SOLICITATION NOTICE
63 -- Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer
- Notice Date
- 9/13/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Library of Congress, Contracts Services, Contracts Section, 101 Independence Ave SE LA-325, Washington, DC, 20540-9411
- ZIP Code
- 20540-9411
- Solicitation Number
- LSP60127
- Response Due
- 9/15/2006
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2006
- Description
- A. Agency and Instrument to Be Purchased: Preservation Research & Testing Division. A hand-held x-ray fluorescence analyzer for research and routine testing of a broad range of Library collection materials, collection housing materials, and collection environments for characterization and imaging of trace elements. B. Anticipated Delivery Date and Location of Delivery: The vendor must provide the instrument within 14-28 days of either a faxed or written PO to LM-G38. If delivery truck is used, it must have no larger than a 24-foot bed. C. Acceptance Process: The instrument will be accepted only after it is fully installed on site and is started-up by a vendor-certified engineer, after it is shown to meet all performance and any other specifications, and after all training is provided for a user. If the instrument fails to meet all performance specifications, it will be returned to the manufacturer at the manufacturer?s expense. COTR: Jeanette Adams, PR&TD, 7-1031. D. Performance Requirements: The hand-held x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer must meet all of the following performance requirements: 1. It must be a waterproof, single-module, handheld XRF system that uses an x-ray tube with a tungsten anode that can operate from 10-40 kV with a current of 10?50 ?A. 2. It must be controlled by a removable PDA that has on-board software and a computing platform, uses a WindowsTM CE software platform, has an Intel 400 MHz StrongArmTM processor or higher, has 128 Mb or higher internal memory, has one-Gb or higher flash memory to store up to at least 100,000 analyses, and is BluetoothTM-enabled to permit display, printing, and data transfer via Microsoft ActiveSyncTM software to a WindowsTM based PC that also can control the instrument remotely without a hard-wire link to the analyzer. 3. It must weigh no more than four pounds with built-in Li-ion batteries, and the batteries must have an 8-hour duty cycle, be rechargeable (charger included), and power the analyzer and iPAQ simultaneously 4. It must have a narrow, extended snout (1 3/8? width maximum, 2 ?? length/extension minimum) with a welding mask for access to tight spaces and to provide a narrow beam focus. 5. It must have at least five internal filters that can be used to modify the incident x-ray spectrum to optimize the sensitivity for analysis of elements of interest with the filter positions, beam voltages, and currents all under computer control and menu driven by touchscreen user interface. 6. It must have a Si PiN diode detector that is thermoelectrically cooled to provide an energy resolution of < 260 eV FWHM at 5.95 keV Mn K-alpha line. 7. For safety, it must be able to be turned on and off using a "deadman" trigger or a start/stop icon controlled from an external processor, it must have a sensor to turn off the analyzer when no sample is over the window, and it must have an automatic trigger lock to lock the system when inactive for five minutes. 8. It must have a fully featured algorithm to permit the calculation of concentrations of at least Pb, Cr, Hg, Pd, Cd, Hf, Sb, V, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Sn, Ag, As, Se, Au, Ba, Co, Zr, Rb, Cl, Pt, P, Bi, Ti, Nb, Mo, W, Ta, Re, and S with a user selectable level of sensitivity with concentrations being automatically displayed in ppm, count rate, or other user-specified units depending on the software mode selected. 9. It must automatically correct for size and shape to allow accurate quantitation of small, curved samples. 10. Software must (1) provide the ability to add elements into the fundamental parameters calibration without returning system to factory or service center, (2) allow modification of the calibration for any element in any analysis mode, (3) provide spectral matching using stored reference sample spectra in a library that contains at least 500 reference spectra, (4) have a light element analysis feature to allow quantitative analysis of elements as light as phosphorous, (5) include a mode that allow operator to generate up to 25 different empirical calibration models, (6) and include a mode allowing filter, wipes, paper, and photographs to be analyzed quantitatively and report the data as ppm per unit area. 11. The data must be directly exportable to standard spreadsheet programs that require textual tab, comma, or similar delineated files. 12. Accessories must include a hands-free testing stand with an interlock that requires the test stand cover to be closed prior to energizing the x-ray tube, a tripod mount, an AC adapter to permit operation using 110-V power, and a carrying case. 13. There must be manufacturer authorized training and assistance and a 2-year warranty (parts and labor). Purchase of a Hand-Held X-Ray Fluorescence Analyzer Contracting Office Address Library of Congress, Contracts Services, Contracts Section, 101 Independence Ave SE LA-325, Washington, DC 20540-9411 Description The Library of Congress intends to purchase through sole source from Innov-X Systems, 100 Sylvan Road, Suite 100, Woburn, MA, 01801, an Innov-X Model a-4000S Hand Held Trace Level Elemental XRF Analyzer that will be used for research and routine testing of a broad range of Library collection materials, collection housing materials, and collection environments for trace elements. It is the Library?s understanding that the identified instrument system is the only one commercially available in the U.S. that is capable of meeting the Library?s critical performance requirement for a hand-held XRF analyzer that also meets the following needs: It must be a waterproof, single-module, handheld XRF system that uses an x-ray tube with a tungsten anode that can operate from 10-40 kV with a current of 10?50 ?A; it must be controlled by a removable PDA that has on-board software and a computing platform, uses a WindowsTM CE software platform, has an Intel 400 MHz StrongArmTM processor or higher, has 128 Mb or higher internal memory, has one-Gb or higher flash memory to store up to at least 100,000 analyses, and is BluetoothTM-enabled to permit display, printing, and data transfer via Microsoft ActiveSyncTM software to a WindowsTM based PC that also can control the instrument remotely without a hard-wire link to the analyzer; it must weigh no more than four pounds with built-in Li-ion batteries, and the batteries must have an 8-hour duty cycle, be rechargeable (charger included), and power the analyzer and iPAQ simultaneously; it must have a narrow, extended snout (1 3/8? width maximum, 2 ?? length/extension minimum) with a welding mask for access to tight spaces and to provide a narrow beam focus; it must have at least five internal filters that can be used to modify the incident x-ray spectrum to optimize the sensitivity for analysis of elements of interest with the filter positions, beam voltages, and currents all under computer control and menu driven by touchscreen user interface.; it must have a Si PiN diode detector that is thermoelectrically cooled to provide an energy resolution of < 260 eV FWHM at 5.95 keV Mn K-alpha line; for safety, it must be able to be turned on and off using a "deadman" trigger or a start/stop icon controlled from an external processor, it must have a sensor to turn off the analyzer when no sample is over the window, and it must have an automatic trigger lock to lock the system when inactive for five minutes; it must have a fully featured algorithm to permit the calculation of concentrations of at least Pb, Cr, Hg, Pd, Cd, Hf, Sb, V, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Sn, Ag, As, Se, Au, Ba, Co, Zr, Rb, Cl, Pt, P, Bi, Ti, Nb, Mo, W, Ta, Re, and S with a user selectable level of sensitivity with concentrations being automatically displayed in ppm, count rate, or other user-specified units depending on the software mode selected; it must automatically correct for size and shape to allow accurate quantitation of small, curved samples; software must (1) provide the ability to add elements into the fundamental parameters calibration without returning system to factory or service center, (2) allow modification of the calibration for any element in any analysis mode, (3) provide spectral matching using stored reference sample spectra in a library that contains at least 500 reference spectra, (4) have a light element analysis feature to allow quantitative analysis of elements as light as phosphorous, (5) include a mode that allow operator to generate up to 25 different empirical calibration models, (6) and include a mode allowing filter, wipes, paper, and photographs to be analyzed quantitatively and report the data as ppm per unit area; the data must be directly exportable to standard spreadsheet programs that require textual tab, comma, or similar delineated files; accessories must include a hands-free testing stand with an interlock that requires the test stand cover to be closed prior to energizing the x-ray tube, a tripod mount, an AC adapter to permit operation using 110-V power, and a carrying case; and there must be manufacturer authorized training and assistance and a 2-year warranty (parts and labor). Any other company that, at the time of application, (1) is either legally incorporated as a U.S. business entity or capable of demonstrating through its business plan its intention to be fully incorporated as a U.S. business, and (2) believes its elemental analysis system can meet all the above equipment performance requirements can apply to the Library for consideration. Point of Contact Place of Performance Address: 101 Independence Ave. SE, Washington, DC Postal Code: 20540-4560 Country: USA
- Place of Performance
- Address: 101 Independence Avenue S.E., Washington, D.C.
- Zip Code: 20540
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20540
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