SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- XR-100 CCD Camera
- Notice Date
- 5/29/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Research Contracts Br., 6120 Executive Blvd. EPS Suite 600, Rockville, MD, 20852
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- NCI-30062-NG
- Response Due
- 6/13/2003
- Archive Date
- 6/28/2003
- Point of Contact
- Malinda Holdcraft, Purchasing Agent, Phone (301) 402-4509, Fax (301) 402-4513, - Renita Smith, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-496-8612, Fax 301-480-0241,
- E-Mail Address
-
holdcram@exchange.nih.gov, rs442i@nih.gov
- Description
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Laboratory of Neurobiology (LN), plans to procure a Gatan Retractable Multi-Scan CCD Camera with Advanced Microscopy Techniques Corporation, 3 Electronics Avenue, Danvers, MA 01923. The services and supplies herein are being procured using the simplified acquisition procedures as stated in FAR Part 13. The North American Industrial Classification System code is 423450 and the business size standard is 100 employees. The Laboratory of Neurobiology engages in fundamental research on the structural basis of synaptic transmission, New advances make it possible to apply tomography to understand the structure of the post synaptic apparatus. The purchase of a specialized digital camera is needed to collect and analyze images generated by a JEOL electron microscope for tomography of the post-synaptic apparatus. A new technique of tomography applies a mathematical algorithm to analyze multiple (50 or more) images of the same part of the section taken at a series of angles, thereby producing images at the molecular level. In order to photograph these series a high resolution digital camera needs to be incorporated directly into the electron microscope, and the camera must be connected to a computer that can direct the taking of the images as well as their storage and preliminary analysis. The digital camera offered by AMT is specifically designed for collecting multiple images in the electron microscope. AMT offers a camera specifically designed to work with a, (previously purchased by NINDS) JEOL 100 CX and 200 CX interchangeably. Images collected in the computer running the camera can be directly saved at full resolution and gray scale in TIFF format directly legible in Photoshop running on Apple computers, and the information content of these images will be at least 2600X2600 pixels at 16 bits (>7 MB image). A 61x62m phosphor detector will give a field of view at least 70% the size of that with 3 1/4" film, and the sensitivity of the camera will be measurably better than standard Kodak EM film. Images will be magnified no more than 2X onto the surface of the phosphor which collects the image. These camera specifications are all necessary to optimize the collection of EM images over the most commonly used magnification range of the microscope. Camera can be switched easily from one microscope to another by the operator. In the past contamination of the camera chip by vacuum oils has been a problem. AMT has designed a camera that, except for the collecting phosphor, lies completely outside the vacuum system. The camera will have a fast scan mode needed to focus quickly on the specimen before images are collected. The camera chip is air cooled so no water connections are necessary. Advanced Microscopy Techniques Corporation is the only source known to the NINDS that can provide the aforementioned CCD Camera with the specifications required. The AMT camera is a general use camera system designed and tested for collecting images in JEOL 100-CX or 200-CX electron microscopes, previously purchase and in currently in use by the NINDS researchers. However, this camera represents striking new advances in the state of the art which make it uniquely suited to the needs of our program. Delivery and installation must be on or before July 1. 2003. This is not a request for competitive quotations. However, if any interested party believes it can meet the above requirements, especially with regard to compatibility, it may submit a statement of capabilities. The capability statement and any other furnished information must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NINDS to determine if the party can fully meet the requirements. Capability statements must be received in the contracting office by 1:00 PM, EDT (local Washington, D.C. time) on June 13, 2003. If you have any questions, please contact Malinda Holdcraft, Purchasing Agent via electronic mail at holdcram@exchange.nih.gov or by fax 301-402-4513. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received shall be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No collect calls will be accepted.
- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH/NINDS, Maryland
- Zip Code: 20892
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN00334106-W 20030531/030529213326 (fbodaily.com)
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