Instruments & Laboratory Equipment / Discovery TGA 5500 and DSC 2500
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), intends to negotiate with TA Instruments - Waters LLC, 159 Lukens Drive, New Castel, DE 19720, on an other than full and open competition basis to procure the following: 1) Discovery TGA 5500, #956000.901, qty-1, that includes a DSL Router with 4-Port Switch, #251471.002, qty-1, and a Thermal Analysis - Installation & Training, #999800.528; 2) Discovery DSC 2500, #973000.901, qty-1, that includes a Discovery Refrigerated Cooling System - RCS90 (120VAC/60Hz), #972007.901, qty-1, a RCS Gas Dryer, #200266.001, qty-1, and a Tzero Press and Die Sets Kit, #901600.901, qty-1. This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and award will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR Part 13.501(a)(1). Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm-fixed price type of contract. Delivery to Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 approximately 7 days after receipt and acceptance of award. The Vaccine Production Program (VPP) has a requirement for a thermogravimetric analyzer and a modulated differential scanning calorimetry instruments. These instruments will allow the lab to perform lyophilization process development that requires measurement of the % moisture formulation, and the glass transition temperature (Tg') of each formulation being tested. The proposed method for determination of % moisture is a sample analysis by using a thermogravimetric analyzer the Discovery TGA 5500 instrument that offers: temperature range of Ambient to >1200C, temperature Accuracy of 1C, balance sensitivity of 1500 C/min, and furnace cooling: forced air 1000C to 35C in 700C,. NIAID-NOI-1978662 Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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