SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Integrated Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer (EDS) and Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) System
- Notice Date
- 12/15/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, 88 CONS/PK, 1940 ALLBROOK DRIVE, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 45433-5309, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-5309
- Solicitation Number
- FA8601-11-P-0027
- Archive Date
- 1/4/2011
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer R. Begg, Phone: 9375222277
- E-Mail Address
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Jennifer.Begg@wpafb.af.mil
(Jennifer.Begg@wpafb.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Air Force, ASC/Operational Contracting Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-5344 is procuring a firm-fixed price contract for providing an integrated Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer (EDS) and Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) System. We intend to award this contract sole source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, by 20 December 2010 at 12:00 PM EST, which shall be considered. The proposed sole source is: Bruker Nano, 1239 Parkway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08628. The United States Air Force, ASC/Operational Contracting Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio is procuring an integrated Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer (EDS) and Electron Backscattered Diffraction (EBSD) System. The required specifications for the EDS and EBSD System are as follows: a. The EDS detector shall be capable of mapping at an maximum input count rate of greater than 3 million x-ray input counts per second (average output count rate greater than 1 million counts per second) with an energy resolution less than or equal to 170 eV to enable high throughput hyperspectral x-ray mapping. Also, the energy resolution at lower count rates (up to 400,000 input counts per second) shall be better than or equal to 133 eV measured for the Mn Ka line. Lastly, the EDS detector shall use electronic cooling methods (such as Peltier cooling) to eliminate the need for liquid nitrogen cooling and minimize vibrations to the scanning electron microscope. b. The EDS system software shall allow for collection of hyperspectral chemical data from a scanning electron microscope in point, line, and mapping modes, including fast hyperspectral mapping modes (up to 1024 x 1024 pixel maps with pixel dwell times at or above 1 microsecond) for collecting hyperspectral data. Drift correction software shall be supplied to reduce specimen drift effects during data collection. The software shall enable both qualitative and quantitative (standard and standardless) automated and user-interactive analysis of the EDS data, and shall be capable of both inputting and saving the hyperspectral data in EMSA/MAS format. c. The EBSD detector shall contain a minimum of 640 x 480 pixels, and 12 bit or higher resolution camera. The system shall be capable of collecting EBSD patterns from a scanning electron microscope at the following minimum speeds: (i) 880 EBSD patterns per second using 80 x 60 pixel images to allow for high throughput crystallographic mapping (ii) 620 EBSD patterns per second using 160 x 120 pixel images to allow for improved angular resolution indexing while still allowing for high throughput mapping. The EBSD system shall be capable of storing the EBSD patterns in a lossless format directly to disk at the speeds listed above, to enable re-indexing of the data post experiment. The system shall be supplied with two extra phosphor screens for the EBSD detector. d. The EBSD system software shall allow for collection of crystallographic maps and automatic indexing of the EBSD patterns using Hough transform-based methods, and indexed maps shall be exportable to text file (ASCII) format. e. EDS-EBSD system shall be capable of collecting combined EDS & EBSD data at speeds up to 200 points per second. In such combined mapping, the EDS data shall be capable of being stored in hyperspectral form. f. Both the EBSD and EDS detectors shall be motorized and shall be capable of remote-controlled insertion and retraction from the system software. g. The system shall be provided with a user-accessible Application Programming Interface (API) for creating custom scripts to enable remote control of the acquisition, storage, and transfer of either chemical or crystallographic mapping data from either the EDS or EBSD systems. Full documentation of the API shall be provided with the system. h. The system shall be supplied with a PC and software for data collection and analysis. A 24" or larger LCD monitor shall be provided, and the PC shall have at multiple processors (minimum of a dual quad core), two hard drives with a minimum 500 GB capacity per drive, and a minimum of 4 GB of RAM. The system software should enable client-server operation over a Local Area Network (LAN), and should be supplied with Windows XP and MS Office Basic in addition to OEM-supplied data acquisition and control software. i. The system shall be capable of communicating and operating on a Tescan Vega XMH scanning electron microscope. j. The system shall be provided with a warranty period for a total of 5 years that covers all parts, all labor, and service technician travel expenses, and unlimited emergency service visits. k. An additional license for the system analysis software (both EDS and EBSD) shall be provided to enable data analysis on secondary computer not connected to the system hardware. l. Classroom-based learning (two credits) and limited on-site instruction on the use of the integrated EDS/EBSD system shall be provided. Delivery for the system shall be 6 months after receipt of order (ARO). FOB Destination. Payment Terms: Net 30 Days At this time no small business set-aside is expected. NAICS Code 334516, Size Standard 500 employees. Refer all questions and proposals concerning this combines synopsis/solicitation to Jennifer Begg, Contract Specialist, at jennifer.begg@wpafb.af.mil. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate director or contracting officer. Accordingly, the Ombudsman does not participate in the preparation of solicitations, the evaluation of the proposals, or the source selection process. Therefore, for routine matters on individual solicitations, please contact Jennifer Begg at the above email. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Department of Defense (DoD) has determined the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) to be the single DoD registration for contractors who conduct business or who are interested in conducting business with the DoD. Contractors must be registered in CCR prior to award for solicitations issued after 21 May 1998. You may contact CCR at 1-888-CCR-2423, fax at 1-703-696-0213. DUNS/CCR website: http://ccr.edi.disa.mil/ccr/cgi-bin/query.pl.
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