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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 20, 2003 FBO #0506
SOLICITATION NOTICE

66 -- Multimode Atomic Force Microscope

Notice Date

4/18/2003
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Procurement and Property Division, Contracts Branch, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Building 3, Mailstop: 5116, Beltsville, MD, 20705
 

ZIP Code

20705
 

Solicitation Number

09-3K06-03
 

Archive Date

5/20/2003
 

Point of Contact

Patrick Reilly, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-504-1715, Fax 301-504-1717, - Lyndia Countee, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-504-1700, Fax 301-504-1717,
 

E-Mail Address

preilly@ars.usda.gov, lcountee@ars.usda.gov
 

Description

United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, a contract with the Veeco Metrology LLC, 112 Robin Hill Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93117 for a MultiMode Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) system. The MultiMode AFM system shall include the following: (1) Shall include MMAFMLN Multimode AFM. (a) Shall provide all major Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) techniques, including contact and non-contact atomic force, lateral force and TappingMode microscopy. (b) Shall perform magnetic force and electric force microscopy without additional hardware. Shall provide and AFM optical head compatible with on-axis optical viewing of tip placement on the sample. (c) Shall include a 45x monocular microscope plus illuminator with laser safety filter. (d) Shall provide a XY sample stage with 2 mm x 2 mm range, which will accommodate samples up to 15 mm diameter and 6 mm thick. (e) Shall include probe handling tools and sample pucks, 20 silicon nitride Probes (Model NP-20) and 10 TappingMode silicon probes (Model RTESP). (2) Shall include NS4-01 NanoScope IV SPM control station. (a) Shall provide for topographical scanning in air and fluids. (b) Shall include high-speed DSP and SPM-computer interface electronics, 6 analog-to-digital converters, and high-speed serial interface for Windows NT-based SPM imaging software, including comprehensive image analysis. (c) Shall provide 32-bit dual monitor color display video with total resolution of 2048x768 pixels. (d) Shall include 1.7 GHz Pentium 4 PCI computer with twin 18-inch LCD monitors, 41 GB hard drive, 256 MB RAM, 1.44 MB floppy drive, CD R/W, 100 MB Zip Drive, network board and all NanoScope SPM imaging and analysis software. (e) Shall include 10 micro-actuated probes and one MMAFM fast scanning cantilever holder. (3) Shall provide a fully motorized AS-12V 10 mm AFM scanner with vertical engage, providing XY range of 10 mm x 10 mm with 2.5 mm vertical range. (4) Shall provide a MTFML glass cantilever holder for fluid operation in contact mode, TappingMode, and force modulation. (a) Shall include 10 oxide-sharpened silicon nitride probes (Model NP-S) for soft sample analysis. (5) Shall provide MMFHTR-2 air and fluid sample heater with sensor and fluid cell, providing in-situ temperature control up to 50 EC. (a) Shall include scanner top heater element, heater controller, controller temperature readout, micro-thermocouple and readout for sample temperature, head spacer, and fluid cell. (6) Shall include MMHTRS high temperature heater for in-situ temperature control to 250 50 EC. (a) Shall include 125 x 125 mm scanner configured with heating and sensing units and scanner cooling. (b) Shall include electronic controller with readout and high temperature cantilever holder with heating element for TappingMode operation. (7) Shall provide a MMAHCC atmospheric hood cylinder cap for controlled atmosphere environment for MultiMode SPM. (8) Shall provide a MMAHC-201 atmospheric hood cylinder for AS-12V scanner. (9) Shall provide a MMAHC-212 atmospheric hood cylinder compatible with model MMFHTR-2 sample heater. (10) Shall provide MMECFM electrochemistry AFM/STM converter base for MultiMode SPM. (a) Shall include potentiostat/galvanostat hardware attachment, fluid cell (Model ECFC) and all fittings required to perform electrochemical AFM experiments. (11) Shall provide MMTMEC electrochemistry TappingMode fluid cell for MultiMode SPM. (a) Shall include 10 oxide-sharpened silicon nitride probes. (12) Shall provide a OMV-NTSC video-only microscope system compatible with MultiMode SPM configurations. (a) Shall include 10x Nikon objective with 450x magnification on a 13' color display monitor, vibration-isolated granite base, Sony high-resolution CCD color camera, and all cables and other accessories. (13) Shall provide three days of installation and training at the customer?s site. (14) Shall include freight. Delivery shall be made within 90 days after award. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by May 2, 2003 will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
 

Place of Performance

Address: USDA-ARS, NCAUR 1815 N. University Street, Peoria, Illinois,

Zip Code: 61604-3999

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00306981-W 20030420/030418213314 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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