Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Procurement & Grants Office, Contracts & Purchases Branch, 255 East Paces Ferry Rd, N.E, Rm 419, Atlanta, GA 30305

66 -- PROVIDE VA-OP1 OPUS-2 DATA SYSTEMS UPGRADE AND F-DEC22B OPUS MS DATA SYSTEM HARDWARE TO BE USED TO UPGRADE AND EXISTING 70S MASS SPECTROMETER SOL 97-89 DUE 042297 POC Richard E. Lee, Contract Specialist The Solicitation number for this requirement is 97-89. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to issue a Sole Source Purchase Order to Micromass Inc., 100 Cummings Center, Suite 407N, Beverly, MA 01915, for the purchase and installation of one VA-OP1 OPUS-2 Data System Upgrade and one F-DEC22B OPUS MS Data System Hardware. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ITEMS TO BE ACQUIRED: One (1) each VA-OP1 OPUS-2 Data System Upgrade and one (1) each F-DEC22B OPUS MS Data System Hardware, to be used in the upgrade of an existing Model 70S Mass Spectrometer. The successful supplier/installer for this upgrade must utilize STATE OF THE ART hardware and software, which will allow the CDC's existing Mass Spectrometer to control and process data from the V.G. Mass Spectrometer. While the complete specification requirements for this up-grade are too voluminous to include in this announcement, at a minimum the upgraded system must have a 16-bit A/D converter operating at a sampling rate of 400 Khz (2.5 msec) to ensure high dynamic signal range and accurate centroiding of data under fast scanning conditions. A theoretical maximum within-scan dynamic range of greater than 106:1 must be provided by the data acquisition electronics. Also, the upgraded system must incorporate a 64-bit data highway for transfer of summed and filtered samples, provided to ensure no loss of precision in the measurement of peak intensity. As for the Data System, the Government will only accept the latest version of the Mass Spectrometer Up-grade. In addition to the above, the Data System must include a 64-bit graphics workstation with multitasking capability with a minimum processing speed of 210 SPECfp92's, the CPU must have a minimum of 64-MByte RAM, with an option to expand to 256 Megabytes or greater, have a high resolution color display monitor with a minimum screen size of 21" and a resolution of 1280 x 1024, must have a minimum of 3.1 gigabytes of internal Winchester hard disk drive capacity with an optional up-grade to 4.2 gigabytes of internal disk drive capacity, have a magnetic DAT tape data archival system with 8.0 gigabyte capacity with an optional optical disk drives of 1.3-GByte capacity must be available, must be equipped with Ethernet and DECnet communications hardware and software, be equipped with a Postscript protocol laser printer/plotter with a minimum of 8 pages/min print speed, 600 dpi print resolution and 7 megabytes of RAM. All interested parties may identify their interest, by submitting an accurate description of the equipment offered, along with certification that the hardware provided is compatibility with the CDC's Mass Spectrometer being up-graded, and certification that the equipment offered meets or exceeds the salient characteristics noted above. Only responses containing this data will be considered for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. If no responses containing the required technical data is received within 15 days from publication of this notice, a purchase order will be issued to Micromass Inc. for this requirement. Submit response to this notice to: Contracting Officer, Construction and Commodities Section, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Attn.: Richard E. Lee, 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE, Rm. 419, Atlanta, GA 30305, Responses may be submitted on letterhead stationery and, at a minimum, must show: (1) The solicitation number (97-89); (2)The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror; (3) A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirement. Responses may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary, showing; (4) Terms of any express warranty; (5) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information). A complete solicitation package containing all technical data and material requirements can be obtained from Richard E. Lee at (404)842-6571. All responsible sources may submit an offer. No telephonic requests for the solicitation package will be accepted. (0092)

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