SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- X-ray Diffraction System
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, Bldg 50 Room 422, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079, United States
- ZIP Code
- 72079
- Solicitation Number
- FDA1088728
- Archive Date
- 6/24/2011
- Point of Contact
- Nicholas E Sartain, Phone: 870-543-7370
- E-Mail Address
-
nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov
(nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR SOLICITATION The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Jefferson Laboratories, in Jefferson, Arkansas, is conducting market research to support the Arkansas Regional Lab (ARL) requirement for an X-ray diffraction system. The FDA is seeking business sources, including total small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, and 8(a) certified companies. The following information is provided to assist the FDA in conducting Market Research to identify potential contractors for this effort: The government is seeking capability statements from small business manufacturing companies and large business may also respond that can provide an X-ray diffraction system as detailed below. The vendor must also be capable of providing extended service agreement coverage for multiple years after the initial warranty has expired. The instrument shall be equivalent to the salient characteristics described herein. Specifications for the X-ray Diffraction System The system must include the following items: • Must be portable bench top instrument with dimensions less than 30" x 30"x 30" (W x D x H) to accommodate limited laboratory space. • Should include X-ray tube with copper anode or comparable, with a minimum 2.0kW operating voltage. • Vendor must provide appropriate slits, filters, and shields to filter Cu Kß radiation and eliminate scattered radiation. • Instrument must be operated without any external water cooling. • System should operate at typical laboratory temperatures (18 - 30 centigrade) and up to 50% relative humidity. • System should include a sample holder with automatic alignment and which must be able to rotate with variable speed. • Must include a safety interlock to prevent accidental X-ray exposure. • Maximum radiation level must be less than one micro-sivert/h. • Minimum scanning range must be -2 to 145º 2 with accuracy is equal or better than ± 0.02º 2 over the whole angular range. • The system should exhibit a minimum scan speed of 10° 2 per minute. • Minimum peak width at half maximum (FWHM) of 0.06º 2. • System must have one dimensional silicon strip detector with a minimum of 120 channels. • System must operate using standard 120V (15 amp) power supply. • System must have full 1 year warranty upon successful installation. • System must include onsite installation at the place of performance (Jefferson, AR) and system familiarization. System familiarization should include: - Basic operation of the system - Basic maintenance procedures - Basic sample preparation - Basic quantitative analysis - Basic qualitative analysis - Use of appropriate reference databases • Vendor must include off-site training for a maximum of four FDA employees at the vendor's training facility. The training courses credits should be valid for up to two years after purchase. The Government will be responsible for travel costs associated with this training. • Vendor must provide application, operation and service manuals written in English. • Vendor must include a desktop or internal computer for the acquisition, processing, and analysis of data. • Vendor must provide laptop computer with appropriate software for external data processing and reporting. • Vendor must provide software package for difractometer operation and data analysis, which must include: X-ray powder diffraction data evaluation and presentation, phase identification, phase analysis, peak search and creation of peak data, manual and automatic background subtraction, crystallite size determination (Scherrer method or comparable). The software must be capable of both quantitative and qualitative analysis. • Software must support crystallography open, commercially available, and user -defined databases. • Vendor should include a comprehensive data analysis software package, which meets the following specifications: - Non-linear least squares profile fitting methods operated with and without reference to a crystal structure model. This would include single line fitting, whole powder pattern decomposition, indexing, Rietveld structure refinement, quantitative Rietveld analysis and Ab-initio structure determination. - Structural determination capabilities such as simulated annealing, Charge Flipping method, Fourier analysis, and The Cloud (atomic position averaging). - Quantitative phase analysis which includes calibration methods, degree of crystallinity analysis, and PONKCS. - Sample indexing - Sample profile fitting (analytical, convolution, isotropic and antisotropic size-strain analysis, etc.) - Multiple background models (Chebychev, single peak, 1/x, etc.) - Support of ICDD PDF and user defined databases. • Vendor must include the ICDD PDF-2 commercially available reference database or equivalent. The database should include inter-planer (d) spacing, relative intensities and Miller indices. The database license should be valid for a minimum of 5 years from the time of installation. • The vendor shall be capable of providing an optional extended warranty/maintenance service agreement for additional one year increments, up to a maximum of four years. The offeror shall furnish sufficient technical information necessary for the Government to conclusively determine that the offered instrument and components meet the technical requirements identified above. An X-ray powder diffraction system is required to perform qualitative, quantitative and structural analysis of nanomaterials in crystalline phase. The purchase of this system will allow both NCTR and ORA to continue their research initiatives in the area of nanotechnology. This system is considered "core" equipment in the NCTR/ORA Nanotechnology Core Facility that is supporting the nanotechnology needs of NCTR and the Arkansas Regional Laboratory of the Office of Regulatory Affairs, which are co-located on the Jefferson Laboratories Campus. Firms believing they can meet the requirements to the above specifications are encouraged to respond electronically with no less than the following information: • Business name, DUNS number, business address, business website, business size status (i.e., SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone SB, SDB, WOSB, LB), point of contact name, mailing address (if different from business address), phone number and email address; • Sufficient descriptive literature that unequivocally demonstrates that offered products and services meet or exceed above specifications. • At a minimum provide the following: All descriptive material necessary for the government to determine whether the product offered meets the technical requirements including: technical specifications, descriptive material, literature, brochures and other information, which demonstrates the capabilities of the contractor to meet the requirement. Indicate whether the organization is the manufacturer of the items or authorized reseller. • If applicable, identification of the firm's GSA Schedule contract(s) by Schedule number and SINs that are applicable to this potential requirement are also requested. • Provide information if any of these specifications are too restrictive. No response will be considered that the listed specifications are adequate in a competitive environment. • Though this is not a request for quote, informational pricing must be submitted. The government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, not identified in the response. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is- 334516- Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees. Interested Contractors must respond with capability statements which are due in person, by postal mail or email to the point of contact listed below on or before June 23, 2011 by 13:00 hours (Central Time in Jefferson, Arkansas) at the Food and Drug Administration, OC/OA/OAGS, Attn: Nick Sartain, 3900 NCTR Road, HFT-320, Jefferson, AR 72079-9502 or email nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov. Reference FDA1088728. Disclaimer and Important Notes This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in FedBizOpps. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079, United States
- Zip Code: 72079
- Zip Code: 72079
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