MODIFICATION
66 -- Thermo Electron iS10 Spectrometer
- Notice Date
- 7/15/2015
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- MICC - Fort Gordon, Directorate of Contracting, 419 B Street, Bldg 29718, 3rd Floor, Fort Gordon, GA 30905-5719
- ZIP Code
- 30905-5719
- Solicitation Number
- 0010669719
- Response Due
- 7/22/2015
- Archive Date
- 9/13/2015
- Point of Contact
- Sherrilyn Rice, 706-791-9208
- E-Mail Address
-
MICC - Fort Gordon
(sherrilyn.u.rice.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Sources Sought notice is for informational and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a Solicitation and is not to be considered as a commitment by the Government. All firms responding to this sources sought notice are advised that their response to this notice is not a request that will be considered for contract award. The information from this market research is for planning purposes only and will assist the Government in planning its acquisition strategy. This is strictly market research and the Government will not entertain questions concerning this market research. The NAICS Code for this requirement is 334516. The intent of this notice is determine the availability of qualified commercial sources technically capable of providing the below: BRAND NAME OR EQUAL Nicolet iS10 Mid Infrared FTIR Spectrometer Salient Characteristics: The sealed and desiccated spectrometer must be equipped with CaF2 coated KBr sample compartment protection windows. The desiccant canisters must be rechargeable and accessible with no need to open the spectrometer. The system must have a humidity indicator inspection window. The instrument must be equipped with internal layout for optional purge operation. Interferometer must be a dynamically aligned, frictionless Michelson design. The velocity must provide collection capabilities of up to 40 spectra independently archived, per second, at a spectral resolution of 16 cm-1. Interferometer must be capable of spectral resolution better than 0.4 cm-1 (not apodized - boxcar) and the spectrometer must have a motorized aperture at the source. The instrument must be capable of at least 30.000:1 peak to peak signal to noise, measured at 4 cm-1 resolution by collecting 80 seconds background, 60 seconds sample, in the region 2200-2100 cm-1, with Strong Beer Norton apodization and no purge. The wavelength precision must be within 0.01 cm-1 with no need for software calibration. The interferometer standard beam splitter must be KBr / Germanium coated, optimized for medium infrared spectral range, and maximum emission range below 2000 cm-1. With a spectral range of 7800-350 cm-1. An optional interferometer mounting an extended range XT-KBr beam splitter with maximum emission range above 2000 cm- 1 must be available. The spectral range of this interferometer must be 11000-375 cm-1. The instrument must be equipped with integrated scan button panel for at-instrument collection of spectra or SOP execution. The accessory sample compartment must have automatic recognition and smart lock-in mechanical design. The source must be externally mounted and accessible without opening the instrument cover. The spectrometer must have the option for a second source (Tungsten Halogen NIR source) stored in the instrument with no need to open the cover, and source exchange must be achieved externally for quick configuration in the medium or near infrared range. The spectrometer must include a Performance Verification motorized wheel. The wheel must provide beam attenuation filters, NG-11 glass for detector linearity test and NIST-traceable 1.5 MIL (38 microns) polystyrene film. The validation wheel must be serialized and labeled with expiration date information. The system must provide an optional external beam for additional sampling modules or infrared microscopes capability. The standard detector must be a shielded DLA-TGS room temperature stabilized. The spectrometer electronics must be compatible with MCT-A liquid nitrogen-cooled detectors and integrating sphere near-infrared InGaAs room temperature detector. The spectrometer must be compatible with additional external modules for permanently mounted TGA-IR interface or near-infrared integrating sphere experiments. The instrument must come standard with 3-years parts warranty on infrared source, interferometer and laser. The standard warranty of the complete instrument must be minimum 12 months. Diamond ATR crystal with 5-years warranty protection against any physical or chemical damage, with spectral range down to 650 cm-1. Optional crystal disks must be available, including: Diamond with extended spectral range down to 350 cm-1; Germanium crystal for corrosive materials and high concentration carbon-black filled materials; ZnSe for gels, pastes and soft solids. Three reflections diamond crystal for liquids and gels. The pressure tower must come standard with clutch pressure-calibrated mechanism, to provide consistent and uniform spectral results. The pressure tower heads must be exchangeable with various tips to fit different types of sample (films, beads etc.). The crystal disks must be easily replaceable and pinned-in-place. The locking mechanism must hold the disk firmly in place with no need for screws or tools. Dual pass, single KBr window, demountable high sensitivity gas cell. Dual temperature controller for gas cell and gas transfer line. Software for kinetics and TGA-IR studies with optional multi-component gas phase identification capability. The interface must be compatible with either the main sample compartment of the spectrometer or as an externally mounted module, for frequent use. The integrated sphere must be made of gold-coated optics. The sphere must be compatible with a motorized spinner for sample cups/sample averaging. The sphere must incorporate a high sensitivity room temperature InGaAs detector. An integrated motorized gold-coated slide must provide automatic background collection with no need for externally mounted reflecting reference devices / mirrors. The transparent window must be made of sapphire. Live display data collection, parameter set-up and spectral data preview. Customizable toolbar, menu, and options with user logins and password protection. Display capabilities: zoom, roll, stack, overlay, offset and interactive display tools. Data processing: baseline correction (automatic and manual), smooth, blank and straight line, first and second derivative, curve fitting, spectral math, subtract (manual and automatic). Data conversion and corrections: Kubelka Munk, Kramers Kronig, Photoacoustic, Spectral Search: high-resolution library generation, customizable information fields, single or multi-region search, library management, with over 850 spectra in included libraries. Spectral peak labeling, audit trail history log, multiple data converters for JCAMP-DX and other vendor's spectral data files and user libraries. Spectral group statistical analysis: variance, average, and range. Peak analysis tools: peak area, peak height, cursor, annotation. Automatic atmospheric suppression to remove H2O and CO2 interferences (no standards needed). ATR correction including settings for crystal material, reflections, angle and sample refractive index. The ATR corrected spectrum of polycarbonate (the optical side of a compact disc or CD-ROM) collected by using a single reflection diamond ATR, searched against a Hummel Polymers transmission library, must provide a Search Match value of at least 95 / 100 units (or 0.95 / 1.0 scale). SOP workflows for execution through Integrated Scan Button panel, bar code reader or Toolbar including SOP compiler for routine tasks operations. Materials QC correlation with standard and high sensitivity algorithm, with no need for library creation of reference materials. Software must include customizable threshold and Pass / Fail status indicator. The report generated for each sample measured must be capable of embedding spectrometer and system suitability status, for total confidence on results. System Performance Verification for automatic monitoring of system status including: Hardware Diagnostics to ensure key system components are working properly; Performance Verfication, based on ASTM E1421, to test and document system operation; System Suitability to ensure analysis consistency, including sampling accessory; Spectral Quality Checks to ensure consistent spectral quality; Scheduled Maintenance monitor with operator warnings when Preventative Maintenance is due. Infrared spectral interpretation with online interpretation guide. Multicomponent search for identification of mixtures in liquid, solid or gas phase, for up to four independent components. The software must provide the relative contribution of each compound in the mixture and generate a synthetic spectrum overlaid to the searched unknown spectrum. Collection of 9400 spectra of hydrocarbons, alcohols, phenols, aldehydes, ketones, esters, anhydrides, lactones, dyes, indicators, alkynes, nitro and azo compounds, phosphorous and sulphur containing compounds, inorganic, silanes (all spectra in high resolution format). Peak search to identify materials by specific peak locations. Spectral interpretation tools with functional group and compound classification. Potential offers having the ability to provide the product described are invited to provide a statement via e-mail. The statements shall not exceed five (10) pages and must include the following: 1) Company name and Point of Contact information (address, telephone, e-mail, web-site, etc.); 2) DUNS number and CAGE code; 3) Small Business Size/Certification (to include 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, etc.); and 4) Ability to provide the product. Responses are due no later than 1000 EST, Wednesday 22 July 2015, and shall be electronically submitted to Sherrilyn Rice at Sherrilyn.u.rice.civ@mail.mil.
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- Address: MICC - Fort Gordon Directorate of Contracting, 419 B Street, Bldg 29718, 3rd Floor Fort Gordon GA
- Zip Code: 30905-5719
- Zip Code: 30905-5719
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