SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometers
- Notice Date
- 8/20/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Command, REGIONAL HEALTH CONTRACT OFF CENTRAL, ATTN: MCAA GP L31 9V, 2539 GARDEN AVENUE, JBSA FT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, 78234-0000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 78234-0000
- Solicitation Number
- W81K00-18-Q-0251
- Archive Date
- 10/4/2018
- Point of Contact
- Nicole e. Doyel, Phone: 2102214964
- E-Mail Address
-
nicole.e.doyel.mil@mail.mil
(nicole.e.doyel.mil@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Solicitation W81K00-18-Q-0251 will be issued on or about 21 August 2018 @ the FedBizOpps website ( www.fbo.gov ) for the purchase of two (2) N8150046 - NEXion 2000P ICP-MS for San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC), Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516, with a size standard of 1000 employees. Prospective offerors are advised that if tentatively selected for award, they must register with the System for Award Management (SAM) (http://www.sam.gov) and obtain a Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code prior to any award being made. The solicitation will close on/about 19 September 2018, at 12:00 PM, Central Standard Time. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be physically issued, and telephone and faxed requests for the solicitation will not be honored. This procurement is being conducted as full and open acquisition. All eligible businesses may submit an offer, which will be considered. The point of contact is SFC Nicole Doyel, Contract Specialist, at (210) 221-4964 or nicole.e.doyel.mil@mail.mil and Michelle Bartkowski, Contracting Officer, at Michelle.m.bartkowski.civ@mail.mil. Offers shall be submitted via e-mail. Questions shall be submitted via e-mail not later 11 September 2018. No questions will be entertained after this date. This is a "Brand name or Equal" solicitation. The Brand Name is N8150046 - NEXion 2000P ICP-MS. The Salient characteristics of these products are as follows: • System must include liquid sample introduction system, RF plasma ion source, Quadrupole with the ability to eliminate spectroscopic interferences using either collision gases with KED or pure reaction gases such as ammonia and oxygen for DRC Mode (with Dynamic Bandpass Tuning), quadrupole mass filter, Quadrupole Ion Deflector, simultaneous dual stage discrete dynode detector and a triple cone interface, all under computer control. • System must offer three modes of operation: Standard Mode, Collision Cell Mode with KED and Dynamic Reaction Cell mode with the ability to utilize a wide variety of gases (including pure reactive gases such as ammonia or oxygen) for the life of instrument with no degradation to the gas channels, turbo pump or cell. • System must have a fully automated system startup, shutdown and optimization and computer controlled instrument tuning for optimum performance. • The system's Quadrupole must be able to scan a minimum of 5000 amu/sec to achieve maximum productivity from transient signals when jumping between light masses and high masses. • The system's Quadrupole resolution settings must be dynamically scanned as each element is analyzed. • The High mass range must be at least 285 amu or greater. • The system must have Modem or computer that allows monitoring of system diagnostics for remote service trouble shooting and remote operation of system. • All analytical system operations from component optimization to methods development to calibration to analysis to reports must be able to be performed using a single software program. • Full system must use single-phase power and remains in specification as laboratory temperature varies 10 to 35°C at up to 2°C per hour. • System must be able to be sufficiently cooled by a Heat exchanger in laboratory temperatures below 30°C. A refrigerated recirculator is not required in laboratory temperatures below 30°C. • The system must be fully compliant with US EPA methodology for Method 200.8 and Method SW 846-6020. • ICP-MS system must have a full color plasma view window for useful visuals on the sampler cone, plasma color and injector tip. • Unit must be a bench top design with a utility free rear, enabling it to be placed directly against the wall (some service procedures may require movement from wall). • System must not require any periodic maintenance (cleaning) or replacement of: a. collision, collision/reaction or universal cell b. main filtering quadrupole the system's lifetime by the user or the manufacturer's service engineers.* * Instrument manual documentation required.* Specific Subsystem Requirements Sample Introduction must include: • A low flow (0.25 ml/minute) sample introduction system with no o-rings: concentric nebulizer, cyclonic spray chamber, and quartz injector. • A waste saving nebulizer with low flow uptake, designed to handle user defined applications. • A close coupled, three-channel integral peristaltic pump, computer controlled, and integrated within the ICP-MS system. • A design where components are mounted outside the torch enclosure to eliminate the need for extraneous spray chamber cooling hardware and for easy access of alternate components and accessible from the front of the instrument. • Sample introduction components that is accessible from the front of the instrument. • A torch mount where entire torch and injector assembly must be easily removed together with one hand. • Torch alignment that is fully automated. • Torch that is fully demountable which allows changing of injector without torch removal. Ion Source and RF plasma system must include: • Computer controlled 40 MHz RF generator operating from 500 to 1600 watts for automatic control of torch ignition, shutdown, and system warm up. • Design where the RF Generator and load coil do not require water cooling. • The RF Generator which does not require an impedance matching network and providing for adaptation to any change in plasma impedance within 50 nanoseconds. • The RF generator which electrically decouples the plasma from the ion optics and allows independent adjustment of the ion optic parameters and the plasma conditions. • Design that does not require plasma "screens" or "shields". Plasma Interface must include: • A design consisting of Sampler, Skimmer and Hyper-skimmer cones with all cones at ground potential (do not require voltages to meet specifications). • Design with no charged extraction lens which create higher backgrounds for elements such as Li, B, K, Na Ni and Pt. • Standard large orifice sampling and skimmer cones with 1.1 and 0.9 mm diameters respectively. • Design with rapid mounting and removal cone design, easily accessible from the front of the instrument. • Quadrupole Ion Deflector for complete separation of ions from photons and neutrals with 90 degree bend of ions into Universal Cell, making the cell and mass analyzing quadrupole completely maintenance free. System: • System must offer three modes of operation: Standard Mode, Collision Cell Mode with KED and Dynamic Reaction Cell mode with the ability to utilize a wide variety of gases (including pure reactive gases such as ammonia or oxygen) for the life of instrument with no degradation to the gas channels, turbo pump or cell. Quadrupole Mass Analyzer Assembly must meet the following: • The quadrupole must: a. Be able to scan up to 5000 amu per second b. Operate with dwell times as short as 0.1 ms c. Operate with Peak hop settling time < 0.2 ms regardless of mass change d. Operate with peak hop slew speeds up to 1.6M amu/sec e. Offer mass range to m/z = 285 for separation of actinides • Stability of the quadrupole mass calibration and resolution must be maintained by having critical parts of the quadrupole power supply temperature controlled. In this configuration, the quadrupole power supply will be unaffected by fluctuations in laboratory temperature. • The analyzer quadrupole must have the ability to discretely control the resolution of selected mass regions dynamically, without affecting the overall nominal resolution of the system for non-"custom-controlled" mass regions. Ion Detector Assembly must meet the following: • The ion detector must be a simultaneous dual-stage discrete dynode electron multiplier, providing element concentration calibration over 10 orders of magnitude (from 0.1 cps to > 1e9 cps) dynamic range in a single scan using both analog and pulse ion counting mode, and offer protection against overload in both pulse counting and analog modes. The detector must: a. Provide a dead time < 35 ns b. Provide switching between pulse or analog in < 0.2 ms c. Provide transient data acquisition up to 5000 data points / sec d. Provide dynamic range to 1.5 GHz (1.5 e9 cps) • The dual-stage detector assembly must come standard with the system. Vacuum System must meet the following: • The vacuum system must consist of four stage vacuum system utilizing a triple inlet turbo molecular pump to maintain vacuum at 1e-6 Torr (or lower), includes vacuum chamber isolation valve which automatically closes as plasma is extinguished or with system faults. The pumping system shall have enough capacity to reach operating vacuum from atmosphere in less than 20 minutes. • In the event of vacuum failure, the entire vacuum system must be automatically back-filled by inert gas to preserve the cleanliness of the system. • Turbo molecular vacuum pump must be purged by an inert gas during operation to prevent damage by reactive gases and/or corrosive vapors such as those generated by the analysis of phosphoric acid. • Computer controlled single roughing pump must automatically shift into energy saving mode when the plasma is off. System Controller and Operating System must meet the following: • 32 bit computer operating system. • Color graphics monitor. • High capacity printer. System Software must include: • Routine Maintenance Alerts; scheduled user defined alerts for continued operations. • Method Development wizards. • Pre-set methods • Automated quality control checking features included at no charge. • The system software shall support the following calibration curve fit modes for Quantitative analysis: a. Linear least squares. b. Weighted linear least squares. c. Linear forced-through-zero least squares. d. Method of standard additions (Matrix Matched calibration) e. Additions calibration. • Real time graphics with ability to display transient and continuous signal profiles. • Quantitative analysis including external calibration, additions (matrix matched) calibrations, method of standard additions, isotope ratios and isotope dilution's and semi quantitative analysis. • All analytical raw data must be retained and stored on hard disk, encrypted to prevent tampering per US EPA requirement to support a complete data audit trail. • Per EPA methods requirements the time and date must be printed on each sheet of data generated by the system printer. • Per EPA methods requirements, the quadrupole must be able to be tuned or mass calibrated on a minimum of 5 elements (Be, Co, In, Mg, Pb), providing a printed mass calibration report with all elements. • QC protocol limits on measured values, allowing the analyst to define when and how an action is taken, and to specify a second QC action for automatic operation in the event that the first action fails. • On-line help with quick steps to reference entire instrument user manual. • Data reprocessing on stored data without re-running samples for changes of calibration points, internal standard points or curve fit mode. • Computer controlled automatic selection of Universal Cell gas when multiple gases or mixed mode are specified within a single method. • Computer controlled automated optimization of Universal Cell gas flow. • System must be capable of supporting a syringe-pump based auto dilution system. • The software must support auto dilutions by both a global dilution factor and serial dilutions for samples out of range. • Software must be similar to our existing ICPMS software (PerkinElmer) and compatible with data transfer between the new ICPMS and existing ICPMS system. Auto sampler options must meet the following: • The system must be capable of controlling with the instrument software the CETAC Auto dilution system (capable of automated sample dilution and sample injection of blood, serum, and urine samples. • The system must be interfaceable with ESI Auto samplers and FAST systems • Include an autosampler with ESI FAST autosampler specification The solicitation will have all the necessary information required for the preparation and submission of offers. Once the solicitation is posted, interested parties are urged to visit FedBizOpps frequently for any updates/amendments to any and all documents. Contracting Office Address: ATTN: MCAA GP L31 9V 2539 GARDEN AVENUE JBSA FT SAM HOUSTON, Texas 78234-0000 United States Place of Performance: San Antonio Military Medical Center Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234 United States Primary Point of Contact. SFC Nicole Doyel Nicole.e.doyel.mil@mail.mil; Phone # 210-221-4964 Secondary Point of Contact: Michelle Bartkowski, Contracting Officer michelle.m.bartkowski.civ@mail.mil Phone: 2102213249
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- Place of Performance
- Address: San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234, United States, San Antonio, Texas, 78234, United States
- Zip Code: 78234
- Zip Code: 78234
- Record
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