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NAICS Code: 334516 PLEASE SEND QUOTE VIA FAX TO FAX 215/814-5211 DUE 12NOON ET SEP 30 03. FOB DEST FT MEADE MD 90 DAY DELY (INCL INSTALLATION AND ON SITE ORIENTATION) Flow injection analysis must be used for sample introduction/injection and chemistry determinations. This will provide for 5 minute startup, 15 minute chemistry changeovers and 5 minute shutdown. The system should be capable of being upgraded to include suppressed ion chromatography (IC) and the IC system will shard peripherals such as the sampler and data system. The IC system should be able to run independently and simultaneously from the FIA portion of the system and using the same software program. The system should be upgradable for up to 8 channels. These channels cannot be stacked over other instrument parts reducing the risk of liquid contamination of electronics. No glassware is to be used with the chemistry manifolds. The instrument must be capable of running on an automated or manual mode. Photometric detectors must operate from 340 to 880nm. Sample rate of analysis should be up to 120 samples/ hour with baseline resolution within 1% of full scale over a dynamic range of two orders of magnitude. System must use an xyz sampler with random access sampling. Each autosampler shall have random access sampling capability with at least 360 capacity. Automated recalibration of the instrument must be possible based on Quality Control input. Data system must allow the viewing/printing of the calibration curve during/previous to sample analysis. All methods must include linearity, precision, accuracy and method detection limit data. The data produced by the user must be provided in real-time; the analyte concentrations are provided as soon as the sample exits the system detectors and within 30 to 60 seconds after injection. The system should have a 1 year warranty on parts and labor with extended warranties available if requested. Parts or components must be available for loan or purchase within 48 hours of request due to sample preservation times. They must be available during and after the warranty period. Internet access should also be available for technical support with software or data questions to be resolved. The software system must have an automated diluter with the ability to rerun any off scale samples and prepare working standards for a stock standard. This diluter will have four user selectable dilution rates for off scale sample analysis allowing the system to detect off scale samples, dilute them to the correct ration and reanalyze them. The dilutor will not be a single step diluter (ie 10:1) requiring sequential step dilutions for off scale samples (ie above 10:1). Dilution range should be from 2:1 to 1000:1. The chemistry manifolds must not require compressed gas or debubbler/rebubblers. All chemistry manifolds must use inert PTFE tubing or an equal. All these components must be accessible to the user from the top allowing the average user to easily service the manifold and replace tubing quickly without handling small glass components. Computer must be at least a Pentium 200 Mhz with 1.6GB hard drive, 32 M SDRAM, 12X CD-ROM, 2 serial ports, 1 parallel port, bus mouse, Windows 2000 or XP, SVGA 17" monitor with HP Deskjet printer. The FIA software must run under Windows 2000 or Windows XP and must preform simultaneous instrument control, data acquisition, and report generation. The software must automatically estimate the concentrations of off-scale samples and schedule these samples for dilution to bring their concentration within the range of the calibration. The data processing software provides for the data quality management options that permit the operator to choose options for recalibrating the instrument, for setting QA/QC protocols to monitor the accuracy and precision. The QC program in the software must include; QC limits for each QC check standard, both relative and absolute. User defined QC limits with out-of-range detection and immediate correction prior to any inaccurate data generation for any type of sample. Automated QC/QA protocol to monitor accuracy and precision. A selection of types of QC samples, ie blanks, knowns, checks, duplicates, spikes and spiked duplicates for each sample and a automated protocol for Method Detection Limit determination. The software should include data quality management, ie, should any quality control sample fail to fall within specified limits set by the operator the software automatically instructs the instrument to perform one of five options ,1. Give message showing how far out of specification the QC is, but continue the run, 2. Automatically recalibrate and rerun the samples. 3. Automatically recalibrate and rerun all samples after the last quality control set that passed. 4. Abort the run. 5. Offer a menu with various choices from above.