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66 -- LAB EQUIPMENT SOL F52276-00-99 DUE 092499 POC Trudy Dartouzos, Contract Specialist, ph: 301/827-7165; fax: 301/827-7103 See note #1. The Food and Drug Administration [FDA], Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, intends to award a purchase order to Tecmag, Inc., to upgrade existing MRI system: 1] 5 to 450 Mhz transmitter with 200 ns 0.09 degree phase shifts, 100 ns 96-dB amplitude control, 200,000 point waveform memory and 250 ns frequency switching over a 5 Mhz range, 2] Digital receiver with 14-bit ADC oversampling at the intermediate frequency, digital filtering and receiver bandwith, <1.2 dB noise figure and fast <1 us recovery time, 3] Signal Averager with 4Mword complex [expandable to 32 Mword], 5] 33 ns DSP pulse programmer, 100 ns minimum pulse width unlimited number of loop counters and 200,000 sequence events, 6] Gradient Control System with three DSP waveform generators each having 200,000 points of waveform memory, digital pre-emphasis and opto-control 200-bit DACs. Includes DSP gradient rotate board for oblique imaging, 7] Auto-Shim accessory with 15 computer controlled shims with 16-bit DAC control, 8] Pentium III 450 Mhz computer with windows NT and 17" LCD monitor, 9] Computer upgrade including 256 Mbytes of ram and a 24XCDRW, 10] NTNMR software site license, 11] system integration including RF cables, cabinet and transcoupler, 12] on-site installation and training and 13] shipping and handlilng. Written quotes by 2:00 pm 9/24/99. Posted 09/09/99 (W-SN378115). (0252)

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