SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- LASER ABLATION SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 8/29/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- USGS OAG DENVER ACQUISITION BRANCHPO BOX 25046204 DENVER FEDERAL CENTERDENVERCO80225-0046US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- G11PS00942
- Response Due
- 9/14/2011
- Archive Date
- 10/14/2011
- Point of Contact
- David May
- E-Mail Address
-
DDmay@usgs.gov
(ddmay@usgs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Laser Ablation System as per the attached specifications The installed LA system shall meet or exceed the specifications upon installation: 1.The LA system must be a Class1 laser product.2.The LA system must include a 193 nm wavelength excimer laser, a beam delivery system for ablation of solid samples within a sealed sample chamber for introduction into an ICP-MS. 3.The excimer laser must output at least 8 mJ of 193 nm from the laser head and deliver a laser energy density to the sample (fluence) of at least 7 J/cm2 for all spot sizes.4.The LA system must be able to operate at a laser repetition rate of at least 50 Hz.5.The system must be equipped with a laser attenuator that can reduce the laser energy delivered to the sample to sufficiently low enough energy for biological and easy melted materials such as sulfides or metals. The attenuator shall also provide maximum energy transmission for high energy applications. Details about the attenuator must be provided. 6.The LA system must be able to communicate with commercially available ICP-MS instrumentation to at least initiate automated analyses of up to 1000 samples in a single session.7.The LA system must have at least 10 different laser spot sizes available in a size range from 4 microns to at least 120 microns. The aperture that makes the spots shall either contain a range of round spots and rectangular spots or be able to be customer modifiable. 8.The LA system must be a self-contained platform on wheels with all the necessary laser gas cylinders, vacuum pump and halogen filter contained in a sealed gas cabinet. 9.The LA system must include at least one mass flow controller that is integrated within the user software for control of the Helium flow within the sample chamber. 10.The LA system must provide a high quality real-time image of the sample in transmitted (plane and polarized light) and reflected illumination. Geological materials must be able to be imaged at sufficient resolution to see features as small as the smallest spot size.11.The LA system must provide a software controlled switch or valve for the Nitrogen flow for the purged laser path. Information about how the Nitrogen is controlled must be provided.12.The LA system must be able to image large areas of the sample chamber through either an easy to use mosaic function or through the use of a wide field camera that operates simultaneously with the high resolution camera. Information about the wide field or sample mosaic function must be provided.13.The LA system must be equipped with a 100 mm by 100 mm XY stage. Information about the stage must be provided by the vendor.14.The LA system must be equipped with a 2 volume sample chamber for rapid washout and limited sample cross contamination. Information about the sample chamber must be provided by the vendor.15.The LA system must be able to allow for easy drawing of lines and complicated ablation patterns. These patterns shall be easily edited on the software computer. The software must be intuitive, flexible for a variety of applications and easy to use. The vendor must provide detailed information about the operating software. 16.The LA system software must be able to import, rescale and reposition images taken from other imagine platforms such as photo scanner, light microscope, SEM or electron microprobe. Please go to Fedconnect for complete details; use the solicitation number to look up this request. Contact David May DDMay@usgs.gov or 303-236-9337
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