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Solicitation N00421-23-T-0002 is issued as a synopsis/solicitation. Products must be GASTOPS INC, under the authority of FAR Part 12, FAR Part 13 and this RFQ is a Total Small Business Set-Aside authority of FAR Part 52.219-6. The instruments are manufactured exclusively by GasTOPS Inc., and, only GasTOPS Inc. can provide these unique components and support

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Award all or none

See Attached RFQ.

Items must be brand new

Only U.S. Citizens will be granted access to Patuxent River, NAWCAD

The NAICS code for this acquisition is 334516, with a size standard of 1000 employees.

THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS.

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All items must be TAA Compliant

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

All components of the system and software shall be manufactured and serviced by the same

company/organization. A maintenance/Service contract will follow upon purchase of this equipment.

1. Instrument Requirements:

1.1. Be capable of measuring the area of wear metal chips isolated from an engine and /or gearbox.

1.2. Be capable of identifying metals and alloys of interest to NOAP customers such as but not limited to brass, chromium, copper, low alloy steel, M50, M50 NIL, nickel, silver, titanium alloys, tungsten carbide, 4340/ 9310 alloy,

1.3. Be capable to identify the material composition of individual particles and track which particle corresponds to which material in a sample report.

1.4. Not consume the sample during the analysis

1.5. Be field deployable, i.e. capable of running outside of a laboratory in environments such as a hangar bay or airfield.

1.6. Be capable of being transported by one individual.

1.7. Be capable of operating over a wide range of temperatures

1.8. Be capable of operating on both 120 VAC and 240 VAC outlets

1.9. Be capable of being operated by battery power for a minimum of four hours

1.10. Be equipped with touch screen user interfaces

1.11. Be capable to analyze chemical composition without the requirement of a vacuum.

1.12. Be fully capable of running ASTM method D8182-18.

1.13. Be capable of transmitting data via a serial RS-232 connection

1.14. System should not require a separate computer/PC outside of the purchased system to operate.

1.15. System training to Government personnel shall be done within 90 days of installation.

1.16. The manufacturer shall provide all standards for initial setup, calibration, and optimization.

1.17. Inspection and Acceptance of the items will be conducted at destination by authorized NAWCAD Government personnel.

2. Software Requirements

2.1. The software shall run on Windows 10 or higher operating systems, 64 bits. Provide a single point of control for all of the system’s components, features, and functionality and allow data processing concurrent with sample analysis.

2.2. Be easy to use and able to automatically load a pre-set method so the analysis can be started immediately without method development or alignment, and with minimal training, saving time and ensuring stable, accurate, and reproducible performance.

2.3. Be able to provide fast multi-element analysis, simultaneous data collection, and ready retrieval of raw data files.

2.4. Be capable of capturing of monitoring the instrument operating condition and provide the user with notification of required troubleshooting, cleaning, and maintenance.

2.5. Save sample data local to unit and offer the capability to download data.

2.6. Export data in a CSV format.

3. Deliverables

The deliverables include one fully operational instrument as described in the previous section that is ready for installation. The instrument should include enough sample patch kits to allow for 400 individual samples to be tested with the instrument.

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