NASA, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Procurement Office, Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812

66 -- ICP MASS SPECTROMETER SOL 8-P-5-21-10373 POC Contact Janice M. Stewart, GP26T/Contract Specialist, 205-544-6093, or, Teresa A. Foley, GP25/Contracting Officer NASA/MSFC plans to issue a Request for Offer (RFO) for Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Mass Spectrometer-- NASA/MSFC intends to purchase from Perkin-Elmer Corporation the following: Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer Perkin Elmer PN N8120501 to include the following: installation kit, 4-channel peristaltic pump, gas lines, cooling lines, flexible vent tubing, waste container, IEEE cable, IEEE interface card, instruction manuals and sample introduction, torch and interface spares kit - Spectrometer will consist of two, side-mounted turbomolecular pumps, quadrupole design, 40-MHz free-running RF generator, corrosion-resistant sample introduction system, Ryton crossflow nebulizer, and a Ryton spray chamber -- Computer must be a Pentium 90 MHz microprocessor (PN 09404621) with 24 MB RAM, 1.0 Gbyte hard drive, double speed CD-ROM drive, high speed graphics, tape back up system, 16-bit sound card and Windows NT operating system -- Calibration software must include at least 3 choices of calibration regression routines, also must have comprehensive statistics, charting capability and calibration methods for the Perkin-Elmer Model 320 Laser Sampler, and choices for sample and standard types -- The graphics software must include data recorded and displayed in real time, data displayed in full color and data manipulation on-screen -- Must include semiquantitative software with automatic interference correction and calibration procedure specific for solid sampling by laser vaporization -- Must include monitor (PN 09404022), printer laser jet (PN 09421038), a stand-alone autosampler PN B0509090, chiller-recirculator (PN N8122122), PC to printer cable (PN 09410001), sampler ELAN 6000 platinum (PN WE014815), and skimmer ELAN 6000 platinum (PN WE014816) -- The system must be fully computer controlled, bench mounted with Windows based application software -- Total cost must include installation and 1 year warranty, parts and labor -- Must also include on-site training for up to six people not to exceed three days -- The ICP Mass Spectrometer must be compatible with the Perkin-Elmer Model 320 Laser Sampler which will be used as a sample introduction systemfor the ICP Mass Spectrometer -- This system will be purchased as an aggregate system to ensure compatibility -- This procurement is being conducted under the NASA/MSFC MidRange Pilot Test Program approved by the Office of Federal Procurement Policy on April 16, 1993 - - Requests for copies of the RFO must be submitted in writing -- Transmission by facsimile to 205-544-9080 or by Internet e-mail to janice.stewart@msfc.nasa.gov is acceptable -- Note: This sole-source procurement, described is based on (proprietary specifications, system compatability requirements, predominant experience, or other reason) -- Interested firms have 15 days from the publication date of this synopsis to submit their qualifications/capabilities in the critical areas mentioned above, along with a request for a copy of the solicitation - - Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis -- Responses received after the 15 days or without the required information will be considered nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered -- A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract, on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government -- Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice -- RFO will be released on or about 15 days after publication in the Commerce Business Daily (CBD) -- Firm date for receipt of offers will be stated in the RFO --The solicitation and any related documents to this procurement will be available over the Internet -- These documents will be in ASCII format and reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using client browsers, such as, MOSAIC -- The WWW address, or URL, of the MSFC Procurement home page is: ''http://procure.msfc.nasa.gov''. (0166)

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