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JUSTIFICATION FOR SOLE SOURCE/BRAND NAME (Simplified Acquisitions <$150K)

The service or material listed on is sole source and competition is precluded for reasons indicated below. There are no substitutes available for this material or service.

Restricted to the following source. Provide me. (If a sole source manufacturer distributes via dealers, ALSO provide dealer information.)

Manufacturer: ______________________________________________________________

Manufacturer POC & phone nr. _________________________________________________

Mfr. address _________________________________________________________________

Dealer / Rep _________________________________________________________________

Dealer / Rep address / phone nr. ___________________________________________________

____ Description of the item or service required, the estimated cost, and required delivery date.

____ Specific characteristics of the material or service that limit the availability to a sole source (unique features, function of the item, etc.). Describe in detail why only this suggested source can furnish the requirements to the exclusion of other sources.

____ The requested material or service represents the minimum requirements of the government.

THERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA LLC

MARK WOODWORTH (206) 552-3818 mark.woodworth@thermofisher.com; Rhonda Oesterle (760) 815-2822 rhonda.oesterle@thermofisher.com

1400 NORTHPOINT PARKWAY, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33407

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THERMO SCIENTIFIC iCAP PRO XP DUO ICP-OES WITH CONTROLLER, COOLANT CHILLER, AUTO-SAMPLER, AND ACCESSORIES.

THE SOFTWARE, QTEGRA, IS ALREADY APPROVED FOR USE N DADMS, AND IS CURRENTLY NSTALLED ON THE CURRENT ICP-OES IN USE N THE LABORATORY.

THE THERMO SCIENT FIC iCAP PRO XP REQU RED BY THE LABORATORY USES THE SAME SOFTWARE AS THE LABORATORY CURRENT ICP-OES, iCAP 7400.

METHOD DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEW ICP-OES W LL BE EXPEDITED, S NCE MOST OF THE PROGRAM SETT NG FOR THE PLASMA, NEBULIZER AND AUX LIARY

GAS FLOWS, ANALYTE MAPPING, APPROPRITAE WAVE-LENGTHS WITH LINE-SWITCHING, AND KNOWN INTER-ELEMENT CORRECTIONS WILL BE KNOWN AND

COPIED FROM THE CURRENT INTRUMENT AS OPPOSED TO A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER WHERE NUMEROUS WORK-HOURS W LL BE NEEDED TO DETERM NE THE

PROPER SETTING FOR THE ICP. PROCURING THE THERMO iCAP XP WILL EXPEDITE INSTRUMENT SETUP AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS TO BEGIN QUICKLY.

THE ICP-SPECTROMETER PORTION MUST BE DIMENSIONALLY SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT WITHIN A 44"WX36"DX40H SPACE/BOX. THE DIMENSION FOR THERMO iCAP XP

ICP SPECTROMETER IS 25"WX27"DX37"H.

02838700 THRU 02838709

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