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66 -- BRUKER INSTRUMENTS UPGRADE TO NMR SYSTEM SOL 5114-7-3060 DUE 070397 POC Lori J. Houghton (309) 681-6616 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Midwest Area has a requirement to purchase a High Performance Digital NMR Spectrometer Console; an AVANCE 360 Console in exchange for AMX 360 console less BVT-2000, VT dewar/transfer line, probes, rt shims, and SGI computer/monitor. The above is an upgrade to the existing Bruker NMR at the US Dairy Forage Research Center, Madison, WI. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. 5114-7-3060 is being issued as a Request for Proposal. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. This solicitation is a sole source procurement to Bruker Instruments, Inc. CLIN 0001 HighPerformance Digital NMR Spectrometer Console, 1 The salient characteristics that the AVANCE 360 Console possesses are as follows: Magnet Control System: Bruker Sample Transport upper shim stack enables high flow rates for VT gas and includes integral sensors for Bruker Smart Magnet System in exchange for existing shim stack. Bruker Smart Magnet System shim and Digital Lock control unit, including: Digital lock frequency generation, Digital quadrature lock receiver, Fast-field adjustments with sample and hold, Flexible computer controlled lock regulation system, Shim Control Boards with ultra-stable high precision, low noise shim current sources. Bruker Smart Magnet System keyboard control unit, for full manual and computer automated control of lock, sample spinning and room temperature shims. Provides extensive flexibility for customization of shim ranges, magnetic field offset, sample lift rate and many other parameters. Spectrometer Cabinet: Double width, 19" rack mounted cabinet with rf shielding and fullfront access to all sub-assemblies and cabling. RF Section: BLAXH50 transmitter system, including: 1H, 19F transmitter (3H on request) for observe and homo/heteronuclear decoupling, 50 Watt pulse power with 10 Watt CW, all operations under computer control; X-frequency (6-162 MHZ) broadband transmitter system for X-frequency observe and decoupling; for both CW and high power pulse operations; 100 Watt pulse power with 25 Watt linear CW, all operations under computer control; Multilink (tm) preamplifier, including: 1H preamplifier (BH0240), 2D preamplifier for lock and 2D observe (BH0243), BB preamplifier (BH0249), Control unit, Built-in tune/match display; ATR Quadrature detection receiving system with high dynamic range, 22 MHZ intermediate frequency and inverse capability; Router (tm) for automated high speed configuration of RF signals; Frequency synthesizers. Digital Acquisition Control System: Communication Control Unit with RISC microprocessor, 16 Mbyte buffer memory, fast dedicated Ethernet link and RS-232 connections for communications between the spectrometer and the host computer; Timing Control Unit, ultra fast VME pulse programmer, provides exact timing and full flexibility in data acquisition with 12.5 nanosec resolution. Based on Intel i960 RISC co-processor, the TCU allows control of up to 8 FCUs using a master clock frequency of 80 MHZ. Frequency Control Unit for the F1 channel, interfaced to the VME Bus, for generation of phase, amplitude, and frequency using Direct Digital Synthesis (DDS). Provides 0.05 degrees phase settability and 0.001 Hz frequency resolution. Includes 64 Kword wave form memory (256 kW optional) for programming of experimental sequences (including pulse shaping and composite pulse decoupling) that are executable synchronously or asynchronously. Includes Amplitude Shaping Unit for grating and rf amplitude shaping control of the rf output (BH2070). Frequency Control Unit for the F2 channel, interfaced to the VME Bus, for generation of phase, amplitude, and frequency using Direct Digital Synthesis. Provides 0.05 degrees phase settability and 0.001 Hz frequency resolution. Includes 64KWord wave form memory (256 kW optional) for programming of experimental sequences (including pulse shaping and composite pulse decoupling) that are executable synchronously or asynchronously. Includes Amplitude Shaping Unit for grating and rf amplitude shaping control of the rf output (BH2070) Receiver Control Unit, interfaced to the VME Bus, for acquisition of NMR data with oversampling and digital filtering. Provides > 18 bit effective dynamic range for typical proton measurement conditions. Includes Intel i960 RISC co-processor and buffer memory for flexible read time data management and high throughput acquisition. 16 bit digitizer allowing simultaneous acquisition with sampling rate of 400 kHz. Industry Standard Host Workstation: Complete XWIN-NMR software package for acquisition and processing of 1D, 2D, and 3D NMR data. Includes media, on-line hypertext manual, and single node-locked license.Also includes printed manuals for XWIN-NMR general operation, XWIN-NMR pulse programming, XWINPLOT and ICON-NMR. Probes and Other Features: Gradient Control Unit interfaced to the VME bus, for simultaneous control of three magnetic gradient channels with real time generation of gradient shapes. GRASP (tm) III three axis Gradient Spectroscopy accessory. Includes ACUSTAR-II (tm) ultra-stable power supply with digital pre-emphasis adjustment and three channel gradient amplifier (10 amp per channel), for generation of up to three orthogonal high current gradients. Requires GCU and GRASP (tm) II or GRASP (tm) III probe with built in gradient coils. Inverse broadband (BBI) probe (5 mm sample diameter), 1H observe with broadband decoupling coil tunable from 109 AG to 31P (PH0010). GRASP (tm) III version, including actively shielded X, Y, and Z-gradient coils for use with GRASP (tm) III accessory. VT range -50 to +80 C. Receiver upgrade to Digital Quadrature Detection. Virtually eliminates center spikes, quad images, flicker noise and 60 Hz interference in all experiments where the spectral width does not exceed 40 kHz. (BII001) Support and Installation: Two tuitions to Bruker training courses. Complete set of system documentation and manuals provided in BASH CDROM format. Complete console installation by qualified personnel. Standard samples will be provided by Bruker on a temporary basis for meeting specifications. Delivery to be within 3-6 months after receipt of order to USDA-ARS-MWA, 1815 North University Street, Peoria, IL 61604. The resultant contract will be FOB Destination. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial, FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation -- Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, and FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items apply to this acquisition. Proposals will be evaluated on price and price related factors. Offer must include a 45 calendar day acceptance period. Offers are to be received Not Later than the Close of Business, July 3, 1997 at USDA-ARS-MWA, Contracting Office, 1815 N. University Street, Peoria, IL 61604. The POC for this acquisition is Lori Houghton, (309) 681-6616. (0153)

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