U.S. DOE, National Energy Technology Laboratory-Morgantown, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880

36 -- SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE SOL S0000480 DUE 060100 POC Peter Schuster, Contract Specialist, 304-285-4468 WEB: NETL Business/Solicitation, http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/solicit/index.html. E-MAIL: Peter Schuster, Contract Specialist, peter.schuster@netl.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory has a requirement for a Scanning Probe Microscope with Amplifier, Vacuum Evacuation System, Cooling System, Heating Holder, Narrow Area Scanner, Sample Exchange Function, and Customized Extension Ring. The microscope system must be small, versatile, PC controlled, capable of operating in all major modes of SPM (Static AFM, STM, LFM, FM/PD, Dynamic AFM, STS, CITS, Lateral Modulating LFM and MFM) with atomic resolution. It must be able to operate in air, controlled gas, liquid and vacuum environments at temperatures ranging from 130 K to 80 K. It must be expandable. A standard warranty on parts and labor is required . Installation and manuals must be included. Due to the performance and design requirements outlined above, this purchase is considered sole source to JEOL USA, Inc for the JEOL JSPM-4200 System. Therefore, no solicitation will result from this announcement. Request for information should be addressed to Peter Schuster, P.O. Box 880, MS 107, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880. Note 22 applies. Posted 05/15/00 (W-SN454680). (0136)

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