University of Illinois at Chicago
Announcement of an Emergency Award/Quick Purchase
Vendor: E.A. Fischione Instruments, Inc.
Final Amount: $77,500
The State Purchasing Officer for this procurement is now Lee Saulter.
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
Awarded to:Vendor: E.A. Fischione Instruments, Inc., Export, PA
Amount: An estimated $70,000
Terms:
An estimated start date of 7/15/2016 through 8/25/2016
Renewals:
None
The University award process may be delayed up to thirty days as this award goes through a state approval process.
First published Thursday, July 14, 2016
The University awarded a contract for a TEM ion mill equipment comatible with JEOL TEM.
This emergency/quick purchase was required due to a situation in which items available on the spot market or at discounted prices were available for a limited time such that sound business judgment mandated a purchase immediately to take advantage of the availability and price.
Purchase from E.A. Fischione Instruments, Inc. their demo model 1050 TEM Mill instrument unit available on a first come basis at a significant discounted price.
Fischione is the only manufacturer of a TEM ion mill equipment that can be used to prepare samples for the JEOL ARM200CF TEM/STEM. The Fischione model 1050 TEM mill is the only unit that is compatible with the existing research instrumentation. The existing research instrumentation is the JEM-ARM200CF is a probe aberration corrected 200kV STEM/TEM with a cold field emission source with 0.35eV energy resolution. For HADF imaging at 200kV this instrument has a resolution of less than 0.08nm. It was installed in 2011.
For additional information, contact:
State Purchasing Officer - Lee Saulter
This transaction is subject to the State Board of Elections registration and certification requirements of Public Act 095-0971.
The State of Illinois has a policy to encourage prospective vendors to hire
qualified veterans, minorities, females, persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.