USDA, ARS, MSA, Procurement/Assistance Office, P. O. Box 225, Stoneville, MS 38776-0225

66 -- ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SOL 99-4431-011 DUE 081899 POC Point of Contact -- Contact, Ms. Terry A. Krutz, Contracting Officer, (601) 686-5361 The U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to procure an scanning electron microscope operable in both conventional (high) vacuum and low vacuum. The specifications as a minimum are: equipped with a multiple differential vacuum system operable in range of chamber pressures, equipped for specimen handling with inside diameter of the chamber to be at least 284mm, shall be equipped with standard gaseous detector, a PC to be used for controlling the microscope, standard display screen should have a high brilliance color monitor of at least 17" diagonal, guaranteed resolution at 30KV and 7 Torr must be 3.5 nm, continuous magnifi- cation at eucentric WD and all scan rates from 20X to 500,000X, the instrument must be supplied with a full range of spare parts, accessories and tools for first line service, and training is to be provided for two operators at the governments facility, delivered to the USDA, ARS, Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. An IFB will be issued on or about July 20, 1999. All requests must be submitted in writing, Faxed to (601) 686-5373 or by electronic mail to: KRUTZT@ARS.USDA.GOV. No calls will be accepted (AC0706009-01) Posted 07/08/99 (I-SN351368). (0189)

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