19-0045 RFB AMD 1.docx

Bid No: 19-0045

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

MADISON, WISCONSIN 53715-1218

Bid prices and terms shall be firm for sixty (60) days from the date of bid opening, unless otherwise specified in this Request for Bid by the UW-Madison Purchasing Services.

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19-0045 / AMENDMENT #1 / FAST, LOW-TEMPERATURE, CRYOGEN-FREE SCREENING SYSTEM Amendment #1 issued to answer questions received from bidders. If this amendment is not returned, it shall be assumed your original bid meets all conditions of the amendment. All other terms and conditions remain the same. Please revise and submit your bid accordingly.

In signing this bid, we have read and fully understand and agree to all terms, conditions and specifications and acknowledge that the UW-Madison Purchasing Services bid document on file shall be the controlling document for any resulting contract. We certify that we have not, either directly or indirectly, entered into any contract or participated in any collusion or otherwise taken any action in restraint of free competition; that no attempt has been made to induce any other person or firm to submit or not to submit a bid; that this bid has been independently arrived at without collusion with any other bidder, competitor or potential competitor; that this bid has not been knowingly disclosed prior to the opening of bids to any other bidder or competitor; that the stated statement is accurate under penalty of perjury. I certify that the information I have provided in this bid is true and I understand that any false, misleading or missing information may disqualify the bid.

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The Bidder certifies by submission of the bid that neither it nor its principals is presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any federal department or agency.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO RFB #19-0045

Q1. The bid specifies six (4) 24-pin Fischer connectors. Do you have a specific Fischer part number for these connectors? If so, please provide it so I may request a price from Fischer.

A1. The Fischer part to be installed by the vendor need to mate with our existing Fischer part #FP24XL-P.

Q2. Line item #5f specifies 43” long. Which part is supposed to be 43” long? Does this dimension refer to the overall height of the cryostat? Or does this dimension refer to the length of the sample probe?

A2. 43 inches refers to the distance between the base of the KF50 probe flange to the bottom of the probe where we will mount our own brackets. We require a minimum of six inches free space below that point inside the sample space.

Q3. What is the height of the ceiling in the room in which this system will be installed? Is there a specific limitation on the total height of the cryostat and sample probe?

A3. Cryostat + probe during unloading should not exceed 110 inches.

Q4. Line item #3c specifies “condensation-free sample unload: <2 hours to 300K”. Do you want a load-lock with a gate valve that will contain the sample probe in a humidity-free chamber during sample change? Or do you want to evacuate the sample chamber, warm the sample probe to 300K, and remove the sample probe from the sample chamber in less than 2 hours?

A4. The latter: evacuate the sample chamber; warm to 300 K; remove the sample probe; all in less than 2 hours.

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