Procurement of a High-performance Floor Standing Arc/spark Optical Emission S...

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The purpose of this tender is to invite suitably qualified suppliers to submit proposals for the procurement of a high-performance floor standing arc/ spark Optical Emission Spectrometer (OES). The instrument is required at Mintek’s premises located at 200 Malibongwe Drive, Strydom Park, Randburg. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Mintek’s Advanced Materials Discipline (AMD) at Mintek provides high-temperature research and development services across a wide variety of commodities. The Discipline offers a wide range of testing and demonstration services. The high-performance floor standing arc/spark optical emission spectrometer (OES) will be a new analytical instrument for in-house chemical analysis of prepared metal specimens from AMD’s research projects, industry, and academia. The spectrometer will be used for research purposes and routine analysis of Ferrous and Base Metals (C, P, Mg, Al, S, Si, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Mo, Cd). 23. EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSAL Tender proposals will be evaluated in accordance with the 80/20 preference point system, as contemplated in the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2022 pertaining to the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA) (Act ). 24.1 Phase 1: Administrative Documents Without limiting the generality of Mintek’s other critical requirements for this bid, a bidder(s) must submit the documents listed in the table below. All documents must be completed and signed by the duly authorised representative of the prospective bidder(s). A bidder’s proposal may be disqualified for non-submission of any of the documents. Administrative documents Tick if submitted MTF 01: Financial Offer and Price Declaration Yes No MTF 02: Price Yes No MTF 03: Validity of Tender Price Yes No of 72 Company Name: __________________________________ Initials: __________ Mintek Request for Proposal MTF 04: Form of Offer and Acceptance Yes No MTF 05: Service Provider Declaration Form and Experience Yes No MTF 06: Bank Details Form Yes No SBD 6.1: Preference Points Claim Form in terms of the Preferential Yes No Procurement Regulations 2022 SBD 4: Bidder’s Disclosure Yes No Central Supplier Database (CSD) Report Yes No Joint Venture, Consortium, or Partnership agreement signed by all Yes No parties of agreement (if applicable) 24.2 Phase 2: Mandatory Technical Bidder to complete the table below by indicating “yes” or “no” to confirm whether this requirement is met and provide supporting evidence. Supporting documentation or evidence should be attached to this document, if no evidence is provided, it will be assumed that the specification cannot be met. The bidder’s response will be validated against the supporting evidence to confirm the conformance of the proposed instrument to the mandatory technical requirements. Supporting documentation should take the form of technical specifications, datasheets, technical drawings, brochures, etc. Supporting documents should have page numbers for ease of reference. BIDDER TO STATE REFERENCE NO. COMPULSORY SPECIFICATIONS DOCUMENT & PAGE YES OR NO THE SPECTROMETER The spectrometer must be a floor- standing design i.e. should fit in a lab 1 Yes or No room with typical laboratory door, height and width. of 72 Company Name: __________________________________ Initials: __________ Mintek Request for Proposal The spectrometer must have a gas filled 2 and pressure-stabilized UV optics for Yes or No wavelength < 240 nm The instrument must also consist of the following: • SIRCAL rare gas (Argon) purifier for low levels of Nitrogen in Steel 3 and/or Oxygen in Pure copper Yes or No applications. • UPS (230V) 10 KVA for stable power to the Instrument and All accessories. The spark OES analyser must have different matrix calibration packages. The analytical solution packages (ASPs) must cover all major elements and alloy groups. The ASPs must include full 4 element sets, calibrations, alloy groups, Yes or No and standardisation samples. The modules should be easily selectable and upgradable for future expansion. An auto selection of calibration modules is required based on grade The spectrometer must have full capabilities including C, P, and S. Should include the following pre-set factory calibration programs optimised 5 Yes or No for customer requirements: Fe base: Fe-Orientation, Low Alloy Steel, Free Cutting Steel, Cast Iron, Carbon in nodular cast incl. Nitrogen, of 72 Company Name: __________________________________ Initials: __________ Mintek Request for Proposal Cr-Cr/Ni Steel, Highspeed Steel, Fe-Mn Steel and Fe-Ni-resist, Cr hard cast Cu base: Cu-Orientation, Cu-pure, Cu/Zn alloy, Cu/Zn/Ni alloys, Cu- Cu/Sn/Pb alloy, Cu/Al alloy, Cu/Be/Co/Ag alloy, Gunmetal, Cu/Ni alloy. Al base: Al – Orientation, Pure Al, Al- Si/Mg – Alloys, Al-Cu- Alloys, Al-Mg- Alloys, Al-Zn- Alloys Zn base: Zn - Global, Primary Z and remelted zinc, Zn/Al alloy (4%-15%), Zn/Al (>15%), Zn/Al 2%, Zamak 2, 3, 5 The spectrometer's minimum spectral range must be at least between 150 and 6 750 nm. Better (less than 150 and Yes or No higher than 750) will be added advantage The system must include a dedicated 7 Yes or No cooling mechanism for the electrode. Routine maintenance without opening 8 Yes or No instrument housing (front door) The required consumables kit such as: 9 • Electrode tungsten/ d6.15x56/ Yes or No double 90 MULTI-OPTIC-SYSTEM 35 CMOS detectors on the Rowland 10 Yes or No circle with 750 mm focal length Gas-filled and pressure-stabilised UV 11 Yes or No optics for wavelength < 240 nm Holographic master gratings: 12 Yes or No 3600 and 2400 grooves/mm of 72 Company Name: __________________________________ Initials: __________ Mintek Request for Proposal Grating material: low thermal expansion 13 Yes or No glass ceramics. Full spectrum scan - Effective wavelength range: 120-770 nm. 14 Yes or No Separate optical system for wavelengths >210 nm (Visible). Reciprocal dispersion: Optics 1: 3600 grooves/mm, 0.37 15 Yes or No nm/mm. Optics 2: 2400 grooves/mm, 0.55 nm/mm SPARK GENERATOR SOURCE The spectrometer detector must have very robust high-energy LDMOS (laterally diffused metal-oxide 16 semiconductor). Fully digitalized Yes or No plasma generator with digital discharge definition, digital pulse generation, and digital offline pulse control Max. spark power 4 KW 17 Yes or No Max. spark frequency 1000 Hz 18 Full spectrum coverage and iCAL 2.0 Yes or No Industry-standard TCP/IP and USB connections Integrated WebCheck tool for instrument diagnosis. The digital 19 spark source should be matrix Yes or No optimised with high-energy pre- sparking to homogenise the sample surface. ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS The instrument required should be 20 Yes or No equipped with 198-253V, 50/60 Hz of 72 Company Name: __________________________________ Initials: __________ Mintek Request for Proposal 0.5 kVA power usage in standby mode / 21 Yes or No maximum 1.0 kVA during spark mode 22 16 A slow-blow fuse required Yes or No THE COMPUTER, OPERATING SYSTEM & THE SOFTWARE The stationary metal analyzer must be supplied with a standard computer system monitor 22” (Minimum), Mono Laser printer, PC stands for PC, 23 Yes or No Monitor, and Printer. Installed with Windows 11TM 64 Bit Professional Operating System, keyboard, mouse, and printer. The computer must have an industry- standard Intel or similar 3GHz processor 24 and 16 GB RAM. 500 GB SSD, Yes or No Graphics adapter, USB ports, Audio sound card, 2 Network adapters The computer must have USB ports and all serial connection ports to connect the 25 main instrument and other peripherals Yes or No that are required for normal operation and are controlled by the software. The control software must be able to apply spectral interference corrections and background corrections post- 26 Yes or No sample analysis, thus eliminating the need to re-analyse the sample and increase productivity. The software must identify and record 27 Yes or No errors to ensure that problems are of 72 Company Name: __________________________________ Initials: __________ Mintek Request for Proposal resolved faster. The backup/restore tool safeguards against data loss. Be able to export results to PDF. Possible for loading already stored analytical results from Sample Result Manager. 28 Possible to display the results of more Yes or No than one sample simultaneously. Be able to copy results to the Windows clipboard (Data exchange to external programs, i.e. MS Excel). Additionally, an instrument software must be installed with a calibration module for Windows®. The instrument must be equipped with an automatic alloy/grade identification. The software 29 Yes or No installed should cover the entire range of applications and must be able to provide maximum flexibility for analytical requirements (concentration unit freely selectable (%, ppm)). The software should include features such as: • Setting of upper and lower limits for each element for easy process monitoring 30 • A single spark viewer and Yes or No history chart for control samples and standardisation. Possibility for displaying results of more than one sample simultaneously. 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