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66 -- NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR) UPGRADE SOL 32-3K47-95 DUE 090695 POC Contact Person, Janice Speth, Contract Specialist, 301-504-6071. The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to noncompetitively negotiate with Tecmag, Inc., 6006 Bellaire Boulevard, Houston, TX 77081 to procure an upgrade to a Bruker QE-Plus (formerly GE QE-Plus) which is a 300 Mhz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer with probes for proton, carbon, fluorine, phosphorous, and nitrogen. The upgrade must be fully compatible with this equipment. It must be capable of computer controlling the NMR pulse programming to perform ROESY and HOHAHA pulse transfer experiments and multidimensional (e.g. 2-D) experiments. Output from the computer must be directly available to cut and paste directly into manuscripts and onto slides. Macros must be available for automating NMR experiments which retain the same instruments and processing parameters. A workstation must be available to enable separate individuals to be collecting and processing a different set of data simultaneously. A minimum 12-bit 1 Mhz digitizer is required with specific applications of this instrument. Product must be available as a commercial product and not developed solely for the purpose of this procurement. In accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1, the USDA considers Tecmag to be the one and only responsible source to satisfy its requirement. Tecmag is the only known source who has designed and solely manufactures this upgrade commercially and is specifically compatible for the QE-Plus NMR Spectrometer. However, any interested/qualified source who believes they can provide the required equipment must respond within 20 calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis. All such resonses will be evaluated in order to determine the ability to meet the above stated capabilities. Responses shall include literature, brochures, and other such information corresponding to the required items which demonstrates the capabilities of the offeror's equipment. Delivery is FOB destination to the USDA, ECL, NMR in Beltsville, MD. Award will be made under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The anticipated award date is September 8, 1995. (0226)

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