Livestock Respiration Chamber

Description of Amendment 1 RFI Answer Question - Can you please provide designs for these chambers? Answer - The government is interested in the respiration chamber for in situ measurements described by the authors in this manuscript and illustrated in figure 2.A. It is important that this device is moveable between pens, but heavy enough to withstand impact from pens of full-size beef cattle (hence we expect it will need to be on a skid and moved by a skid steer). The device should ideally be able to entice animals to use it and monitor individual eructation (belches)/breathes via an intake manifold for carbon dioxide, Hydrogen, Oxygen, and methane. The device should use a radio frequency identification tag to monitor the individual animals and sync the gaseous data to a cloud-based platform via WiFi or cellular modem. We would expect the manufacturer to provide site level installation and continuous training and customer support for the life of the product.
All other terms and conditions remain the same.

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12.  This announcement constitutes the only solicitation.  Quotations are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. 

Solicitation number 1232SA26Q0569 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for Livestock Respiration Chamber.

This acquisition  is set-aside for small business concerns.  The applicable North American Industry Classification Standard Code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing  The small business size standard is 1,000 Employees  This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside.  All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency. 

Statement of Requirement

Provide a livestock respiration chamber, training and installation to Burlington, VT.  See Attachment 1 - Specifications for a complete list of requirements.

Schedule of Items – See the SF-1449.

Technical Data -

Technical data and supporting documentation associated with this solicitation are available through the following sources:

1. Solicitation Attachments
   The following documents are included as attachments to this solicitation and can be accessed via the “Attachments/Links” section of the posting.
   • Attachment 1 – Technical Specifications