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66 -- INTEGRATED GC-MS SYSTEM SOL RFQ-OH-99-00100 POC Kathleen Roe, Phone: (513)487-2144, Fax: (513)487-2109 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, This procurement will not appear on the web site.. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, roe.kathleen@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Exposure Research Laboratory requests has a requirement for a "Fully Integrated GC-MS System for analysis of whole air canister based samples including an autosampler and dual stage cryogenic focussing". The contractor shall provide a fully integrated, turn-key system to perform analyses for volatile organic compounds and a subset of semi-volatile organic compounds present at trace levels in ambient air samples, exhaled breath samples, and other gas phase samples of environmental interest. The system shall accommodate sample processing performed from a minimum 16 position autosampler that can accommodate 1 liter up to 6 liter standard SUMMA canisters, cryogenically focus (preconcentrate) an aliquot of sample, cryogenically refocus the analytes in the carrier gas matrix, and inject onto an analytical column for subsequent GC-MS analysis. This system must be free of organic materials that may compromise trace level detection of complex mixtures of gas phase pollutants; all surfaces wetted by sample must be inert and restricted to materials like fused silica, high purity nickel, stainless steel, etc. The system shall be fully automated and be capable of unattended sequential analysis. It shall be capable of standard EPA Method TO-14 analysis as well as trace level analysis of traditionally polar compounds such as light alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, higher thiols, and amines. The system shall demonstrate sensitivity for very light compounds including methanol, isobutane, isoprene, chloromethane, Freon 12, and vinyl chloride in the presence of coeluting water vapor, carbon dioxide and incidental air background from the sample matrix. Installation, acceptance testing/demonstration, manuals and warranty shall be included. The equipment shall be listed and labeled by a third party listing agency approved by the NC Building Code Council. This procurement will be processed in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. Requests for an RFQ must be mailed, faxed or e-mailed to the above POC not later than 3/22/99. Please include a complete mailing address and fax number. All quotations submitted received by the date stated in the RFQ will be considered by the Government. Posted 03/05/99 (W-SN305322). (0064)

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