SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- GAS CHROMATOGRAPH-MSD
- Notice Date
- 9/7/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- USGS OAG DENVER ACQUISITION BRANCH PO BOX 25046 204 DENVER FEDERAL CENTER DENVER CO 80225-0046 US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 140G0218Q0245
- Response Due
- 9/12/2018
- Archive Date
- 9/27/2018
- Point of Contact
- Beals, Trisha
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This Sources Sought Notice is being published for the purpose of conducting Market Research to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. This is not a solicitation. All costs associated with providing information, as requested by this Sources Sought Notice, shall be the responsibility of the submitter. Submission is voluntary. This requirement is for purchase of benchtop GC-MSD system. Capabilities required: 1.Gas Chromatograph (GC): a.The system must be NEW. Demonstration units or used systems will not be accepted. b.The GC must include two sample injectors: (1) a split/splitless capillary injector and (2) a temperature programmable on-column injector. Both injectors must be able to accept both standard and wide bore capillary columns. c.The GC must be able to accommodate an optional temperature-controlled multi-mode sample injector capable of large volume injections (up to 1000 µL) with modes that include hot and cold split and splitless, pulsed split and splitless, solvent vent, and direct inject. Programmable temperature range shall be -160 ° C to 400 ° C. d.The GC must include an FID, but simultaneously accommodate two additional optional detectors. e.The GC must be equipped with a microfluidics splitter in order to split the column flow to both the FID and the mass selective detector (MSD) for simultaneous quantification and identification of compounds. The splitter should also be able to function in a way that will allow the GC column to be changed without venting the MSD. f.The FID must have flameout detection and automatic reignition. g.The GC gas flows must employ electronic pneumatic control (EPC). The electronic controls must compensate for atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature changes in real time. h.EPC must be capable of i) constant pressure, ii) ramped pressure, iii) constant flow, and ramped flow control modes when using capillary columns. i.Carrier and makeup gas settings must be selectable in the EPC module for helium, hydrogen, nitrogen, and argon/methane. j.The GC must be capable of performing a pre-programmed leak check. k.The GC must be capable of accommodating an optional 6 modules of auxiliary EPC to be used for flow control of external sampling devices such as a thermal desorber. l.The GC must have an integrated liquid autosampler capable of processing 50 samples during unattended operation. m.The GC must be upgradeable for optional column isolation (to service the injector), solvent venting (to prevent detector contamination), and column backflushing (to reduce analysis time). n.The GC oven must simultaneously accommodate two GC columns. o.The GC must have a gas and power saver mode to reduce carrier gas and energy consumption. p.All GC and liquid autosampler setpoints must be displayed on the GC or the software platform. q.The GC must have built in counters, electronic logs, and diagnostics to track the number of injections and required maintenance. r.GC systems must be compatible with an existing GC-MSD system and consumables currently operational in the lab (Agilent 7890A GC and Agilent 5975C MSD). 2.Mass Selective Detector (MSD) ¿ may also be called Mass Spectrometer (MS): a.The system must be NEW. Demonstration units or used systems will not be accepted. b.The high-vacuum region of the MSD must utilize an air-cooled high-vacuum turbo molecular pump capable of a 255 L/s pumping speed AND backed by an oil-free diaphragm pump. A rotary vane oil pump is NOT acceptable. c.The MSD must be equipped with an ion gauge and controller for troubleshooting system leaks. d.The MSD must have a mass range of 1.6 to 1050 u. e.The MSD must have a scan rate of at least 20,000 u/sec to maximize data collection across individual peaks. f.Sensitivity: 1- ¿L injection of a 1-pg/ ¿L octafluoronapthalene (OFN) standard scanning from 50 to 300 u should give a signal to noise ratio of 1500:1 for the m/z 272 ion during on-site installation when using He as the carrier gas. The Instrument Detection Limit (IDL) should be 10 fg based on 8 sequential 1- ¿L injections of 100-fg/ ¿L OFN during on-site installation. g.The MSD must use an electron impact (EI) ion source in which the metallic parts are constructed from inert material in order to reduce maintenance and increase lifetime. Stainless steel is NOT acceptable NOR is coating the metallic parts with an inert material. h.The ion source of the mass spectrometer must be able to reach 350 ¿C in a programmable fashion in order to maintain sensitivity for higher molecular weight FAMEs. i.The ion source must have two operational filaments that are electronically switchable via the software platform. j.The mass analyzer MUST be a directly heated and bakeable monolithic quartz structure, hyperbolic form quadrupole mass filter (NOT a quadrupole ion trap). A quadrupole consisting of four separate rods is NOT acceptable. The rods must have a true hyperbolic shape in keeping with quadrupole theory. The quadrupole must be independently heated with a user selectable temperature range from 100 to 200 ° C. k.The MSD must have a SIM speed down to 1 msec. l.The MSD must have the capability to create 100 SIM ion groups with up to 60 ions per group. m.The MSD electronics must support synchronous SIM/Scan, which enables collection of both SIM data and full scan data in the same acquisition cycle. n.GC-MSD systems must be compatible with an existing system currently operational in the lab (Agilent 7890A GC and Agilent 5975C MSD). 3.Workstation and Software a.The GC-MSD system must be equipped with a full PC workstation (processor, keyboard, monitor, and printer) with a modern Windows operating system. b.All of the necessary software to operate the complete GC-MSD system (including MSD, FID, injectors, EPC carrier gas control, and liquid autosampler) must be supplied with appropriate licenses. c.The system must have integrated communication between the GC, FID, and MSD, with integrated controls and results handling from a SINGLE software platform. Separate software applications for acquisition of FID and MS data is NOT acceptable. A separate software platform for post-processing FID and MS data is acceptable. d.The GC-MSD system software must be capable of simultaneously handling FID and MSD signals during a single sample run. The SINGLE software platform must perform these tasks in an integrated fashion. e.The software must be able to operate the instrument in high performance synchronous SIM and full scan modes. f.The software platform must include tools such as vapor volume, pressure flow, and solvent vent calculators. g.The software platform must be capable of opening and post-processing data collected on an existing GC-MSD system currently operational in the lab (i.e. ChemStation). h.Standard NIST library software for compound identification must be supplied with appropriate licenses. Interested firms who feel that they can provide the product (based upon the criteria specified herein), are invited to submit in writing an affirmative response to this announcement. An affirmative response must include references with contact names, email address, and phone numbers. These references are to be for contracts similar in scope as the contract under consideration. This information will be evaluated and used to determine if competitive opportunities exist. Affirmative responses must also include supporting information showing the firm can meet all requirements set forth in this announcement. All responses must be submitted NLT 09/12/2018 at 10:00am MST via e-mail to: tbeals@usgs.gov. This is NOT a Request for Quotation (RFQ), Request for Proposal (RFP), or Invitation for Bid (IFB) and does not constitute any commitment by the Government. Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this market survey. Any solicitation that may be issued will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (Fedbizopps.gov) website and no paper copies will be provided.
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