66 -- CHARGED AEROSOL DETECTOR WITH ACCESSORIES

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [U S EPA] Environmental Sciences Division [ESD] intends to award a sole source fixed-price Purchase Order using Federal Acquisition Regulation [FAR] Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, to ESA Inc, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, under the authority of FAR Part 13. The purpose of this acquisition is to purchase a charged aerosol detector. It has been determined that ESA, Inc., is the only vendor uniquely qualified to meet this requirement as it is the only commercially available universal charged aerosol detector of analytes in a liquid stream, with sensitivity for all analytes less volatile than the mobile phase. This universal detector provides highly reproducible inter-analyte responses that are independent of chemical structure and response variability between compounds is less than 10-25% as opposed to orders of magnitude for other types of detectors. The NAICS code for this procurement is 423490. NO SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE [RFQ] IS AVAILABLE. Notwithstanding, any firm who believes it is capable of meeting EPA’s requirement as stated herein may submit a response which, if received within 15 calendar days of the date of this announcement, will be considered. Responses to this posting must be in writing. A determination not to compete the proposed Purchase Order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All questions should be directed to Cheryl M. O’Donnell via email at [email protected].