General Services Administration Office Of Scientific Equipment (FCGS), Wash, Ington, DC

66 -- AMENDMENT TO PRESOLICITATION NOTICE-FEDERAL SOL FCGS-W5-95-0044-B-N DUE 090195 POC Donna guenther, 703-305-7607; FAX 703-305-5388 Correction: This action originally publicized in the CBD dated may 12,1995. SIN 615-7 is a small business set-aside SIN. All other information remains the same as previous publicized. The Scientific Equipment Division invites you to participate in the Federal supply schedule for instruments and laboratory equipment. Solicitation numberfcgs-W5-95-0044-B-N will be issued on or about September 29, 1995 and open on or about October 31, 1995. If you have any questions regarding this notice, contacct Donna guenther on (703) 305-7607. Proposed changes to the Solicitation are as follows: Federal supply schedule: Instruments and laboratory equipment, FCGS group 66 part II section ncontract period: June 1, 1996 (or date of award, whichever is later) through may 31, 2001 commodities: (general categories): Analyzers, synthesizers, chromotagraphs, counters, options and accessories this Solicitation will be issued to all vendors on diskette (microsoft word for windows 6.0 format). General services administration requires the offer be submitted in hard copy. The offer will be rejectd if a hard copy is notreceived. If you are interested in receiving a copy of this proposal, please send or FAX the name and address to which you would like the proposal to be sent. The address and FAX number is as follows: FAX 703-305-5388 address: General services administration, Federal supply service (FCGS), Attn: Donnaguenther, Crystal Mall 4 room 503, Washington, DC 20406. The request for a copy of the Solicitation must be received NO later than Close of business Monday, September 4, 1995. If you do not wish to receive a copy of this proposal, please advise this office if yo are interested in receiving future proposals for this type of equipment. A Solicitation will only be sent to those concerns responding to thispre-Solicitation notice. If you have previously responded, there is NO need to respond to this amendment. A few techincal modifications have been made. These modifications expand the description of vairous SINS and change in title for SINS 615-4 and 615-9. SINS 615-8 and 615-14 are removed from the schedule. Options and accessories are NO longer a separate SIN and are a part of each individual SIN. Description of items, class 6630: Chemical analysis systems 615-1: Biomolecule analyzers and synthesizers (includes amino acid analyzers andsynthesizers; peptide protein, rna and DNA synthesizers), and directly related accessories and options.615-2: Elemental analyzers, individual or combination, and respiratory gas analyzers and directly related accessories and options. (excludes items preferentially classified elsewhere, such as X-Ray diffraction apparatus).615-3: Thermal analysis equipment, including differential thermal analyzersdta), differential scanning calorimeters (DSC), thermogravimetric analyzerstgs), thermomechanical analyzers (gma), and combinationinstruments, and directly related accessories and options.615-4: Gas chromatograph (GC) and gas chromatograph-Mass spectrometer (GS-MS) systems, and directly related accessories and options.615-5: Automatic samplers for GC and GC-MS systems, and directly related accessories and options.615-6: GC detectors including Mass spectrometers, and directly related accessories and options 615-7: GC columns, end-user ready, packed or capillary, and directly related accessories and options. (this is a small business set-aside SIN).615-9: Liquid chromatograph (LC) and LC-MS (Mass spectrometer) systems, including hplc (high performance liquid chromatograph) and supercritical fluid chromatographs (SFC), and directly related accessories and options.615-10: Automatic samplers for LC, hplc, and SFC, and directly related accessories and options.615-11: Column monitors and detectors for LC, hplc, and SFC, (excludes massspectrometers), and directly related accessories and options.615-12: Columns and guard columns for LC, hplc, and SFC and directly related accessories and options 615-13: Gradient pumps and supercritical fluid pumps for LC, hplc, and SFC, and supercritical fluid extraction (sfe) and directly related accessories andoptions.615-15: Integrators for gas and liquid chromotagraphic systems, and directly related accessories and options. (excludes individual hardware and general software available on fsg 70).615-16: Miscellaneous chromatography apparatus (Thin layer, size exclusion, paper, etc.) and directly related accessories and options. Class 6640: Laboratory equipment and supplies 615-17: Bacteriological colony counters, automated and directly related accessories and options. Class 6635: Physical properties testing equipment 615-18: Biomedical and environmental particle counting and sorting apparatus and sytems, and directly related accessories and options class 6630: Chemical analysis equipment 615-19: Blood cell analyzers automated for clinical hematology, and directly related accessories and options (0216)

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