Source Confirmed
Seller-confirmed
- iCAP 6000 Series ICP-OES family identity, one ThermoFlex 900 chiller, and one CETAC ASX-520 autosampler are photo-confirmed.
Analysis snapshotSnapshot decision:REVIEW
Thermo Scientific iCAP 6000 Series ICP-OES System — Auction Analysis
A genuine iCAP 6000 Series ICP-OES, ThermoFlex 900 chiller, and CETAC ASX-520 autosampler are photo-confirmed, but exact variant, data station/software, plasma and detector performance, sample path, and accessory function are unresolved. The conservative whole-lot model supports REVIEW with a $0 blind ceiling.
Analysis snapshot · Historical — observed September 4, 2026. The scheduled close date of September 10, 2026 has passed. The price, evidence, economics, and recommendation remain exactly as recorded and are not current.
Decision at a glance
RecommendationREVIEW
- Maximum hammer bid
- $0
The auction bid ceiling supported by this analysis, if one is defensible; see costs below for buyer-premium treatment.
Why this decision
REVIEW: the $5,000 conservative whole-lot model reaches a $0 blind ceiling after freight, testing, workflow, selling, profit, and uncertainty reserves; targeted configuration and function evidence could materially change it.
What to verify before bidding
- No data station, software, or configuration database is evidenced for the iCAP, chiller, and autosampler workflow.
- No plasma, detector, calibration, or known-standard performance is established.
See costs and maximum bid for the displayed assumptions and buyer-premium treatment.
- Snapshot auction result
- Not captured
- Bidders
- Not captured
- Blind-model resale
- $5,000
Snapshot provenance and timing · observed September 4, 2026 · scheduled close September 10, 2026
GSA Auctions sale GSA item 376243, lot formal lot not captured · Florence, South Carolina
Snapshot observed September 4, 2026
Scheduled close September 10, 2026
Analysis prepared September 4, 2026
Published September 4, 2026 · page updated September 4, 2026
Prepared and published by Oleksii Udod for LotCaliper.
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Auction snapshot
This page preserves the September 4, 2026 GSA preview observation for item 376243. No bid, bidder count, formal sale number, or exact close time was retained.
A spectrometer, chiller, and autosampler can be a real configuration without forming a usable ICP-OES workflow until data, software, sample path, utilities, and analytical performance are proved.
Review and correction history
Independent review not recorded for this legacy analysis. No corrections recorded.
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Independent review not recorded
Published before the current independent-review gate; no completed independent review is recorded.
How independent review worksHow evidence is classified
Seller facts, photo-derived observations, manufacturer context, unknowns, and LotCaliper assumptions remain explicitly separated.
Photo Derived
Photo-derived
- The equipment appears installed and physically coherent, but installed appearance is not plasma, detector, cooling, autosampler, or analytical proof.
Not Established
Not established
- 6200/6300/6500, Radial/Duo, Mark/revision, data station, software, sample path, racks, calibration, analytical performance, chiller function, and autosampler function.
Manufacturer Context
Independent context
- Thermo documentation identifies a recirculating chiller and data station as required iCAP 6000 system accessories and supports the ASX-520 as an optional autosampler.
Lotcaliper Assumption
LotCaliper assumptions
- $5,000 conservative resale for the photographed whole lot with no PC/software value credited.
- $0 blind maximum hammer after freight, diagnostics, workflow, selling, profit, and risk reserves.
Equipment identity
Laboratory · quantity 1
Thermo Scientific iCAP 6000 Series ICP-OES system with ThermoFlex 900 chiller and CETAC ASX-520 autosampler
Identity confidence: High
Identity evidence
Supplied photographs show the iCAP 6000 SERIES marking, ThermoFlex 900 recirculating chiller, and CETAC ASX-520 autosampler.
GSA Auctions · Image · observed September 4, 2026
Configuration
Exact 6200/6300/6500, Radial/Duo, and Mark/revision configuration
Not established · no source evidence establishes presence or absence
Configuration evidence
The supplied images establish the iCAP 6000 Series family but not a readable variant plate.
GSA Auctions · Image · observed September 4, 2026
Compatible data station, software, licenses, and instrument database
Not established · no source evidence establishes presence or absence
Configuration evidence
No computer, data station, monitor, software media, or license is evidenced in the supplied photographs.
GSA Auctions · Image · observed September 4, 2026
Complete sample-introduction path and ASX-520 removable sample racks
Not established · no source evidence establishes presence or absence
Configuration evidence
Torch, injector, nebulizer, spray chamber, tubing, drains, seals, and removable racks cannot be confirmed complete from the supplied photographs.
GSA Auctions · Image · observed September 4, 2026
Condition
Untested
Installed-looking equipment does not establish boot, interlocks, plasma ignition, RF, detector, wavelength calibration, analytical performance, chiller cooling, or autosampler motion and communication.
Evidence confidence: High
Condition evidence
No powered system, software communication, plasma, QC run, cooling/flow, or autosampler test is shown.
GSA Auctions · Image · observed September 4, 2026
Market evidence
Market evidence strength
Medium
Public auditability
Limited Legacy
Evidence recency
Not Recorded
No structured comparable-evidence metadata was preserved for this dated snapshot. Public auditability is limited; the numeric resale snapshot cannot be independently audited from comparable records on this page.
Legacy evidence counts were not preserved. Unknown is not reported as zero.
Sensitivity and robustness
Requires Verification
The scenarios show potentially workable economics, but the stated verification gate must be resolved before bidding responsibly.
Untested whole-lot model
- Max hammer
- $0
- Gross resale model
- $3,000–$8,000
No PC/software, successful plasma, calibration, or complete sample path is credited.
Costs and maximum bid
| Transaction / operating cost | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Selling Fees | $750 | LotCaliper assumption: 15% of modeled gross resale. |
| Shipping | $1,000 | LotCaliper pickup, packing, rigging, and inbound-logistics reserve; not a carrier or GSA quote. |
| Testing Repair Reserve | $1,250 | LotCaliper functional-test and diagnostic reserve. |
| Risk Buffer | $1,500 | Exact-model, software, plasma/RF/detector, sample-path, chiller/autosampler, logistics, and specialist-liquidity risk buffer. |
- Buyer premium
- Not modeled
- Return requirements
- $500 minimum profit · 30% minimum ROI
- Computed bid constraints
Profit floor: $0
ROI floor: $0
Binding: Profit and ROI floors
- Snapshot blind/as-is max hammer
- $0
- Modeled result at recorded bid
- No bid recorded
This is a reseller ceiling, not a prediction of the auction's closing price. Any buyer premium or other unquoted acquisition charge must be deducted before bidding.
ICP-OES workflow completeness and test burden
The lot is ICP-OES, not ICP-MS. It must not be promoted to an iCAP 6200, 6300, 6500, Radial, Duo, or a turnkey system from enclosure appearance.
A credible working-state valuation requires compatible software and data station, cooling and gas/extraction support, successful plasma and optimization, known-standard performance, chiller flow and temperature control, and autosampler motion and communication.
- Obtain a readable data plate, software/data-station evidence, and a complete sample-path inventory.
- Verify plasma, analytical QC, chiller flow, autosampler operation, removal requirements, and realistic test-site infrastructure.
Recommendation and rationale
Snapshot decision
REVIEWREVIEW: the $5,000 conservative whole-lot model reaches a $0 blind ceiling after freight, testing, workflow, selling, profit, and uncertainty reserves; targeted configuration and function evidence could materially change it.
Confidence
- Identity
- High
- Configuration
- Medium Low
- Condition
- Low
- Market Support
- Medium
- Costs
- Medium
Market support assesses how well the available evidence supports the resale assumption. Exact third-party marketplace records may be omitted when source-use rights are unclear. Each dimension uses the published methodology rubric; a confidence label measures the strength and boundedness of its evidence, not the likelihood of a profitable outcome.
Risks and unknowns
High · Workflow Incomplete
No data station, software, or configuration database is evidenced for the iCAP, chiller, and autosampler workflow.
Manufacturer documentation treats the data station and recirculating cooling as required system equipment.
High · Analytical Performance Unverified
No plasma, detector, calibration, or known-standard performance is established.
Installed appearance is not analytical proof.
Sources
View cited public sources
- GSA Auctions item 376243
Official auction provenance for the immutable preview observation.
- Thermo Scientific iCAP 6000 Series reference guide
Official system, accessory, and workflow context; linked and paraphrased.