SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Triple Quadrupole Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry System
- Notice Date
- 6/22/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- RTP Procurement Operations Division (D143-01) Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- PR-NC-06-10457
- Response Due
- 7/3/2006
- Archive Date
- 7/29/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has a requirement to procure a LC/MS/MS Spectrometer. This action is being pursued as a competitive small business procurement. The intent of this sources sought notice is to determine if any small business(s) exist, and therefore, no solicitation (RFP) is available. The NAICS Code 334516 applies with a small business size standard of 500 employees. The following specifications describe a triple quadruple LC/MS/MS that is suitable for our needs. LC/MS/MS System Specifications: 1.) The vendor must supply a bench-top triple quadruple LC/MS/MS system that includes both the ESI and APCI interfaces. The system will be controlled by software that controls automated sample introduction, HPLC and MS/MS parameters and post-run data analysis. The system will be supplied with an external syringe pump that can be actuated by the system software. The system will include a color laser-jet printer capable of printing 8 pages-per-minute in color. The LC/MS/MS system and computer must fit on 15 ft of bench top including syringe pump, computer and printer, but excluding roughing pumps. 2.) The LC must be equipped with a built-in controller, as opposed to an external controller, capable of controlling temperature over the range of 10 oC below ambient to 60 oC or higher. 3.) The LC autosampler must have a tray for 50 or more samples, preferably closer to 100, and must be temperature controlled from 10 oC below ambient to 40 oC or higher. 4.) The LC system will be delivered with two Hypersil Gold columns, 15cm x 3mm x 3?m particle size. 5.) The MS must detect a masses of 2800 m/z or higher. 6.) The MS must have a dynamic range up to 106 counts per second. 7.) The MS scan speed must be at least 2000 (m/z)/sec. 8.) The mass-axis stability must be at least 0.1 amu/8 hours. 9.) The MS must have autotune programs for ESI and APCI. 10.) Preferably, the system can automatically create an SRM method from the scan data file of an injected standard. 11.) The data system automatically tunes the instrument. 12.) A macro language is provided to customize the software for the laboratory?s needs. 13.) The data system can accept comma-separated-variable files to create an injection sequence. 14.) The data system allows the user to create a comma-separated-variable file with specified fields. 15.) The instrument should detect 1 pg of perfluorinated octanoic (PFOA) acid at S/N > 50. 16.) Because perfluorinated carboxylic acids are the primary anticipated analytes the system must have the lowest attainable background contamination of perfluorinated chemicals. Commonly, sample and/or eluent exposure to Teflon-coated surfaces has been observed to affect LC/MS/MS background levels of these chemicals. If the vendor modifies pre-existing commercial LC/MS/MS systems in an attempt to lower background levels of perfluorinated chemicals, such modifications including description, cost and part numbers of replaced items, must be described in the proposal documents. 17.) We will consider as assets optional capabilities such as the ability to concentrate ion fragments in the third quad, accurate-mass capability or fast elution times that yield narrow, well defined chromatographic peaks. Consequently, any response failing to provide the aforementioned data and instead choosing to merely submit a routine letter requesting a copy of the RFQ will be ignored. Interested parties who can meet the above requirement may submit their specifications with a written qualification statement no later than 10 days after the date of this publication. Submit response to John Southerland Jr, Contract Specialist, at email: southerland.john@epa.gov.
- Web Link
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The Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/oam/solicit)
- Record
- SN01075946-W 20060624/060622221801 (fbodaily.com)
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