The U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded a $364,300.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order to a small business contractor for the procurement of a Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) unit. The LIBS unit will be used by the USGS Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center for elemental detection from hydrogen through uranium, enabling stage mapping of rocks, core, billets, and loose sediment. The contract has an ultimate completion date of November 30,...
The U.S. Geological Survey, a science agency of the Department of the Interior, awarded a $42,650 firm fixed price purchase order to Sciaps, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts for a Laser Ionization Breakdown Spectrometer. The solicitation, posted on June 25, 2020 with a July 1 submission deadline, sought the specialized elemental analysis device in accordance with attached specifications to support the agency's Water Mission Area. As a small business, Sciaps will provide the LIBS unit to the USGS...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's US Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $240,384.33 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Applied Spectra, Inc., a small business manufacturer of laser ablation and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instruments. The contract is for the delivery of a 193nm excimer laser ablation system to support the USGS's ongoing mineral analysis and geochronology research. The system must meet specific technical requirements, including a 10ns or less pulse width and at least...
This is a sole source contract award by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to Applied Spectra Inc., a manufacturer of laser ablation and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) instruments. The $114,026.09 fixed-price purchase order is for the upgrade of the USGS's existing RESOlution-SE Tandem laser ablation system at the Geology Geophysics Geochemistry Science Center in Denver, Colorado. The upgrade includes a new broadband LIBS plasma emission detector, Tandem Prism upgrade, computer...
The Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey awarded a $198,092 firm fixed price purchase order to Applied Spectra Inc. to deliver a laser ablation system in support of the agency's Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center programs. The solicitation sought a laser ablation system to enable analysis of geological samples, with performance at Applied Spectra's West Sacramento facility running from December 2023 through June 2024. As a total small business...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $61,702.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Government Scientific Source Inc., a small business, to provide an elemental analyzer with autosampler system compatible with the agency's existing Delta V Plus Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer. This equipment will be used by the USGS Geology, Energy and Minerals Stable Isotope Lab (GEMSIL) in Reston, Virginia to convert solid materials containing carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur into gaseous form for...
The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants awarded a $46,672.75 firm fixed-price purchase order to Alpha Solutions Inc., a small business concern, for the delivery of NITON General Metals Analyzers. As a total small business set-aside, this contract aims to support the USGS's efforts to analyze metals and mineral samples as part of its broader earth science research and monitoring mission. Alpha Solutions will provide the requested analyzer...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), an agency within the Department of the Interior, awarded a $3,778.85 firm fixed price purchase order to Advanced Integration, LLC (Advint Division), a veteran-owned small business. The contract is for hardware and software to support the USGS Eastern Energy Resources Science Center's research on the origin of shale gas and other unconventional gas resources, specifically through analysis of fluid inclusions and solid organic matter using laser Raman...
This federal contract award is for the acquisition of a Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Analyzer by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. The $51,050.00 contract was awarded to Sciaps, Inc., a small business based in Woburn, Massachusetts that specializes in portable analytical instrumentation. The award is the result of a total small business set-aside solicitation seeking a handheld LIBS analyzer for applications such as elemental analysis of metals,...
This $24,997.50 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract was awarded by the Department of the Interior's United States Geological Survey (USGS) to Als USA Inc., Als Minerals Division, a foreign-owned, for-profit organization that provides laboratory testing, inspection, certification, and verification solutions. The contract is for geochemical analysis of igneous and sedimentary rock samples, supporting the USGS's geological research and mineral resource evaluation efforts. The work will be...