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66 -- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT-MICROPROBE UV LASER ABLATING ICP-MS SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING AND TESTING INORGANIC ELEMENTS SOL N00421-97-R-1184 POC Debbie Willis, Contract Specialist, 301-342-1825x185, Bill Aumand, PCO, 301-342-1825x149 E-MAIL: Debbie Willis email, Willis_Debbie%PAX9@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL. The NAWCAD Materials Division at Patuxent River Maryland intends to procure UNDER FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION a MicroProbe Ultra Violet (UV) Laser Ablating Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) Mass Spectrometer (MS) SYSTEM to uptake solid and liquid material sampling to determine the percent of inorganic elements. The UV Laser must be able to ablate conductive as well as non-conductive materials. The UV Laser must be able to sample small pot sizes of 10 Microns (um) in diameter or smaller, sample position control of 1.25 Microns or less and to perform sectional analysis of 30 um thin or less. The instrument provided shall perform fully automated, unattended multi-element analysis with high precision and accuracy using the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Procedures, to include: all plasma parameters such as gas flows, plasma power, X-Y-Z Sampling position, ion lens voltages, and detector modes, voltages and protection control. The instrument supplied must be a full production system, nota prototype or pre-production model, and the vender is to provide evidence of an existing U.S. user-base list of Laser ICP MS System. Laser sampling in ICP-MS measurements must allow for clear interruption of the Laser Ablation during sample stage translation. The viewing magnification must be at least 50x to 150x or greater. The Government requires available research and applications personnel to work with the Materials Laboratory Staff for the following project areas: 1) The creation of software for composition as well as traditional percent elemental of samples 2) Pellet standards, NIST/Navy traceables, for quantitative MicroProbe UV Laser Analysis. The term of the contract shall be for one base year and one option year. The base year will include delivery, installation, and an inclusive warranty on the entire system for one year. The warranty will cover parts, labor, and any maintenance required for system performance. The warranty will include remote diagnostics and advanced applications support, on-site preventative maintenance service, repair and replacement of parts and assemblies, laser replacement, software maintenance (Software Upgrades), all associated labor and travel cost for work performed during normal working hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)for a period of 1 year with an option to purchase an additional warranty year. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this effort is 3826 which has a size standard of 500 employees. ALL PROSPECTIVE OFFERS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO USE THE INTERNET TO RESPOND. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR A COPY OF THE SOLICIATION WILL BE ACCEPTED OR RETURNED. Requests for the solicitation may be sent via e-mail to: Willis_Debbie%PAX9@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL with a copy to: Aumand_Bill%PAX9B@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL All internet responses shall include: the e-mail address, phone/fax number, and mailing address in the body of the response. Internet responses without a return address will not be recognized. Mail written requests to: CONTRACTS, CODE 25422J BLDG. 588 SUITE 2, NAWCAD, 47253 WHALEN ROAD UNIT 588, PATUXENT RIVER MD. 20670-1463. Facsimile requests are acceptable. NO QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED OVER THE PHONE, ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING (i.e. fax, email, or letterhead). All verified responses will be notified upon the release of the solicitation. After notification of the release, go to the following Internet Website: http://www.navair.navy.mil/air20/air214/solicndx.htm Within the "Solicitations Index ", locate the solicitation number and "click" on the number. Next, scroll down until you locate the applicable file and "click" to download the file into your computer. Each Internet browser will give instructions on how to download files into your computer. All amendments will be posted at the same Internet Website. The point of contact is Debbie Willis, Code 25422j, at fax 301-342-1864, phone number 301-342-1825x185. (0310)

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