via mail at:
Joint Product Manager CBRNE A&RS
8228 Scully Road POC: JPdM CBRNE A&RS, ATTN: Kevin Kearns
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424
All information received in response to this notice that is marked proprietary will be handled accordingly. The Government does not anticipate responding to all submissions. However, the Government may determine, in its discretion, follow up information is necessary and may contact individual respondents for that purpose. Responses to this RFI, including any brochures, test reports, CDs, etc., will not be returned.
Respondents must properly identify and mark any technical data provided in response to this RFI that is subject to restrictive markings.
All documents shall be submitted in Portable Document Format (.pdf) or Microsoft Word format through the ARMDEC web site (https://safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe/). Additionally, submissions may also be provided by hard copy and E-mail (if the file size is under 10 MB).
Responses at a minimum, should include:
1. The number of this notice.
2. The responding company's name, address, telephone number, website address (if available).
3. Type of business (large or small), and if self-identified as a small business, the basis for that determination.
4. The name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a point of contact having the authority and knowledge to respond to questions from the Government regarding this notice.
5. The completed questionnaire.
6. Any other supporting materials (test reports, manuals, brochures, information papers, etc.).
7. If available, provide your company's System for Award Management (SAM) Cage Code and DUNS number to verify your business status.
Erin Roos, Contract Specialist, Phone 4104362825, Email erin.c.roos.civ@mail.mil - Shantice M. Wright, Phone 4104172803, Email shantice.m.wright.civ@mail.mil
