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Salient Characteristics

Commercial Availability Certification:

I have evaluated the commercial marketplace and determined that all of the salient characteristics documented below are available in products/services offered in the commercial marketplace.

Signature (typed name): Jian Yu Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) or Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)

Description of the Requirement:

The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) requires one (1) laser confocal microscope in order to observe and measure samples for non-contact metallographic analysis in accordance with the salient characteristics below:

The Contractor shall deliver the following items to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds (APG):

1. One (1) table top upright laser confocal microscope

a. Power system 100-120 Volts (V), 50-60 Hertz (Hz)

b. Footprint no larger than 35 inches (”) x 35”

c. The contractor shall provide an independent control unit for analyzing the data.

d. Optics

i. Color imaging capability with white light

ii. A violet (390-419 nm) laser is required

iii. Capable of operating in the magnification range of 100X-15,000X (larger ranges are encouraged)

iv. Shall include Differential Interference Contrast (DIC) imaging capability

e. Stage

i. Stage shall have an operating range of at least 3.9” x 3.9”

ii. A motorized stage is required

iii. Automatic image stitching capability shall be required

iv. Navigation of sample will be possible using a low resolution image or map

f. Turret

i. Shall have a motorized turret for software-controlled objective lens changing

ii. Shall be able to hold at least four (4) objective lenses in the nose piece

iii. Shall come with the following objective lenses 5X, 10X, 20X, 50X and long working distance lenses for 20X, 50X and 100X

g. Measurement

i. Shall have automatic measurement capability

ii. Height Resolution at a minimum of 0.5 nanometer (nm)

iii. Equipment shall be programmable to allow measurements in different areas of the specimen both as a grid as well as in user-selectable locations

iv. Shall be able to accurately measure steep angles (at least up to 80 degrees (°) from horizontal)

h. Analysis package

i. Data-driven automatic assist for selecting areas of interest based on height data

1. Automatic maximum/minimum height detection for an area

2. Automatic edge detection for objective, user-independent analysis

ii. Average height measurement capability

iii. Capable of batch analysis of data

iv. Shall be able to display multiple height maps simultaneously with similar height scales and orientations

v. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard-based measurements of surface and line roughness

vi. Measurement capability for length, circular diameter and angle

vii. Tilt correction capability

viii. Profile measurement

ix. Volume measurements

x. Data must be exportable to excel format and reports to PDF format

i. The contractor shall provide all associated user manuals, pre-installation guides, and supplementary information.

j. The contractor shall provide warranty service for at least one (1) year.

Contracting Officer:

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