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66 -- CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL MASS SPECTROMETER (CBMS) SYSTEM SOL DAAM01-97-R-0015 DUE 040497 POC Contract Specialist Sharon A. Zarnosky (410) 671-4478 (Site Code DAAM01) The U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command (CBDCOM) intends to negotiate with Bruker Instruments in Billerica, MA, on a non-competitive basis (per FAR 6.302-1) for a new firm-fixed-priced production contract to obtain 25 Chemical-Biological Mass Spectrometer (CBMS) Systems in FY97, with an option for an additional 30 CBMSs in FY98. This total of 55 CBMSs represents the entire quantity projected for the U.S. Army's needs. This proposed production contract is for highly specialized equipment which has taken over nine years for Bruker Instruments to develop and successfully test and incorporate state-of-the-art design concepts for rugged ion-trap mass spectrometry, auto-calibration, biological agent detection algorithms and touch-screen computer interface. The primary use of the CBMS will be as a component of the Biological Integrated Detection System (BIDS). It will be used to continuously sample air and detect and classify biological agents and will trigger other components to start an identification process. As the sole U.S. fabricator of the CBMS, Bruker Industries possesses unique experience and corporate knowledge. Bruker Industries is the only contractor that has the necessary hardware and software expertise required to produce and deliver CBMSs which meet the U.S. Army's requirements without substantial duplication of cost and within the schedule constraints of the BIDS program. Opportunities for competitive subcontracting will be present in the areas of subassembly and electronics. See Note 22. (0056)

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