Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography Instrument for NIST Laboratory

This ia a Combined Sources Sought Notice and Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract for a Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography (LC) Instrument BACKGROUND The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting market research to identify alternative sources that (a) are capable of meeting NIST’s minimum requirements for the following commercial products and commercial services and (b) would be interested in competing for that requirement. The contractor shall provide a 2D-LC system and two years of maintenance after the expiration of the initial warranty of the instrument, to meet the following minimum specifications:     a. Two (2) binary pumps Flow range: 0.001–8 mL/min, in 1 μL/min increments Pressure range: 20–1034 bar, for flow rates below 5 mL/min Flow accuracy: +/- 0.1% Flow precision: <0.05% RSD or <0.01 min SD, whichever is greater Proportioning accuracy: +/- 0.2% of full scale Proportioning precision: <0.15% SD Mixer volume: 200 μL Biocompatible with pH range 1.5–12, chloride concentration up to 1 mol/L b. One (1) dual split sampler Pressure range: 20–1034 bar Default injection volume range: 0.01–25 μL, min. step = 0.01 μL Injection volume accuracy: +/- 0.5% for 10 μL water Injection volume precision: <0.25% area RSD for 1 μL (caffeine in water) Injection linearity r2 > 0.99999 (caffeine in water) Sample compartment temperature range: 4–40 ˚C Sample temperature accuracy: +/- 2 °C Sample temperature stability: +/- 1 ˚C Dwell volume: 110 μL (25 μL sample loop) Biocompatible with pH range 1.5–12, chloride concentration up to 1 mol/L c. One (1) column compartment Temperature range: 5–120 ˚C in 0.1 ˚C increments Temperature stability: +/- 0.05 ˚C Temperature accuracy: +/- 0.5 ˚C Heating performance:  From 20 ˚C to 50 ˚C (+/- 1 ˚C) in <15 min; From 25 ˚C to 40 ˚C (+/- 1 ˚C) in 5 min Cooling performance:  From 50 ˚C to 20 ˚C (+/- 1 ˚C) in <15 min Capacity: 2 column slots Column slot dimension:  387 mm × 25 mm Biocompatible with pH range 1.5–12, chloride concentration up to 1 mol/L d. One (1) variable wavelength UV-Vis detector Light source: Deuterium lamp and Tungsten lamp Wavelength range: 190–900 nm Spectral bandwidth: 6 nm at 254 nm Wavelength accuracy: +/- 1 nm Wavelength repeatability: +/- 0.1 nm e. One (1) integral fraction collector Sample capacity: Any four of the following options- 54 × 12 mm O.D. vials (≤1.5 mL); 96 × 6, 7 and 8 mm O.D. vials (≤1.2 mL); 16 × 15 mm O.D. vials (≤4 mL); 9 × 22.5 mm O.D. vials (≤10 mL); 96- and 384-position well plates (deep and shallow) Collection modes: Triggered by peak signals or time frames; (Saw)vertical, (saw)horizontal;  Interrupt and continuous collection modes; Collect above or inside vessel; Manual collection, pooling, wrapping and concatenating Delay volume: <19 μL Operating flow rate: 0.05–10 mL/min Temperature range: 4–40 °C Temperature accuracy: -2 °C/+4 °C Temperature stability: +/- 1 °C f. One PC running Chromeleon software and an associated monitor NIST has not yet determined its acquisition strategy for this requirement and encourages interested sources to respond to this Notice. If NIST’s market research indicates there are alternative sources that are capable and interested in competing to fill this requirement, separate and apart from Thermo Electron North America LLC (UEI# KGXJZFLXJ3H5) then NIST will consider conducting a competitive acquisition in accordance with law and regulation. To be clear, NIST’s identification Thermo Electron North America LLC in this Notice does not constitute a binding commitment or obligation for it to conduct a sole source procurement with Thermo Electron North America LLC for this requirement. Instructions for Responding to Respond to This Notice Parties that respond to this Notice are requested to voluntarily submit the requested information via email in Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, and/or Microsoft Excel format to the designated point(s) of contact whose name and email address appears at the bottom of this notice. Please provide only the information requested by this Notice, and d o not include proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information in a response to this Notice. Information Requested in Response to This Notice : To help NIST with its market research, NIST is requesting that industry sources carefully review this notice and any attachments to it and voluntarily provide the following information:  Company Summary Notice Identification: Notice ID and Title of this posting (NB645040-26-01704- Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography (LC) Instrument) Corporate Details: Company name, physical address, website address, and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). Point of Contact (POC): Name, phone number, and email address. Company Size Sta