USAFA UV-VIS Spectrophotometer Sources Sought.pdf

Sources Sought

USAFA UV-VIS Spectrophotometer

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. IT IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR

REQUEST FOR QUOTE. The 10th Contracting Squadron is conducting market research to determine interest and capability. This notice does not constitute a commitment by the

Government. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary, and the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government.

REQUIRED SUPPLIES:

Item Description Quantity

UV VIS Spectrophotometer 2

PC/Desktop compatible with the UV-VIS 2

Instrument Software 2

Installation and Introduction 2

Purge kits 2

1-Year Software Update/Phone Assistance 2

SALIENT CHARACTHERISTICS:

• Must have a long-life Xenon flash lamp optical source with a 250 Hz flash rate.

• Must provide the capability to perform one, two or four temperature experiments at the same time in the same spectrophotometer.

• Must have an air-cooled Peltier temperature control system that can ramp sample temperatures up and down between 0 and 110 °C

• Must include a multicell that can collect data from eight cuvette positions simultaneously.

• Must be able to ramp sample at 40 °C per minute and provide live sample temperature feedback from a sample temperature probe that can be positioned in any cuvette position.

• Must have a multicell that has no moving parts.

• Must have a multicell that is permanently aligned and does not require any user alignment.

• Must have a highly collimated beam that measures less than 1.5 mm across at the sample interface.

• The optical design must include ultra-high speed integrated motor-encoder wavelength drive.

• Must provide software controlled variable spectral bandwidth between 0.1 and 5 nm at 0.01 nm intervals.

• Must have a photometric range up to 4 Abs

• Must have an out-of-plane double Littrow monochromator.

• Must have the ability to vary the signal averaging time (SAT) for data collection between 0.004 and 1000 seconds.

• A range of performance tests must be available and automated, including wavelength accuracy and precision, photometric accuracy and precision, resolution, photometric noise and stray light.

• Direct or network instrument connection.

• Software must include an in-built and customizable calculation tool.

The recommended North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code is

334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1000 employees.

Delivery is FOB: Destination to USAF Academy, CO 80840.

Interested parties should submit a capabilities package explicitly demonstrating the company’s ability to meet the above requirements. Respondents are requested to indicate their status as a foreign-owned/foreign-controlled firm and any contemplated use of foreign national employees on this effort. Accompany your submission with POC contact information, company CAGE Code, Unique Entity ID (SAM.gov), System for Award Management (SAM) registration expiration date.

Please note: All contractors doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the

System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration is www.sam.gov.

RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN: 11:00 A.M. MDT on Wednesday, August 21, 2024.

Please email responses to:

Chance Hansen; chance.hansen.4@us.af.mil

Ken Helgeson; ken.helgeson.3@us.af.mil

*Telephone responses will not be accepted.

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