Attachment 1 Specifications Document 1232SA25Q0590.pdf

Statement of Requirements

Project: Acquisition of Labworks chromatography automation and dynamic headspace

USDA-ARS

Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology

Chemistry Research Unit

1700 SW 23rd Drive

Gainesville, FL 32608

GENERAL INFORMATION

1.0 Scope of Work: delivery and installation of automated robotics and dynamic headspace collection and injection systems for existing gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS instrumentation

2.0 Background: the automation of liquid and gas injections and the accompanying thermal desorption hardware and ancillary consumables will greatly reduce the time spent by Chemistry Research Unit

(CRU) personnel working under NP304 research projects. Additionally, the acquisition of the dynamic headspace collection and injection system will enable the researchers to incorporate a streamlined and automated system, thus increasing work efficacy and increase in publishable research results

CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS

3.0 Technical Requirements/Tasks:

Specifications Required

1) Require (1) one GERSTEL LabWorks (Brand Name or Equal) Platform for Agilent 8890 GC

a. Must include Universal Sample Introduction (USI) and Sample Preparation

Platform for GC-MS

b. Must include GERSTEL Multi-Purpose Sampler (MPS) LabWorks features (or equal features) to 10 automated sample introductions:

i. Must be able to perform Liquid Injection

ii. Must be able to perform Large Volume injection

iii. Must have Static Headspace capabilities

iv. Must have Multiple headspace injection capabilities

v. Must be able to perform Thermal Desorption – Sorbent tubes, direct, multi-desorption, Twister, TF-SPME, liquid in micro-vial

c. The hardware components include:

i. Must have MPS robotic smart series autosampler with at least (120 cm)

ii. Must have headspace option (headspace tool, heated agitator, with no less/more than 2.5 mL syringe)

iii. Must have a Thermal Desorption Unit (TDU 2)

iv. Must have a Cooled Injection System (CIS 4), True Trap® LN2 technology

v. Must use Maestro software (Brand Name or Equal)

2) Require (1) one Smart Solid Phase Micro Extraction (SPME) Automation Kit

3) Require (1) one GERSTEL (Brand Name or Equal) Tube Conditioner (TC)

4) Require (1) one GERSTEL (Brand Name or Equal) Tube Conditioner (TC) 2 (up to ten tubes)

5) Require (1) one Adapters that allow glass or metal Thermal Desorption Unit (TDU) tubes to be conditioned using the TC 2, (Package of 10)

6) Require (1) one GERSTEL (Brand Name or Equal) Thin Film Solid Phase Microextraction (TF-

SPME)

7) Require (1) one GERSTEL (Brand Name or Equal) Thin Film Solid Phase Microextraction

Device (TF-SPME), PDMS/DVB phase supported on carbon mesh (Package of 10)

8) Require (1) one GERSTEL (Brand Name or Equal) Thin Film Solid Phase Microextraction

Device (TF-SPME), PDMS/HLB* phase supported on carbon mesh. (Package of 10) *HLB is copolymer of divinylbenzene and vinyl pyrrolidinone

9) Require (1) one Dynamic Headspace (DHS) Option for MPS Robotic

10) Require (1) one GERSTEL (Brand Name or Equal) DHS Large Option That allows standard DHS unit to be used

11) Require (1) one GERSTEL (Brand Name or Equal) DHS Flow Log Option for MPS Robotic

12) Require (1) one GERSTEL (Brand Name or Equal) Sampling vessel for DHS large system

250mL

13) Require (1) one GERSTEL (Brand Name or Equal) Sampling vessel for DHS large system 500 mL

14) Require (1) one GERSTEL (Brand Name or Equal) Sampling vessel for DHS large system 1 L

15) Require (1) one GERSTEL (Brand Name or Equal) Cover for sampling vessel for DHS large sample vessel

16) Must include a system that fully integrates with the existing Agilent GC-MS system

Minimum Requirements

1) Must include thermal desorption (TD) designs with no transfer line or valves between the TD and

GC-MS

2) Must include a non-selective focusing trap that captures unknown compounds and does not require sorbent material to be used in the cryofocusing trap, and no split flow of injected material

3) Must include single software package integrating TD and robotic system

4) Must include a system that is upgradable to dynamic headspace

5) Must include a thin-film solid phase microextraction capability

4.0 Government Furnished:

1. Facility Access provided upon pre-arranged coordination with facility manager.

2. Agilent 8890 GC-MS System

5.0 Deliverables/Schedule:

1. Must include travel and installation costs with schedule of installation

2. Must include all shipping, delivery, tax or incidentals

3. User friendly, laboratory ready, fully assembled and installed systems onto existing GC-MS.

Systems must be delivered to USDA Chemistry Research Unit 1700 SW 23rd Drive Gainesville, FL

32608