Description: The purpose of this Invitation to Bid is to establish a contract, by means of sealed bids, to provide a source of supply for the treatment chemical, elemental chlorine, for the Water Treatment Division for the City of Homestead, Florida.
Such instrument will allow automatic contaminant recognition and registration for our analytes of interests such as microplastics in foods or environmental samples through counting, sizing, and identification particles by their chemical or elemental fingerprints.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with: Anton Paar USA, Inc., 10215 Timber Ridge Drive, Ashland, VA 23005The sole source justification is based on the following:The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Inorganic Chemical Metrology Group performs elemental and isotopic measurements using a variety of spectrochemical methods
Certificate of Analysis (C of A)A C of A shall be provided with each shipment clearly indicating lot number and elemental chemical analysis results.6. Precious metal reclaimA system of reclaim is sought by which used disks can be sent back to the vendor for credit toward future purchase.7. Delivery suggestionThe gold pellets can be delivered according to a preset schedule (like "so many grams" per month).
The high accelerating voltage and optional EDS detection permits elemental mapping of a wide range of chemical elements. It also features a CeB6 electron source, which is more efficient (brighter) and lower maintenance than other filament sources offered in most other products. This action’s associated NAICS code is 334516 titled, “Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing”.
These chemicals are elemental chlorine and ammonia hydroxide that are used as part of the water treatment process. Due to the storage quantity and concentration at the plants, the City is obligated to fulfill federal and/or state reporting requirements for both chemicals.
The LIBS is an instrument for the atomic emission analysis of primarily solid-state samples, for the purpose of chemical (elemental content) analysis.
