Instruments & Laboratory Equipment / Discovery TGA 5500 and DSC 2500

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), intends to negotiate with TA Instruments - Waters LLC, 159 Lukens Drive, New Castel, DE 19720, on an other than full and open competition basis to procure the following: 1) Discovery TGA 5500, #956000.901, qty-1, that includes a DSL Router with 4-Port Switch, #251471.002, qty-1, and a Thermal Analysis - Installation & Training, #999800.528; 2) Discovery DSC 2500, #973000.901, qty-1, that includes a Discovery Refrigerated Cooling System - RCS90 (120VAC/60Hz), #972007.901, qty-1, a RCS Gas Dryer, #200266.001, qty-1, and a Tzero Press and Die Sets Kit, #901600.901, qty-1. This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and award will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR Part 13.501(a)(1).

Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm-fixed price type of contract.

Delivery to Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 approximately 7 days after receipt and acceptance of award.

The Vaccine Production Program (VPP) has a requirement for a thermogravimetric analyzer and a modulated differential scanning calorimetry instruments. These instruments will allow the lab to perform lyophilization process development that requires measurement of the % moisture formulation, and the glass transition temperature (Tg') of each formulation being tested. The proposed method for determination of % moisture is a sample analysis by using a thermogravimetric analyzer the Discovery TGA 5500 instrument that offers: temperature range of Ambient to >1200°C, temperature Accuracy of ± 1°C, balance sensitivity of < 0.1 µg (1 ppm), patented Hi-Res TGA and Modulated TGA, a 25-position auto-sampler with a contamination-free sealed pan punching system, linear heating rates: 0.1 to 500 °C/min in 0.01°C/min increments, ballistic heating rates: > 1500 °C/min, and furnace cooling: forced air 1000°C to 35°C in < 10 min. The Discovery TGA 5500 is a vertical thermal - balance with an auto-switching dual range microbalance (0-200mg and 0-1000mg sample weight range), a responsive infrared furnace, and a 5-year warranty on the furnace. The instrument software is unkeyed, which permits unlimited installations. The proposed method for determination of the glass transition temperature is a sample analysis by solid state modulated differential scanning calorimetry Discovery DSC 2500 instrument that offers: temperature range of -180°C to >700°C,.