Field Deployable Organic & Elemental Carbon Analyzer

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA
Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited
to bid
Attachment: None
Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Vendor Name and Address: 
SUNSET LABORATORY INC.
10180 S.W. NIMBUS AVE. SUITE J-5
TIGARD Oregon
United States
97223
Nature of Requirements: 
Field Deployable Organic & Elemental Carbon Analyzer

K3F51-132324/A
Alan Takasaki
Supply Specialist
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Acquisitions Branch Vancouver,
219 floor,  800 Burrard St
Vancouver, BC  V6Z  2V8
Telephone: 	(604)775-7605    	Facsimile: 	(604)775-7526
E-mail address: al.takasaki@pwgsc.gc.ca

The PWGSC Vancouver office provides procurement services to the
public in English.

Environment Canada requires a detector for its mobile air
monitoring trailer that is capable of identifying and
quantifying Organic Carbon and Elemental Carbon (OC-EC) in
ambient aerosols. The detector must enable the detection of the
OC-EC at hourly time resolution in a field deployable
configuration  at concentrations typically found in ambient
aerosols - both in remote and near source urban environments.
This detector will provide important information to atmospheric
chemistry process studies in the region.

Public Works and Government Services Canada on behalf of
Environment Canada proposes to negotiate with Sunset Laboratory
Inc., Tigard, Oregon for the supply, delivery and installation
of one (1) only Model-4 Semi-Continuous OC-EC Field Analyzer
with the option to purchase an additional analyzer.

Sunset Laboratory Inc., is the manufacturer and sole North
American distributor of the Model-4 Semi-Continuous OC-EC Field
Analyzer.

The Model-4 Semi-Continuous OC-EC Field Analyzer is the only
commercially available field deployable analyzer  capable of
continuous (hourly) measurement of organic and elemental carbon
in ambient aerosols.  Being the only available product on the
market, the Model-4 Semi-Continuous OC-EC Field Analyzer is used
by air quality monitoring organizations and researchers around
the globe.

The Analyzer must be capable of:

Unattended operation in the field in a rack mountable
configuration;
Time resolution of 1 hour or less;
Minimum quantifiable concentration of 0.5 µg carbon per m³ for
both organic and elemental carbon;
Laser-based pyrolysis correction;  and
User selectable carbon analysis protocols including both the
widely used and accepted National Institute of Occupational and
Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Inter-agency Monitoring of
Protected Visual Environment (IMPROVE) methods as well as custom
applications.

Estimate Value:  	$50,000.00 to $55,000.00 US

Estimate Delivery and Installation: 	2 to 3 months

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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with one firm only as identified above. Should you have any
questions concerning this requirement, contact the contracting
officer identified above.

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how the supplier meets the advertised requirements.

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