# LBNF Argon Receiving System Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/lbnf357714jd - Solicitation number: LBNF-357714-JD - Notice type: Solicitation - Status: Closed. Deadline was January 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST - Department: Department of Energy - Contracting office: Fermilab - DOE Contractor (899034) - NAICS: 3332 Industrial Machinery Manufacturing - Product or service code: 3695 Miscellaneous Special Industry Machinery - Place of performance: Lead, South Dakota - County: Lawrence County (FIPS 46081). https://abierto.us/counties/lawrence-county-sd-46081 - City: Lead. https://abierto.us/cities/lead-sd-4636220 - First posted: September 17, 2024 - Last posted: January 6, 2025 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/29e4610db7a44b479e59f9ebfb46f7ce/view ## Description **Summary of RFP LBNF-357714-JD Scope:** The Argon Receiving system serves as the point of entry for Argon to the greater LBNF systems. The system is located at the surface level of the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF), some 4850 feet (1478 meters) above the cavern spaces that house the DUNE detectors. The system thus serves to not only accept Argon deliveries, but also to test them for acceptability, temporarily store them, and finally to vaporize stored LAr to be transferred underground via the nearby Ross Shaft. The successful bidder shall engineer, manufacture, pack, deliver, install, and perform the acceptance tests at SURF for the Argon Receiving for LBNF. The Subcontractor shall furnish all labor, professional engineering services, equipment, and materials to deliver the supply in accordance with the requirements of this SOW to SURF in the vicinity of Lead, South Dakota. The supply includes two (2) dedicated truck stations to offload liquid argon (LAr) to be used at LBNF. Further, the LAr tanks shall be equipped to reject their contents to trucks at the appropriate stations. This shall facilitate the recovery of LAr at the end of the experiment. The supply additionally comprises two (2) 50 m3 LAr storage tanks, to be used in conjunction with two (2) additional 50 m3 tanks outside the scope of this supply (provided by FRA, to be installed by the Subcontractor) to provide surface-level storage of LAr, for a total of 200 m3. The supply tanks may be temporary installations required only for the duration of the active LAr delivery and fill of the belowground LAr cryostats (expected to continue until end of 2033) or may be permanent fixtures depending on which route is most cost effective. The tanks outside the scope of this supply shall be permanently installed. The Subcontractor shall install each of the tanks onsite, including both those required in the supply and those provided by FRA. The supply further includes any necessary equipment to discharge LAr from the tanks and subsequently vaporize it so that Gaseous Argon (GAr) may be sent to the relevant LBNF cryogenics subsystems, as well as test deliveries and tank contents for purity. Finally, the supply includes all interconnecting piping and equipment (including all control and safety valves, etc.) between the aforementioned components (including the two tanks outside the supply’s scope), as well as all documents and drawings for the design. **LBNF Project Background:** LBNF (http:/lbnf-dune.fnal.gov/) will provide the infrastructure necessary to support the massive neutrino detectors located deep underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, SD. The Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) will employ four (4) such detectors, housed in cryostats requiring almost 70,000 tons of liquid argon (LAr), about 17,500 tons for each cryostat. DUNE (http://www.dunescience.org/) is expected to achieve transformative discoveries, making definitive determinations of neutrino properties, examining the dynamics of supernovae that produced the heavy elements necessary for life, and probing the possibility of proton decay. ## Publications - September 17, 2024: Solicitation, due November 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM EST. Notice f062478cb2964e86908ad6e894b39eb3. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f062478cb2964e86908ad6e894b39eb3/view - October 14, 2024: Solicitation, due November 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM EST. Notice d9d688022f214578a63c6ad64b4aa0fb. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d9d688022f214578a63c6ad64b4aa0fb/view - October 25, 2024: Solicitation, due December 3, 2024 at 6:00 PM EST. Notice d08082c499c54d3980f54a95e9f6ee23. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d08082c499c54d3980f54a95e9f6ee23/view - November 26, 2024: Solicitation, due December 10, 2024 at 6:00 PM EST. Notice b9052b7fe0e648978d67a8da1ba48974. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b9052b7fe0e648978d67a8da1ba48974/view - December 9, 2024: Solicitation, due December 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM EST. Notice 8baeab9d369d43e2bb758080050378a9. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8baeab9d369d43e2bb758080050378a9/view - December 17, 2024: Solicitation, due January 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST. Notice 4ee3d210abb04b3ea843f11e16af64ef. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/4ee3d210abb04b3ea843f11e16af64ef/view - December 17, 2024: Solicitation, due January 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST. Notice a6e501e1b7264ac1a5385c94b56725f3. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a6e501e1b7264ac1a5385c94b56725f3/view - January 6, 2025: Solicitation, due January 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM EST. Notice 29e4610db7a44b479e59f9ebfb46f7ce. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/29e4610db7a44b479e59f9ebfb46f7ce/view ## Points of contact - Jeremy R. Duncan, jeremyd@fnal.gov, 8653000443 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. Confirm deadlines on SAM.gov before responding. Cite https://abierto.us/opportunities/lbnf357714jd.