66--NOTICE OF INTENT -- MICROSCOPE

Notification is provided of the intention of the U.S. Army / Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) / Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) to issue one sole source award for a firm fixed priced simplified acquisition procurement delivery order to Thermo Fischer Scientific located in West Palm Beach, Florida under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). This order is to purchase one DXR Raman Microscope. Salient characteristics: (a) Raman Microscope (dispersive) (1) research optical microscope (2) computer controlled confocal aperture (3) automated to ensure visual, excitation laser & raman scatter are precisely aligned (4) software controlled calibration with integrated calibration sources (5) minimum of 1 micron spatial resolution (6) minimum of 2 micron confocal depth resolution (7) minimum of 5 cm-1 spectral resolution (8) multiple excitation laser capable (9) computer controlled microscope stage (10) spectral acquisition software (11) power cord (b) Trinocular viewer (1) includes video camera and cable (USB or other) (2) includes eypieces (10 to 20x) (3) includes phototube to attach camera (c) Brightfield/Darkfield Illuminator (1) accepts both brightfield and darkfield objectives (d) Brightfield/Darkfield Objectives (1) 10x, 20x, 50x and 100x (e) Motorized microscope stage with software (1) minimum of 1 micron resolution (2) autofocus capable (3) z-axis control (f) Excitation laser/Grating/Filter (1) 780 nm (near IR) excitation laser (14 mW with laser line filter and power supply and 1 yr. warranty) (2) minimum of 5 cm-1 resolution grating (nominal resolution FWHM) (3) minimum of 50 3300 cm-1 nominal spectral range (4) 50 cm-1 Rayleigh rejection filter for 780 nm (Stokes shift) (g) Software (1) capable of identifying unknowns (2) includes support for both Raman and FT-IR spectral data (3) includes a databse of organic and inorganic raman spectra (4) additionally software capable of time-resolved data collection and spectral processing (h) Workstation (1) PC based with: Intel Core2 duo processor (3.16 GHz, 6M, 1333 MHz FSB), NTFS file system, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM (non-ECC, 800 MHz), 320 GB SATA 3.0b/s harddrive with 8Mb DtatBurst Cache, 16X RW SATA DVD, 256 MB video card, and 3 yr. support (i) Monitor (1) 19 ultrasharp flat panel display with 3 yr. support