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66 -- RAMAN IMAGING SPECTROMETER MICROSCOPE SYSTEM SOL RFP-0010 DUE 081296 POC Paul D. Rankin, Contract Specialist, 703-814-4914. The Federal Bureau of Investigation intends to purchase one each of a brand name or equal Renishaw 2000 Raman Imaging Spectrometer/Microscope System. The system must be a commercial system and not fabricated specifically for this request. The salient characteristics are as follows: The holographic notch filters must be employed as a beamsplitter to both reflect the laser beam into the microscope assembly and also reject the Raleigh scattered light on the return path with holographic notch filters. The system supplied must have an on axis stigmatic design with the microscope directly coupled to the spectrometer without the use of fiber optics. The system must be capable of spectral resolution of 1 cm-1 or better in the fingerprint region (200-2000 cm-1) using 780 nm laser excitation. The system must have extended scan, to allow a spectral coverage of 0-9000 cm-1 in one continuous scan with a spectral resolution of 2 cm-1 or better using 514 nm excitation. This must not be achieved using spectral step and stitch techniques, but through synchronizing the CCD readout to the continuous scan of the grating. The system must have special resolution of at least 1 micro meter laterally and 2 micro meters in depth. Computer control of the laser spot size at the sample must give a continuously variable spot size from 1-400 micro meters. Direct 2-D Raman imaging using dielectric filters. CCD Detection must be Peltier cooled with at least 576 x 384 pixels and 16 bits. The integrated microscope must include standard 10x, 50x, and ultralong working distance 20x objective. The microscope video camera and monitor package must include a trinocular head, photoeyepiece, adaptor C-mount, 13'' color monitor and 1/2'' color camera. The system must be modular and includes the following: Line Item 1. System 2000 Raman Microscope for spectral and imaging analysis; Line Item 2. 780 nm Excitation Diode Laser (20 mW); Line Item 3. Upgrade of optics to dual 514/780 nm excitation including a 514 nm laser (25mW) and associated components; Line Item 4. Dual laser mount for 514 nm abnd 780nm excitation lasers; Line Item 5. 100x Microscope objective; Line Item 6. Confocal point by point mapping package including an X-Y-Z stepper stage, joy stick and mapping software; Line Item 7. Viedo camera and monitor package; Line Item 8. Macropoint sampling optics assembly; Line Item 9. Fiber optic probe for use with 780 nm laser; Line Item 10. Filters for using the fiber optic probe at 514nm; Line Item 11. Work Station consisting of, 166MHz Pentium processor with Windows 95 Operating System, 32 Mbytes RAM, 2.0 Gbytes hard drive, 1.4 Mbytes 3.5'' floppy drive and spectrometer interface controller. Line Item 12. 17'' SVGA Color Monitor; Line Item 13. Renishaw Grams/386 software package; Line Item 14. Gram/386 Level II data analysis and graphing software; Line Item 15. Grams/386 Search/Galactic software; and Line Item 16. All associated interface wiring and cable. The system must carry a one year warranty on the entire system including parts, labor and travel with an optional service contract after the first year. On site training upon delivery and setup with unlimited telephone technical support. All request for a copy of the RFP should be submitted in writing. All responsible sources meeting the RFP specifications may submit an offer for consideration with any customary changes to the terms and conditions as prescribed in FAR clase 52.212-4 (c) Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items. (0192)

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