SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Spectrometer Microscope
- Notice Date
- 9/29/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Contracting Office
- 1735 N. Lynn St. 435C (SA-06A), Arlington, VA 22209
- ZIP Code
- 22209
- Solicitation Number
- 1019520703
- Response Due
- 9/30/2015
- Archive Date
- 3/28/2016
- Point of Contact
- Name: David Turner, Title: Contract Specialst, Phone: 7038754329, Fax:
- E-Mail Address
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turnerdl4@state.gov;
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice.The solicitation number is 1019520703 and is issued as an invitation for bids (IFB), unless otherwise indicated herein.The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-84. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 423450 with a small business size standard of 100.00 employees.This requirement is a [ Small Business ] set-aside and only qualified offerors may submit bids.The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on 2015-09-30 11:00:00.0 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com.FOB Destination shall be SPRINGFIELD, VA 22150 The Department of State requires the following items, Brand Name or Equal, to the following: LI 001: Spectrometer LUMOS - Standalone FT-IR microscope For routine and advanced applications with full automation. All components of the LUMOS are motorized. The LUMOS is a very compact FT-IR microscope (width x height x depth: 30 x 64 x 52cm) including a F T-IR spectrometer with a permanently aligned RockSolid interferometer ensuring excellent sensitivity and wave length stability. Beside transmission and reflection, the LUMOS is also prepared for fully automated measurements in attenuated total reflection (ATR) using a motorized ATR crystal. Automation includes sample, background and calibration measurements. The LUMOS can be used for automated single point measurements but also for automated mapping and imaging. The very intuitive OPUS software guides the user step by step through data acquisition and includes many features for effective data processing, data evaluation and data visualization., 1, EA; LI 002: Mic.: Acc. units Microscope Miniature Sample Holder for microanalysis (S.T.Japan) Holder for mounting of films, fibers and irregular shaped samples on the sample stage of IR- and Raman-microscopes. Can be used for samples with up to 40mm diameter. The holder can be tilted using adjustable screws allowing to correct inclined sample surfaces. Not compatible to LUMOS-M with manual sample stage Options: - 1830223 Exchangeable adapter clamps with 15 and 30 cutting angles for preparation and analysis of thin sections, laminates and multilayer structures, 1, EA; LI 003: Lumos accessories S106/LM Accessory kit including tools (eg tweezers, spatula, scissors, scalpel), substrates (eg CaF2, KBr, Gold mirror) and holders (2x3") with differently sized holes for sample preparation, 1, EA; LI 004: Polarizers A775/LM Motorized polarizer and analyzer For LUMOS with high accurate positioning - includes optomechanical and electronic implementation - polarizer and analyzer are software controlled, 1, EA; LI 005: OPUS Spectroscopy Software O/IR+ OPUS/IR, FT-IR Spectroscopy Software Package OPUS is an integrated spectroscopy software for laboratory and process control. OPUS is easy to use: - Configurable user interface and access to executable functions - Au tomatic consistency-test of measurement parameters - Multi Tasking: Measurement and data manipulation/evaluation at the same time - Automated atmospheric correction for water vapor and CO2 in MIR without the need for reference spectra OPUS delivers reliable results in a short time: - Single and repeated measurements, auto sampler support - Many interactive functions for comfortable data processing and evaluation, e.g. - Normalization, calculate derivative and average spectra, spectra subtraction, 1, EA; LI 006: O/3D+ OPUS/3D, Software package for 3D data processing, evaluation and visualization: - broad variety of 2D and 3D views for 3D and 4D data, like: display 3D, false colour and contour plots, traces in variable size - IR and Raman images can be di splayed in 2D and 3D on top of or next to the visible/video image of the sample - calculation and presentation of RGB images - correlation of 3D data with single component spectra - extraction of single files from 3D data and creation of 3D data from single files - principal component analysis (PCA) of 3D data; calculation of loadings and factors, 1, EA; LI 007: O/MAP+ OPUS/MAP, software package for control of x-y sample stages., 1, EA; LI 008: O/SR-NP OPUS/SEARCH, time-limited offer for Software Package for comprehensive search functionality in spectra libraries Completes the basic Search functions in OPUS with Material/Description - Mixture analysis: Identifies and quantifies single co mponents in mixture spectra. To visualize the quality of the match a composite spectrum from the library component spectra and the difference spectrum between composite and query spectrum (=residual) are calculated. - Peak search: Search of user defined peak tables. Includes intuitive set-up of peak tables by interactive peak pick on one or several reference spectra. - Information search: Powerful and intuitive search of terms and numbers in the complete information matrix of one or several spectral libraries. Includes option for advanced info search for accurate discovery of specific information. - Unlimited set-up and editing of user spectra libraries. The user is guided through an intuitive set-up procedure. Contains the option to import info tables from external programs by copy & paste., 1, EA; LI 009: O/VID+ OPUS/VIDEO, Software package for video-interactive measurements: - control for data acquisition of IR/Raman spectra and visible/video images - control of IR/Raman microscope functionality - automated mapping of irregular, line and rectangu lar grids - live view of spectra before measurement - acquisition and assembling of overview images - data storage of spectra, IR/Raman images, visible images and annotations within one file, 1, EA; LI 010: S.T.Japan Libraries 1025048 ATR-FTIR-Library COMPLETE (ATR-LIB-COMPLETE+) includes ATR spectra from polymers, monomers, additives, plasticizer, fillers, building materials, cosmetics, excipients, organic and inorganic chemicals, biochemicals, fi bres, proteins, fatty acids, lipids, ingredients, natural products, silicon containing compounds, solvents, pesticides, pollutants, semiconductors, dyes, paints, coatings, food, food additives, minerals, lubricants, surfactants, kidney stones, pharmaceuticals and drugs. > 26,000 ATR-FTIR-Spectra; requires OPUS 7.2 or higher; only available with order of spectrometer, 1, EA; LI 011: Data Systems CS81/25+ Data system, Ultra Slim desktop Material/Description "Intel" Core 2 Duo processor, >3GHz, 4GB RAM 250GB HDU or better, 8xDVD, 21.5" TFT display. Ports: USB 2.0 (10x), PS/2 (2), RJ-45 Network (1 + 1 USB-Ethernet Adapter), VGA, DisplayPort, line in, line out, mini PCIe. Expansion: only for one m-PCIe card, MXM(graphics) and m-SATA(disk). Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate or better. (only available with order of spectrometer), 1, EA; LI 012: Services with orders S950+ Installation on-site included in the price of the system (including travel charges, inland) Note: interfacing to a customer's network requires an additional po, 1, EA; LI 013: Services and Support S881 Warranty Extension to 10 Years for Interferometer Covers material costs on the replacement of defective parts of the scanning mechanism of the interferometer. The warranty starts with delivery of the spectrometer, 1, EA; LI 014: S881-L Warranty Extension to 10 Years for laser Covers material cost in case of laser defects. The warranty starts with delivery of the spectrometer., 1, EA; LI 015: S881-S Warranty Extension to 5 Years for MIR source Covers material costs in case of source defects. The warranty starts with delivery of the spectrometer, 1, EA; LI 016: Training Courses S710-US Bruker Optics Training course for the FTIR (FIR, MIR, NIR, FT Raman) Dispersive Raman and Minispec product lines. These training courses include hardware, software and applications training., 2, EA; Solicitation and Buy Attachments ***Question Submission: Interested offerors must submit any questions concerning the solicitation at the earliest time possible to enable the Buyer to respond. Questions must be submitted by using the 'Submit a Question' feature at www.fedbid.com. Questions not received within a reasonable time prior to close of the solicitation may not be considered.*** For this solicitation, Department of State intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing bids, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. Department of State is taking this action in an effort to improve both vendor access and awareness of requests and the agency's ability to gather multiple, competed, real-time bids.All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their bid using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make a bid on www.FedBid.com.Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at clientservices@fedbid.com. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith bids, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process.Should offerors require additional clarification, notify the point of contact or FedBid at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or clientservices@fedbid.com.Use of FedBid: Buyers and Sellers agree to conduct this transaction through FedBid in compliance with the FedBid Terms of Use. Failure to comply with the below terms and conditions may result in offer being determined as non-responsive. If this is a ?Brand Name Only? procurement, Seller certifies that it is an authorized distributer of the brand name product being sold to the Department of State and that it has the certification/specialization level required by the manufacturer, to support both the product sale and product pricing, in accordance with applicable manufacturer certification/specialization requirements. Unless otherwise specified, Seller warrants that the products are new and in their original box(es). In addition to providing pricing at www.FedBid.com for this solicitation, each Offeror must provide any required, NON-PRICING responses (e.g. technical proposal, representations and certifications, etc.) so that they are received no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. Submissions can be sent to clientservices@fedbid.com. This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, pursuant to FAR 4.1102 and other applicable regulations and guidelines. Information can be found at www.sam.gov. All Bids must be valid for 30 days from the closing date for this solicitation. No exceptions or qualifications. New equipment ONLY, NO grey market or refurbished products. Items must be in original packaging, never used, and not altered in any way. Components of the requested equipment, to include memory, must be manufacturer-approved and may not be compatible, remanufactured, or refurbished equipment. All items must be covered by manufacturer?s warranty and procured through a manufacturer approved distribution channel. Sellers must be able to document their ability to provide items through manufacturer approved distribution channels upon request. The Seller confirms to have sourced all products submitted in this Bid from manufacturer-approved channels for Federal sales, in accordance with all applicable laws and manufacturer?s current applicable policies at the time of purchase. Seller must be able to support both the product sale and product pricing, in accordance with applicable manufacturer certification / specialization requirements. If software is provided or included, Seller shall, upon request, provide Buyer with a copy of the End User License Agreement. Seller certifies that all software is licensed originally to Buyer as the original licensee authorized to use the software. All bid prices must include shipping FOB Destination CONUS (CONtinental U.S.). No partial shipments are permitted, unless otherwise specified by Contracting Officer at time of award. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The selected Offeror must submit a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, will apply: 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of a FAR clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. To be considered for award, all Sellers must be manufacturer federally authorized distributors/resellers of the equipment/services they are offering with a demonstrated capability of delivering the entire order within the timeframes specified by the Buyer on the award. Sellers may be required to provide documentation as proof of authorization to be considered for award.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: SPRINGFIELD, VA 22150
- Zip Code: 22150
- Zip Code: 22150
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