Attachment_1_PPQ1118207.pdf

Interested Vendors Please email (only) this Attachment 1 by 4pm (MT) 03/08/2024 to: Email: Carol.Dingess@usda.gov Please include RFQ# PPQ1118207 on subject line

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Science and Technology in Edinburg, TX is in immediate need of purchasing the following items(s) for a firm fixed price.

• All cost to include but not limit to: overhead, general and administrative, profit, insurance, and transportation.

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture is a tax exempt agency. (Exempt from state and Federal tax) Tax

ID Number : 41-0696271.

PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN ITEMS 1 -4 AND RETURN BY NOTICE DUE DATE

Quotes submitted without completion of items listed here shall be considered nonresponsive and ineligible for award.

1. Pricing:

Product Description Qty Price

PC-SEM Windows 10 PC for TM3030Plus 1 $

55E-0890 WIN10 UPGRADE FOR TM3030PLUS 1 $

Xplore30TM

Oxford Aztec EDS for the Hitachi Tabletop SEMWith TruemapThe Xplore compact with Truemap, ideal for complicated spectra with crowded overlapping peaks. The AZtecOne system for TM4000 series is the only system that is specifically designed to meet the needs of the TTM user. A simple to use interface combined with the proven technology and reliability of Oxford Instruments software algorithms and hardware, mean that novice and infrequent users can not only get their results quickly and easily, but they can have confidence that they are accurate and dependable.Included functionality:

• Image Acquisition –Capability to acquire SE and BSE images sequentially into the same ‘Site of Interest’

• Spectrum Acquisition – collect data from point, rectangular, elliptical and irregular acquisition areas

• Spectra can also be reconstructed from existing Smartmap and LineScan datacubes

• LineScanning – Collects a spectral line datacube

• TrueMap Overlap and background corrected mapping and LineScanning 1 $

Install Installation, training, and Travel cost 1 $

Total $ mailto:Carol.Dingess@usda.gov

2. Name of company:__

_ SAM ID :______________________________________________________________

Phone#:_____________________________

Point of contact Name:______________________________________________________________

Email Address:

3. Product offered is in accordance with specifications listed in items# (v) and (vi) of the solicitation ?

[ ] Yes [ ] No

Product Manufactured in the USA [ ] Yes [ ] No if no, what country: _

• Please include product literature sufficient enough for USDA Program to make a determination of suitability of product in accordance with specifications.

4. How soon could you deliver after receipt of order? __________________________

5. 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal. (AUG 1999)

(a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government’s needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation.

(b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must-

(1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation;

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(2) Clearly identify the item by-

(i) Brand name, if any; and

(ii) Make or model number;

(3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and

(4) Clearly describe any modifications the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modifications.

(c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.

(d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation.

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