The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisitions Division-Kansas City office intends to award, on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with P S Analytical, 1761 W. Hillsboro Blvd, Suite 318, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442, for a 5-year preventative maintenance contract for two PS Analytical Millennium Excalibur Systems used for the analysis of low­ level Arsenic (As), Selenium (Se), Antimony (Sb), Tellurium (Te) and Bismuth (Bi) in seafood tissue at the National Seafood Inspection Laboratory (NSIL) in Pascagoula, MS.

A Sources Sought Notice was posted to the Federal Business Opportunities website on July 5, 2016 and closed on July 15, 2016. No responses were received.

Sole Source Justification
The primary use of the instruments shall be in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Mercury/Selenium Ratio Program for the laboratory-based detection and confirmation of Selenium concentrations in domestic and international seafood products.

NSIL provides laboratory-based analytical support to NOAA's Seafood Inspection Program, NOAA Enforcement, US Food and Drug Administration, Customs and Border Protection, and Academia for inorganic elemental analysis in seafood products utilizing two Selenium Analyzers from PS Analytical. These instruments are used to separate and quantify selenium in species using HPLC coupled to hydride- generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry (HPLC-HG-AFS) in tandem with the Millennium Excalibur system for post­ column reaction and detection.

The PS Analytical Millennium Excalibur Systems and supplemental equipment was solely available from PS Analytical, Inc. The manufacturer of this equipment is the only vendor that can properly and accurately perform the performance maintenance activities.

Make, Model and Serial Numbers for both Units:
Unit # 1: PS Analytical Millennium Excal ibur Selenium Analyzer 10.055, SN # 616 Unit #2: PS Analytical Millennium Excalibur Selenium Analyzer 10.055, SN # 615

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