Agency Specifications.pdf

Invitation to Bid – Agilent DART-TOF and GCMS Instrument Systems June 6, 2024

I. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS) is providing this Invitation to Bid (ITB) for qualified suppliers to provide:

• One (1) Agilent 6230B Accurate-Mass TOF with Bruker DART-OS instrument system, and

• Four (4) Agilent 8890 Gas Chromatograph (GC)/5977C Mass Selective Detector (MSD) instrument systems.

II. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

All qualified suppliers wishing to submit a response to this ITB must be able to provide ADFS with Agilent instrument systems that meet the following minimum requirements:

Direct Analysis in Real Time – Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer (DART-TOF) Agilent 6230B Accurate-Mass TOF with Bruker DART-OS

1) Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer must include an electrospray (ESI) ion source, ion transmission guide ion accelerator, reflectron analyzer, and ion detection unit, analog to digital converter (ADC) system, with evacuation and control system.

2) Primary Ion Source: Non-contact, capable of introducing solids, liquids, or gases and detecting in positive or negative ion modes.

3) Secondary Ion Source: Orthogonal ESI Source with positive and negative ion modes.

4) Ionization: Capable of switching between conditions that enhance molecular ion detection and fragmentation

5) Data Acquisition: Capable of detecting from 25 to 20,000 m/z with a single data acquisition

6) Mass Accuracy: At least 1 ppm

7) Mass Resolving Power: at least 22,000 full width at half maximum (FWHM)

8) Spectral Acquisition Rate: 30 spectra/second

9) Temperature Stability: Maintain 2 ppm mass accuracy within 2°C drift per hour

10) Turbomolecular pump, controller, and roughing pump

11) Single Syringe Infusion Pump

12) VAPUR® interface flange for mounting DART to TOF MS system, ceramic transfer tubes, and pump attachment accessories

13) Sample Introduction: Requires no sample preparation and can be analyzed at near-ground potential in an open-air sample space

PEAK Genius XE35 Nitrogen Gas Generator

14) Flow Rate: Up to 35 L/min

15) Maximum Pressure: 116 psi

16) Purity: At least 95%

17) Phthalate and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) free

18) Non-methane hydrocarbon content: < 1ppm

19) Electrical Requirements: 230 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 8A

Data System (Computer)

20) A complete data system utilizing at least a Windows 11 Professional-based operating system (64 Bit) with dual 24-inch monitors and capable of multi-tasking, allowing data processing and data acquisition using MassHunter version 11 software. If the software is more current than MassHunter version 11, it must be backward compatible to MassHunter version 11 and include:

a. Real-time instrument tuning

b. Status display

c. Auto mass calibration

d. Drift correction – real-time internal reference mass correction

e. Isotopic or atomic mass calculation

f. Spectral deconvolution

g. Computer system must contain at least two (2) LAN connections in order to be connected to instrumentation and to the ADFS LAN

h. Computer system CPU: minimum Intel i5 of i7

i. Computer system RAM: minimum 32GB DDR4

Customer Support

21) Instrument must be scheduled for indoor delivery to:

ADFS Dothan Laboratory 1946 Ennis Road Dothan, AL 36303

There is no loading dock at this facility. To unload heavy items, a delivery truck equipped with a lift gate may be necessary.

Note: This facility is currently under construction. ADFS will coordinate with the supplier to schedule delivery tentatively in Spring 2025.

22) On-site installation of instrument provided by Supplier.

23) Minimum two (2) days of on-site customer familiarization provided by the Supplier to include software, maintenance, and general theory at the installation site.

24) The supplier will have a full-time service engineer/technician who will be accessible via a toll-free number for service calls to the user’s facility. The quality of service and support must be such that the Supplier cannot have been deficient in providing similar service and support for similar-type instrumentation previously purchased by the State of Alabama. Such deficiency may be exemplified by routine instrument unreliability of operation and/or specific exclusion of the use of such instrumentation in laboratory analyses due to such unreliability of operation.

25) Minimum two (2) year warranty to include all labor, parts, and travel expenses must be included in the overall bid price

26) Two (2) rounds of annual preventative instrument maintenance for each component of the DART-TOF instrument (TOF and DART) to include labor, consumables, and travel expenses must be included in the overall bid price

Gas Chromatograph (GC) – Mass Selective Detector (MSD) Systems Autosampler

1) Capable of holding up to 150 vials

Agilent 8890 Gas Chromatograph (GC)

2) Split/Splitless (SSL) inlet

3) Oven Temperature Ambient: +4 to 450°C

4) Temperature set point resolution: 0.1°C

5) Oven Ramps: Negative ramps allowed with support for up to 20 oven ramps with 21 plateaus

6) Retention time repeatability: <0.0008 minutes

7) Area repeatability: <0.5% relative standard deviation (RSD)

8) Oven cool down: 450°C to 50°C in 4 minutes

9) Supports two (2) inlets simultaneously

10) Electronic Pneumatics Control (EPC) capable of pressure control of ±0.001 psi

11) Inlet capable of split ratios up to 12,500:1

Agilent 5977C Mass Selective Detector (MSD)

12) Source: Standard Inert Electron Impact (EI) source

13) Source Temperature Range: 150°C to 350°C

14) Quadrupole Temperature Range: 106°C to 200°C

15) Mass Filter: Heated monolithic hyperbolic quadrupole

16) Mass Range: 1.6 to 1,091 amu

17) Mass Resolution: Unit mass

18) Mass Axis Stability: At least 0.10 amu over 48 hours

19) Dynamic Range (electronic): 106

20) Detector: Series II Triple axis high energy dynode and long life electron multiplier

21) Ion gauge controller for vacuum monitoring

22) LAN interface to allow remote control and data analysis through any appropriately configured PC on the

LAN

Data System (Computer)

23) A complete data system utilizing at least a Windows 11 Professional-based operating system (64 Bit) with dual

24-inch monitors and capable of multi-tasking, allowing data processing and data acquisition using both MassHunter and Chemstation software package to include:

a. MassHunter GC/MS Acquisition Software 10.2

b. MSD Chemstation Data Analysis F.01.03

c. MassHunter Qualitative Data Analysis Software 12.0

d. MassHunter Quantitative Data Analysis Software 12.1

If the software is more current than the MassHunter versions listed, it must be backward compatible with the MassHunter version above and include:

e. Instrument autotune

f. Print to PDF capabilities

g. Library search and creation feature

h. Inclusion of NIST and Wiley Libraries

i. Simultaneous SIM/Scan acquisition

j. Spectral deconvolution

k. Computer system must contain at least two (2) LAN connections in order to be connected to instrumentation and to the ADFS LAN

l. Computer system CPU: minimum Intel i5 of i7

m. Computer system RAM: minimum 32GB DDR4

Customer Support

24) Instrument must be scheduled for indoor delivery to:

ADFS Dothan Laboratory 1946 Ennis Road Dothan, AL 36303

There is no loading dock at this facility. To unload heavy items, a delivery truck equipped with a lift gate may be necessary.

Note: This facility is currently under construction. ADFS will coordinate with the supplier to schedule delivery tentatively in Spring 2025.

25) On-site installation of instrument provided by Supplier.

26) Minimum two (2) days of on-site customer familiarization provided by the Supplier to include software, maintenance, and general theory at the installation site.

27) The supplier will have a full-time service engineer/technician who will be accessible via a toll-free number for service calls to the user’s facility. The quality of service and support must be such that the Supplier cannot have been deficient in providing similar service and support for similar-type instrumentation previously purchased by the State of Alabama. Such deficiency may be exemplified by routine instrument unreliability of operation and/or specific exclusion of the use of such instrumentation in laboratory analyses due to such unreliability of operation.

28) Minimum two (2) year warranty on each instrument to include all labor, parts, and travel expenses must be included in the overall bid price

29) Two (2) rounds of annual preventative instrument maintenance for each component of the GC-MSD to include labor, consumables, and travel expenses must be included in the overall bid price