66--Intent to Award Turbo Pumps for Mass Spectrometer
ID: 140G0124Q0157Type: Presolicitation
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INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THEUS GEOLOGICAL SURVEYOFC OF ACQUSITION GRANTS-NATIONALRESTON, VA, 20192, USA

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Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing (334516)

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LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES (6640)

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https://sam.gov/opp/f15fff982aa44d5a9230a245468aa2ea/view
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    Presolicitation INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY intends to award a non-competitive purchase order to Thermo Electron North America, LLC for customized Turbo Pumps with fully compatible connectors and firmware to control and maintain the vacuum for an existing USGS Thermo Electron ELEMENT 2 High Resolution Plasma Mass Spectrometer (Element 2 HR-ICPMS) in support of the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center in Reston, Virginia. The Turbo Pumps are used to maintain the vacuum in the mass spectrometer, which is used for analyzing geological samples for geology, energy, and minerals research. Thermo Electron North America, LLC is the only known source to provide the integrated pump set required for the proprietary Thermo Electron Element 2 instrumentation and software packages owned by the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center. This notice is for informational purposes only and not a request for competitive proposals.

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    Weaver, Kevin
    (703) 648-7394
    kweaver@usgs.gov
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