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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 11, 2006 FBO #1811
SOLICITATION NOTICE

66 -- FURNISH AND DELIVER A ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETER QUANTAX 400 S

Notice Date

11/9/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Vicksburg Consolidated Contracts Office, Vicksburg, ATTN: ERDC, 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183-3435
 

ZIP Code

39183-3435
 

Solicitation Number

W81EWF-6312-7179
 

Response Due

11/16/2006
 

Archive Date

1/15/2007
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

USACE, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) proposes to issue a sole source award to Bruker AXS, Inc., 5465 E. Cheryl Pkwy, Madison, WI 53711-5373 for a Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer Quantax 400 S. The system requirements are the f ollowing: Must be LN2-free high-speed SDD Detector (silicon drift detector) Light element  Silicon Drift Detector Active detecting area: Silicon-Drift Diode (SDD) of the fourth generation with high pulse processing capability (minimum throughput of 275.000 cps) Must be up to ten times faster than conventional Si(Li) detectors Must have 10 mm2 active area (must have available 30 mm2 active area and 40 mm2 active area) Must have a Slew window, detection of Boron and up Must be Vibration-free, maintenance-free, Peltier cooled / Cooling with integrated Peltier elements Must require no liquid nitrogen or water cooing system Must have GUARANTEED Energy resolution less than or equal to 133 eV (MnKa, 0  100,000 cps) Weight: 2,5 kg Unit must be ready for immediate operation after power is turned on Electronics: - Hybrid Processor (combining analogue and digital technology) - Dead time: 0% at 1.000 cps; 3% at 4.000 cps; 5% at 100.000 cps - Data transfer from electronics to PC with 20 Mbit/s Software: - P/B ZAF Correction - Calculation of Bremsstrahlung is based on physical model (not statistical) - Automatic determination of local specimen tilt - Error margin in 1 and 2 sigma - Element ID within 0,5 seconds - Online quantification within 4 seconds - Mapping: unlimited number of element windows 65.000 color level gradients per single element map Acquisition time for a 512x384 pixel single/mixed element map: 15 seconds (1 completed cycle) - Most comprehensive atomic database (White&Johnson, Elam, Zschornak, Wendt): implementation of newly found L- and M-lines (e.g. Potassium Ll line) - Editable quantification methods EDS Base System: Signal Processing Unit SVE III Computer System Requirements for EDS: Dell Dimension Business Class computer Intel 915G Express chipset Intel Pentium 4, 530 (3.0 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) 1 GB DDR SDRAM (2 GB is preferred) 80 GB Hard drive DVD/CD-RW Combo drive 10/100Base T Ethernet adapter Windows XP Professional 19 TFT LCD Monitor IO-Scan System and Interface Adapter (for real time spectroscopy) Microsoft Office Basic Spectrum Analysis (software for spectra acquisition and qualitative analysis) Analysis Software: Quantitative Analysis (automatic software tools for standard free quantitative spectra analysis) Extended Quant (extended spectra analysis options for expert users) User Defined Quantitative Analysis (editor for user defined spectra evaluation methods) Imaging Software: 1) Scan (image acquisition software and driver for external scan system) Vision (digital image processing) Multi-Point, Line Scan and Mapping: MultiPoint Analysis (automatic multipoint and object analysis) Line Scan Analysis (ultra-fast spectral line scan with spectra data base) Quantitative Line Analysis (quantitative evaluation of line scan spectra database) Element Mapping (ultra-fast digital element mapping) Quantitative Element Mapping 1) suitable interface at Electron Microscope required SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION AND DATA TRANSFER: Project (data management and filing system) Report (report generation and print formatting) User (multi user operation with private data areas and settings) LAN (client-server application and remote access via company LAN) SEMLink1) (data communication with SEM,TEM or EPMA) PC work cart (movable table for SPU, PC and monitor) Support , remote diagnosis Printed user manual INSTALLATION AND USER TRAINING ON SITE Microanalysis User School Training Must have Available Detector Options: Available energy resolution less than or equal to 129 eV (MnKa, 0 - 100,000 cps), 10 mm2 Available energy resolution less than or equal to 127 eV (MnKa, 0  100,000 cp s), 10 mm2 Beryllium window (from Na to U) VZ Adapter, manual adjustment of detector working distance Motorized retraction system Must have Software Options: HSQuant (combinable standard based quantification (F(?z)-model) CLQuant, Cliff-Lorimer quantification of thin layers SpecMatch Spectrum Matching HyperMap element mapping with hyper spectral database3) AutoPhase, automatic phase analysis Drift Correction (correction of beam drift) ColorScan (acquisition of X-ray enhanced color images) StereoVision (3D image visualization and measurement) StageControl (control of the motor stage in SEM and STEM) JobControl, automatic task processing (requires Q241) EMSA (spectra import and export in EMSA format) Additional software license (for analysis without hardware) A firm-fixed price award will be made utilizing the Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Any other responsible source able to provide the Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometer Quantax 400 S or equivalent is encouraged to respond to this announcement not late r than 16 Nov 2006 at 2:00pm CST. This is not a request for quotations and there is no solicitation available at this time.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Vicksburg Consolidated Contracts Office, Vicksburg ATTN: ERDC, 4155 Clay Street Vicksburg MS

Zip Code: 39183-3435

Country: US
 

Record

SN01179244-W 20061111/061109221013 (fbodaily.com)
 

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