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PR-CI-06-10950Federal

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Homeland Security Research Center is seeking a contractor to develop an aerosol deposition system to support systematic decontamination studies, specifically targeting Bacillus anthracis contamination on various building materials. The system will address the current gap where contamination inoculation is performed using liquid droplets, which may not accurately simulate aerosol dispersion typical of an anthrax release. This new system will enable dry deposition of spores onto building material coupons, ensuring more representative and reproducible contamination for evaluating decontamination technologies. The required aerosol deposition system must include all necessary components such as aerosol generators, pumps, and blowers, and be capable of uniformly inoculating at least twenty-five coupons per deposition with user-defined spore loads ranging from 100 to 100 million spores, maintaining dose consistency within ±20%. It should accommodate diverse materials, including painted and unpainted cinder block, stainless steel ductwork, carpet, laminate, ceiling tile, wallboard, and glass. The system must mimic terminal spore velocities expected from an anthrax aerosol event and allow easy removal of coupons with minimal disturbance to the deposited spores. This procurement will be conducted through a full and open competitive process with a firm fixed price contract under solicitation PR-CI-06-10950, posted by the Cincinnati Acquisition Division. Proposals will be accepted from all responsible sources, and offerors are advised to monitor the EPA website for solicitation updates.

General Info

EPA seeks contractor to develop aerosol system for Bacillus anthracis dry spore deposition on building materials.

Agency

Environmental Protection Agency → Cincinnati Acquisition Division (cad)

NAICS

541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

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PostedJul 6

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyEnvironmental Protection Agency → Cincinnati Acquisition Division (cad)

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OfficeCINCINNATI, OH, 45268, USA

Organization / AgencyEnvironmental Protection Agency → Cincinnati Acquisition Division (cad)

Office AddressCINCINNATI, OH, 45268, USA

ContactsNo contact information available

Full Description

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) is seeking a contractor to develop an aerosol deposition system for use in the systematic decontamination studies. This system will be used by the U.S. EPA National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) Decontamination and Consequence Management Division?s (DCMD) systematic decontamination program to evaluate the efficacy of decontamination technologies. The NHSRC is currently investigating various decontamination technologies for high value building materials contaminated with Bacillus anthracis. Current ongoing studies inoculate building material coupons using a syringe (liquid droplets). However, the likely dissemination method for B. anthracis is aerosol dispersion, thus building materials will be contaminated by dry deposition. Liquid inoculation may yield non-comparable decontamination efficacy results to actual event decontamination efforts for porous materials such as cinder block and wood. A system for the dry inoculation of building material coupons is needed to ensure comparable efficacy results during decontamination efforts. In response to the need for reproducibly dosing building material coupons with dry B. anthracis, the DCMD is seeking to develop an aerosol deposition system for use in the systematic decontamination studies. The aerosol deposition system includes an aerosol generator and all pumps, blowers, etc. necessary for the system to operate. The system shall be able to repeatedly dose coupons with user defined spore loadings in the range of 100 to 100,000,000 spores per coupon with an uncertainty of 20%. The area of the coupons is 7 square cm. The terminal velocities of these spores shall mimic those expected in an anthrax release. The system shall be applicable to all building materials of interest, specifically: painted and unpainted cinder block, stainless steel ductwork, industrial carpet, decorative laminate, ceiling tile, painted wallboard, and glass. The system shall be able to uniformly dose (all coupons will receive a dose of plus or minus 20% of the user set dose) at least twenty-five 20 mm x 35 mm coupons during a single deposition and the coupons shall be easy to remove, ensuring minimal disruption of the deposited particulate matter. This procurement shall be conducted using Full and Open competition procedures. The proposed contract will be a firm fixed price contract. The NAICS code is 541710. The solicitation, PR-CI-06-10950, is anticipated to be available on or about July 24, 2006 and will be posted on the EPA?s home page on the World Wide Web (www.epa.gov). The direct link URL for the RFP when issued is http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is the responsibility of offerors to frequently check the EPA website address for updates or changes. No hard copies will be available. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the agency.