SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- HIGH RESOLUTION SECTOR FIELD INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETER
- Notice Date
- 11/24/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-10-SS11
- Archive Date
- 12/23/2009
- Point of Contact
- Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
todd.hill@nist.gov
(todd.hill@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing a High Resolution Sector Field Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (HR-ICP-MS) instrument which is required for interference free ICP-MS determinations of both total elemental content and isotopic composition. The diversity of sample types encountered from the wide range of projects at NIST demands a technically advanced and flexible HR-ICP-MS. Low-, medium-, and high-resolution modes of operation, allowing for 300, 4000, and 10,000 mass resolution measurements are required. The HR-ICP-MS must handle sample concentrations ranging from ultra-trace, parts per quadrillion levels, to levels in excess of several parts per million. Measurement linearity of > 1012 and detection sensitivity of > 1 x 106 cps/ppb is also required. Samples may be analyzed in solid, liquid or gaseous form requiring novel sample introduction techniques (i.e laser ablation, liquid chromatography and gas chromatography) that place even further demands on the flexibility required of the HR-ICP-MS instrument. The complexities of environmental and biological samples require high resolution in order to resolve isobaric interferences, but also require that low resolution, quick scan methods be available to rapidly screen elemental composition and possible interfering species. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for the HR-ICP-MS that can meet NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted would be conducted as a small business set-aside. NIST has a need for a HR-ICP-MS that would meet the following requirements: HR-ICP-MS: •Shall include a standard peltier cooled sample introduction system with integrated autosampler and HEPA filtered clean enclosure •Shall also include an additional inert low flow sample introduction system •Shall demonstrate a linear dynamic range of at least 1012 •Shall be capable of signal integration times as low as 1 ms Shall be capable of better than 1 % RSD for 10 minute short term stability and better than 2 % RSD in 1 hour for long term stability and independent of resolution mode •Shall be capable of measuring a mass range of 2 - 260 at full accelerating voltage •Shall be capable of scanning a mass range from m/z 7 to m/z 240 in less than 150 ms •Shall have capabilities of measuring analytes in low resolution (R = 300), medium resolution (R = 4000), and high resolution (R = 10000) •Shall be capable of fully automated switching between resolution modes •Shall be capable of software controlled tuning of all major ICP parameters and mass calibration •Shall be capable of software controlled mass calibration and calibration of detector/detectors •Shall be capable of isotope ratio precision of < 0.3% RSD •Shall be capable of mass accuracy of > 10 ppb •Shall be capable of performing rapid scans across the detector during a transient signal •Shall be capable of coupling third party laser ablation, liquid chromatography and gas chromatography instruments to the HR-ICP-MS •Shall be capable of performing triggered data acquisitions from third party laser ablation, liquid chromatography and gas chromatography instruments •Shall include an option for purchasing a service contract or extended warranty Electronics: •Shall be versatile with open schematics or a strong service/support record for ease of use and service •Instrument control shall be enabled, to allow remote real time operation for trouble shooting, using diagnostics, or running pre-specified routines •All instrument parameters as well as all PCB LED diagnostic indicators shall be computer settable and/or computer readable to facilitate complete computer-driven diagnostics as well as storage of this information for QA/QC procedures Environmental control: •Shall encompass the dimensions (H x W x L) 60” x 36” x 100” or less •Shall exhibit high thermal stability (Temperature 18 - 24 ºC, Humidity 50 - 60 %) HR-ICP-MS control software: •Shall be fully integrated and capable of controlling the functions of the HR-ICP-MS and associated accessories •Shall be capable of software controlled tuning of all major ICP parameters and mass calibration •Shall be capable of software controlled mass calibration and calibration of detector/detectors •Shall be capable of real time monitoring of an unlimited number of transient signals Data analysis software: •Shall include quantitative data analysis software using the most common data analysis algorithms. •Shall be user-programmable •Shall be capable of chromatographic data analysis including peak integration, calibration, and quantification capabilities NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 334516, as those domestic sources having 500 employees or less. Please include your company’s size classification in any response to this notice. Companies that manufacture High Resolution Sector Field Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometers are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to todd.hill@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company that manufactures the system components for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(ies) that are authorized to sell the system components, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. Indication of number of days, after receipt of order that is typical for delivery of such systems. 4. Indication of whether each instrument for which specifications are sent to todd.hill@nist.gov are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 5. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research. Point of Contact Todd Hill, Contracting Officer, Phone (301) 975-8802, Fax (301) 975-8753, Email todd.hill@nist.gov
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, Charleston, South Carolina, 29412, United States
- Zip Code: 29412
- Zip Code: 29412
- Record
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