SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Energy Dispersive X-Ray Microanalysis System
- Notice Date
- 8/17/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, NCTR-50 RM422 HFT-320, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079, United States
- ZIP Code
- 72079
- Solicitation Number
- 1077818
- Archive Date
- 9/4/2010
- Point of Contact
- Roy E. Mutch, Phone: 404-253-1258
- E-Mail Address
-
roy.mutch@fda.hhs.gov
(roy.mutch@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability and capability of small businesses (including certified 8(a), Small Disadvantaged businesses and HUBZone firms, Veteran and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small businesses, and Women-Owned small businesses. This notice is for planning purposes only, and does not constitute an Invitation for Bids, a Request for Proposals, Solicitations, Request for Quotes, or an indication the Government will contract for the items contained herein. This notice is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted as a result of this notice. The Government does not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with submission the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses to this Sources Sought. Any responses received will not be used as a proposal. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking to identify any small business that can provide the following: 1. IE450P50 INCA EnergySEM 450 - Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis system -1ea 2. Trade-in of PGT/IMIX system 3. NSEGR INCA Energy installation and software familiarization. Includes one credit towards tuition at EDS training facility. WARRANTY: 12-month parts and labor warranty. REQUIREMENTS: The Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis system must be a full featured, Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis system which MUST fit and be fully compatible for use on an FEI - Quanta 600 Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope. The Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis system (detector and spectrometer) must be fully operational in all SEM pressure modes (high vacuum, low vacuum and ESEM). The system shall be delivered with all necessary supplies and accessories required for installation and start-up. Installation and operational training shall be included. The system must be a newly manufactured unit, not used and refurbished or previously used for demonstration. The system must be warranted for parts and labor for 12 months from the date of installation. HARDWARE: The Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis detector must include an analytical Silicon Drift Detector (SDD) with: •The detector is to have a Silicon Drift detector (SDD) chip with a 50mm2 active area. •The SDD sensor should be mounted in a vacuum within the detector. •The detector should have an ultra thin window capable of detecting elements down to Beryllium. •Detector resolution is required to be a minimum of 129 eV at MnKa. •The detector is to have Peltier (electronic) cooling with no additional devices. •The detector is to be motorized for both insertion and retraction. •Detector should be manufactured to meet or exceed ISO9001 standards. X-ray acquisition hardware shall: •Have IEEE1394 based connectivity with system computer for high speed data transfer. •The digital pulse processor will be capable of processing count rates in excess of 200,000 cps with no spectral distortion. •The system must provide accurate and consistent quantitative analysis results at count rates ranging between 1,000 to 100,000 cps •The processor will include a “zero” energy stabilization and correction to permit accurate positioning of low energy peaks. •Spectral range will be 0 – 10 keV or 0 – 20 keV with 1024 or 2048 channels and 5, 10 or 20 eV per channel. Image and map acquisition hardware: •The X-Y beam positioning will permit +/-2V swing to +/-12V swing. •The system must permit X-ray mapping. •External beam control must be provided by the system. COMPUTER: The EDS system must be PC operated and shall include a full-color, flat screen monitor (19” minimum), and good quality color printer and Windows XP software platform for all data acquisition, analysis and reporting. EDS software should include: •The EDS software should be 32 bit and running within a Windows PC environment and should be compatible with Windows XP. •Qualitative analysis software shall include auto peak ID and overlay of up to 8 spectra •Software must be capable of overlay of spectra collected at different eV per channel ranges. •The software will permit both manual and automatic peak ID. •Quantitative analysis shall allow mixing of standard and standardless calculated results in the same analysis. •The software must provide the ability to position the beam (by single point, box area, or manually selected area) on an image to acquire spectra or reconstruct spectra from maps. •Automated spectral acquisition for multiple points or regions must be included. •Digital X-ray mapping and line scanning must permit acquisition and storage of an entire spectrum at each pixel point •The software should permit selectable elements for map display and changeable during acquisition and during post processing. •Mapping software should allow coloration and mixing of maps.from both live and stored data. •The analysis software must allow for automatic compensation for image drift during the acquisition of maps, line scans and spectra. •Software must include fully compatible control of the microscope beam and SEM stage for the unattended collection of X-ray data. •The software must provide stitching or montage-type features for maps and images collected by automated analyses. •The software should be capable of automatic searches of the stored database to match spectra. •Data output should be available to templates permitting spectra, images, maps and quant data to be printed to a single page. The user must be able to define and customize the templates or worksheets ultimately exportable to a standard format and into Microsoft Word. •Data should be directly exportable into TIF, JPG, BMP, HTML and EMSA formats. •Data output directly to an extranet format shall be standard. •The EDS software should include full multi-media user help including interactive tutorials and on-screen, “clickable” instructions. Interested small business potential offerors are encouraged to respond to this notice. However be advised that generic capabilities are not sufficient for effective evaluation of respondents capacity to provide the Energy Dispersive X-Ray Microanalysis System. All offerors must be registered in the CCR located at http://www.ccr.gov. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this evaluation. The Government will not entertain questions regarding this Market Research. Interested contractors must submit their responses by email, fax or mail to Roy Mutch, Contract Specialist, 60 8th Street, NE, Atlanta, GA 30309 or roy.mutch@fda.hhs.gov, on or before August 20, 2010, 15:00pm EDT.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: FDA/FCC, FRANK PLATEK, 6751 STEGER DRIVE, CINCINNATI, Ohio, United States
- Record
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