NanoDrop Eight Spectrophotometer
Waiver type - Procurement: Nonavailability
Agency: AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE (12H2) • Product Service Code (PSC) : 6640 | Last Modified: 03/09/2023
Procurement Summary
GSA Advantage was searched for vendors that could supply UV-VIS spectrophotometers for any vendors that could provide a Brand Name or Equal to Nanodrop 8 UV-VIS Spectrophotometer with the following salient characteristics: Absorbance Accuracy 3% at 0.97 A, 302 nm, 23oC +/- 2oC, Wavelength Range: 190 to 850 nm, Wavelength accuracy: +/- 1 nm, measurement range: 8 samples in less than/equal to 20 sec, pedestal Sample loading: (not cuvette), ambidextrous pipetting with guide, sample volume: 1.0 to 2.0 ul (with samples being recoverable), sample position illuminator, maximum dimensions: 24 cm x 33 cm x 17 cm (10 inches x 13 inches x 7 inches), automatic measurements: auto blank and auto measure, sample concentration accuracy/software specific capable of the following: identify contaminants including proteins, phenol, Guanidine HCL, mammalian RNA, Guanidine Isothiocyanate and Mammalian DNA; corrected concentration calculations based on contaminants; format files to include absorbance data, report data or both; Universal file formats: exports in .txt and .csv and differentiate RNA from DNA.
Waiver Rationale Summary
This is to replace our current model and necessary for consistency of data across projects. The requirement is only manufactured through foreign manufacturers and is available through U.S. based companies.
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Consistent with Policy
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
03/06/2023
1085959
12305B23S1085959
Post-solicitation
Instant Delivery Only
Individual Waiver
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE