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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 22, 2010 FBO #3162
MODIFICATION

66 -- 90 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer

Notice Date
7/20/2010
 
Notice Type
Modification/Amendment
 
Contracting Office
RDECOM Contracting Center - Adelphi (RDECOM-CC), ATTN: AMSRD-ACC, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783-1197
 
ZIP Code
20783-1197
 
Solicitation Number
W911QX-10-T-0112
 
Response Due
7/26/2010
 
Archive Date
9/24/2010
 
Point of Contact
Martha S. Robles, (575)678-4963
 
E-Mail Address
RDECOM Contracting Center - Adelphi (RDECOM-CC)
(martha.robles@us.army.mil)
 
Small Business Set-Aside
N/A
 
Description
The purpose of this amendment is to provide the answer to a question in response to the original synopsis solicitation. There is no change to the original response due date. The following question and answer is provided: Question: Our company is very interested in responding to this solicitation. The system that we have developed appears to meet all the requirements except: - Permanent (non-superconducting) magnet at least equivalent to a 2.11 Tesla magnet operating at a 90 MHz proton frequency. We presume that this requirement is due to the need for Helium in traditional superconducting magnet systems and the associated operational and safety risks. Our company has developed cryogen-free (i.e. no helium and no nitrogen required for cooling) superconducting NMR systems, we would propose to offer such a system in lieu of a permanent magnet. Such a cryogen-free system has some advantages over permanent magnet systems as its performance is less susceptible to ambient temperature variations and the filed can be readily adjusted to suit different experiments. As you will appreciate, considerable resources are required to respond to a solicitation. Therefore can you please advice whether the use of a cryogen-free superconducting magnet instead of a permanent magnet as stated in the solicitation is likely to adversely affect the technical evaluation - assuming that other technical criteria are similar. Answer: Operational and safety risk is definitely a major concern. Also of concern would be whether or not your magnet would stand up to frequent, unplanned power outages and power fluctuations and the lead time to start up the instrument (i.e., how long it takes to cool down the magnet from a completely powered down state). Proposing the use of a cryogen-free superconducting magnet instead of a permanent magnet would not adversely affect the technical evaluation - provided that your response contains clear and sufficient information for the Government to make a determination that it meets the performance characteristics and specifications as stated in the solicitation.
 
Web Link
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/notices/265105b4e092ae2db82522ffe6d70309)
 
Place of Performance
Address: RDECOM Contracting Center - Adelphi (RDECOM-CC) WSMR Branch ATTN: CCRD-AD-WS APG MD
Zip Code: 21005
 
Record
SN02211654-W 20100722/100720235230-265105b4e092ae2db82522ffe6d70309 (fbodaily.com)
 
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