MASS SPECTROMETER (HR-ICP-MS)

Trade Agreement: WTO-AGP/NAFTA/AIT/Canada-Peru FTA/Canada-Colombia FTA Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid Attachment: None Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: NU INSTRUMENTS LTD UNIT 74 CLYWEDOG ROAD SOUTH United Kingdom LL13 9XS Nature of Requirements: MASS SPECTROMETER (HR-ICP-MS)

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Definition of requirement The RCMP, Materials Profiling, Forensic Science & Identification Services, have the requirement for the supply, installation, training and manuals for one (1) double-focusing high-resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma - Mass Spectrometer system (df HR-ICP-MS).

Criteria for assessment of the Statement of Capabilities Any interested supplier must demonstrate by way of a statement of capabilities that its equipment meets the following requirements:

All of the following mandatory requirements must be met: 1. Compatibility With Other External Devices a) The instrument must be fully compatible and demonstrate full software control/integration for an ArF-excimer UP193fx laser ablation system (ESI-New Waves Research) and must have the option to be triggered by the laser for long pre-programmed sequence analysis (>150 analyses/sequence). NOTE: A communication cable between the mass spectrometer and the laser ablation system must be supplied with the new instrument to make that communication. b) The instrument must be compatible and demonstrate full software control/ integration of an Elemental Scientific Inc. (ESI) autosampler (SC-2 DX autosampler and FASTValve system).

2. Instrument Software a) The software must have the capacity to switch off the instrument automatically at the end of a pre-programmed sequence. b) It must demonstrate the capability to acquire data in Time Resolved Analysis (TRA; M+ cps vs time) for laser ablation work with exportable data file compatible to off-line data processing GLITTER? software. c) Must have an open source operating software that allows end-user operator to adapt or modify specific calculation and/or data monitoring/correction.

3. Instrument Accessories a) The instrument must come with 5 Mass Flow Controllers including 2 "dedicated" ones for other applications such as laser ablation (at least one of the "dedicated" MFC calibrated for helium; 2l/min). They all must be controllable via the instrument software. b) A recirculating water chiller must come with the instrument with recommended heat exchange capacity. If an extra chiller is required for a second function, then it must respect the recommended heat capacity as required. c) The system must come with all the regular glassware accessories (torch, spray chamber, PFA nebulizer) normally used for an installation test and one set of skimmer and sampler cones (Ni or Al). d) Software license, software CD (or other memory device), software document and technical application notes.

4. Instrument Specifications - ICP-MS instrumen § State-of-the-art electronics. § Fast scan technology for laser ablation analysis. § Low dark noise 1x109 cps/ppm for 115In at low resolution (300 Resolving Power). § A true linear dynamic range up to 10+9 cps in pulse counting mode for better isotopic ratio measurements in order to avoid continual changing of cross-over calibration between pulse-counting and analog mode. § Easy access spray chamber and sample interface. § Must be a double-focusing magnetic sector with magnet and electrostatic analyzer (ESA) for flat top peak isotopic measurement. § Electro magnet fully laminated allowing fast peak jumping with extremely low hysteresis. § Quantitative analysis including external calibration (laser and solution modes), standard additions, isotope ratios, isotope dilution and semi-quantitative methods must be part of the software. § The collector system must include an electron multiplier detector for pulse counting mode (up to 9 orders of magnitude) and a Faraday detector for large dynamic range (up to 12 orders of magnitude). § The ICP-torch is controlled via software for X, Y and Z directions. § The vacuum system must have a full automatic protection with an isolating valve located between the ICP and the magnetic sector mass spectrometer. § Resolution >10,000 for problematic isotopes is achievable and controllable by software. § A continuously variable resolution capability from 300 to greater than 10,000 that can be optimized for specific applications where sensitivity does not have to be compromised at the expense of over-resolution fixed-slit system. § To limit magnet "duty cycle" fast scan optics can allows up to 40% of mass range. § The "magnet scan" speed must be