SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Repair Thermo Electron FTIR Interferometer and Raman Spectrometer System
- Notice Date
- 4/26/2006
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Plains Area Office, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building D, Suite 310, Fort Collins, CO, 80526-8119
- ZIP Code
- 80526-8119
- Solicitation Number
- 6543001006090
- Response Due
- 5/9/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/1/2006
- Description
- The USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Grain Marketing & Production Research Center, Manhattan, Kansas, intends to enter into a sole source contract with Thermo Electron Corporation, Madison Wisconsin, for the repair of a Thermo Electron (Nicolet) FTIR Interferometer and Raman Spectrometer System with water damage incurred during facility renovation. The equipment includes an FTIR Nexus 870 Interferometer, Raman Spectrometer and Infrared Microscope. The Nexus 870/Raman/Continuum instrument use a technologically advanced method to analyze and identify organic samples. Thermo Electron has proprietary rights to the design and software utilized in this instrument, with components including the interferometer and IR source covered by patents. Thermo Electron is the only company with access to performance verified component parts, spare parts, software, technical support, upgrades and engineering resources to maintain the original operating specifications of the system. Thermo Electron Service Engineers for this instrumentation are the only available certified and factory trained engineers and are part of an organization that is ISO certified.. *Provide Qualification Statement by Close of Business May 9, 2006, if interested in this procurement.
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA-ARS-NPA, Grain Marketing & Production Research Center, 1515 College Avenue, Manhattan, KS
- Zip Code: 66502
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 66502
- Record
- SN01035343-W 20060428/060426220357 (fbodaily.com)
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