Sealed tender in two bids system (Technical Bid & Financial bid) is invited from bonafide, resourceful and eligible manufacturers/exclusive distributors of FTIR instrument with ATR and Specular Reflectance Accessory by 18^th August, 2011 up to 1.00 P.M and will be opened on 19^th August, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. in the J. C. Bose Room. Manufacturers/ exclusive distributors should have past history of supplying this type of instrument to this or other Scientific Organizations.

A).       TECHNICAL BID:  

1.      The Technical Bid should contain technical specifications and kept in a separate envelope duly super scribed as “Technical Bid” on the outer cover of the envelope.  

The Technical Specification acceptable for a FTIR instrument with ATR and Specular Reflectance Accessory are given below:

1. Scan range: minimum 7800-350cm^-1.

2. High-Linearity Room temperature Mid-Infrared detector (MIR). Liq. N₂ or Peltier cooled detectors are acceptable. Possible future inclusion of multiple detectors may be there.

3. Long-life sealed and desiccated optical unit.

4. The source should have Long-life; user replaceable

5. A real-time atmospheric vapour correction (AVC) or a comparable utility must be available. This should not require the collection of reference or calibration spectra

6. The system should at least have a signal to noise ratio of > 9,000:1 peak-peak, 5 second scan and > 32,000:1 peak-peak, 1 minute scan.

7. System should have variable Spectral resolution with minimum of 0.5 cm^-1

8. Wavelength accuracy at least 0.1 cm^-1 at 3000 cm^-1 is essential

9. Wavelength precision of at least 0.01 cm^-1 at 3000 cm^-1

10. Standard KBr palette holder.

11. The instrument must use USB, wireless and TCP/IP interface allows direct connection with LAN

12. The instrument should be offered with rechargeable battery pack for remote operation, chargeable from mains or car battery and with power pack to serve as an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) for 30 mins.

13. Along with the main instrument, quotation of the following accessories are requested.

i. Two air-tight demountable cells for measurement of liquid samples with adjustable pathlength

ii. KBr rectangular Windows (Pack of 4) for item (i)

iii. CaF₂ rectangular windows (Pack of 4) for item (i)

iv. Assorted Rectangular Spacers of varying thickness for item (i)

v. 80/85 degree Specular Reflectance Accessory with P polarizer compatible with the FTIR system

vi. Muti-reflection (minimum 3) ATR accessory with diamond crystal with top plate and pressure arm.

14. Software:

i. The software should have feature to enable the user real time update of spectral information plus results to provide faster feedback of information data status

ii. A single software platform to incorporate all of the functions required for infrared analyses; instrument control, data manipulation and analysis, and flexible report utilities.

iii. Software processing should include extensive suite of spectral processing function with simple user interface, examples include 1^st -4^th derivative with a variable filter, smooth, difference, normalization, A, %T, LOG, ordinate modes, cm^-1 , nm and micron abscissa modes, +,-,*,/, baseline correction, interpolate, peak find. Custom arithmetic, processing chains and automatic data tune feature.

iv. Software should allow overlay of multiple data sets.

v. Macro Editor and Equations Editor must be present in the software  

Include: all kinds of spares for maintaining the system. 

Include: Warranty and after sales services   

PLEASE INCLUDE A LIST OF FTIR instruments SOLD IN INDIA  

B).  FINANCIAL BID:  

1.      The financial bid should be super scribed as “Finance Bid” on the outer cover of the envelope.  

2.      An Account Payee Demand Draft of Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees Forty Thousand) in the name of "Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science” is to be furnished by the bidders except those who are registered with the Central Purchase Organizations, National Small Industries Corporation or the concerned Ministry or Department,  as Bid Security money (or EMD). The bid security may also be accepted in the form of Bank Guarantee from any of the commercial banks in an acceptable form. 

3.      The Demand Draft for the Bid-Security money should have at least 45 (forty five) days validity period after the opening of the Bids.

4.      In case of non-award of the work the Bid Security money would be returned to the Bidders.  

C).  PERFORMANCE SECURITY:  

1.      An Account Payee Demand Draft of Rs. 1, 00,000 (Rupees One Lakh) in the name of "Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science” is to be furnished by the successful bidder as Performance Security money. The performance security may also be accepted in the form of Bank Guarantee from any of the commercial banks in an acceptable form.  

2.      Performance Security should remain valid for a period of 60 (sixty) days beyond the date of completion of all contractual obligations of the supplier including warranty obligations. 

3.      Bid Security would be refunded to the successful bidder on receipt of Performance Security.  

D) GENERAL INSTURCTIONS:  

1. There should be two separate envelopes duly sealed for two bids and should be super scribed with (a) Technical Bid, and (b) Financial Bid and both these sealed envelopes are to be put in a bigger envelope which should also be sealed.

2. Tender Notice Number and tender for “FTIR instrument with ATR and Specular Reflectance Accessory" should clearly be written on the envelope.

3. The tender submitted shall remain valid at least for three months from the date of opening the tender. Validity beyond three months from the date of opening of the tender shall be by mutual consent

4. The tender addressed to the Registrar, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032 may be dropped at the tender box in the Receipt & Dispatch Section by 1.00 p.m. on 18^th August, 2011.

5. The technical bid of the tenders will be opened on 19^th August, 2011 at 3 p.m. in presence of the intending bidders.

6. The date of opening of financial bids will be informed later on. The financial bids of those tenderers will only be opened who comply with the technical specifications.

7. Incomplete tenders will be summarily rejected.

8. For any clarification regarding technical specifications, etc. please send your queries to "Dr. Abhishek Dey" <icad@iacs.res.in>

9. IACS Authority reserves the right to reject any or all tenders received without assigning any reason thereof.

Registrar