Supply, installation and maintenance of an ion chromatograph coupled with tandem mass spectrometry

Summary

The Vendée Department is procuring an ion chromatograph coupled with a triple-quadrupole mass spectrometer for its Environment and Food Laboratory. The equipment must support analysis of pesticides and their metabolites, trifluoroacetic acid, regulated polar compounds and very short-chain PFAS in fresh, wastewater and saline water; the stated quantification limit for glyphosate-related analysis is 0.030 µg/L. The contract includes delivery, installation, commissioning, user training and maintenance during the warranty period, with three optional one-year maintenance periods afterwards.