SPECIAL NOTICE
65 -- Purchase of Automated Workstation
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2006
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, GA, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- 000HCRU8-2006-35712
- Response Due
- 8/15/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/16/2006
- Description
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to issue a sole source purchase order to Perkin Elmer Life and Analytical Sciences, 710 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT, 06484-4794, for a JANUS Automated Workstation. The specifications for the type of workstation needed are as follows: system capable of using four or eight fixed washable or disposable tips at one time; also capable of using any number of lesser tips independently with all tips located on a single arm for high throughput sample processing and each sampling tip capable of independent motion in the Z-direction; all systems configurable enabling a choice of methods for eliminating carry-over between samples which enables both disposable tips and fixed washable tips to be used on a single sample probe with no manual intervention is required to switch from one tip type to another; changing from disposable tips to fixed washable tip processing can be done within a single operation step in a protocol; instrument equipped with 4-tip pipetting arm shall be field upgradeable to an 8-tip pipetting arm; the system must be able to be upgraded by trained field service engineers with Modular Dispense Technology (MDT?)--MDT? enables the user to utilize a variety of dispense heads to be automatically switched ?on-the-fly? for optimal performance with choices of dispense heads not be limited to: P235 and P50 96-channel dispense heads, P30 384-channel dispense head, and the P1 384-channel NanoHead? capable of pipetting between 50 and 1000 nL; instruments equipped with MDT? shall also be able to utilize a variety of pin tool options that can be automatically switched ?on-the-fly?; instrument should be able to aspirate greater than 1.5ml of solvent in a single aspiration step; system must offer optional low volume sampling tip options to enable pipetting volumes below 10 ?L and down to 500 nL and submicroliter pipetting must be available with both disposable tips and fixed washable tips; liquid handling system must be capable of providing independent liquid level sensing in a multi-tipped mode with fixed, washable sampling tips or disposable tips--minimum volume to be detected should be 50 ?L in a microplate and 100 ?L in a test tube; liquid level sensing must be capable of detecting non-ionic and organic solvents such as deionized water, DMSO or methanol; when utilizing fixed tips or conductive disposable tips, the system?s liquid level sensing must be sensitive enough to detect sample volumes of less than 100 ?L in test tubes or 50 ?L in microplates with standard racks and in a multi-tipped configuration; liquid handling system must be equipped with Varispan for automatic computer-controlled variable sample probe spacing, which enables most formats of labware such as tubes, microplates, PCR plates, vials or reagent troughs to be processed in a multi-tipped mode; systems must be capable of probe-to-probe spacing from 9 to 20 mm with four-tip systems or 9 to 40 mm with eight-tip systems; when equipped with VersaTip PLUS, should be able to utilize both standard and conductive disposable tips and conductive tips should enable liquid level sensing; multiple disposable tip sizes should be compatible on single sampling probe including 10 ?L, 20?L, 200?L, and 1000?L tips and all disposable tips should be capable of being utilized in a multi-tip mode; system must include electrical sensors to verify disposable tip pick up and disposal and sensors should be capable of being turned on or off at a users discretion; software should enable users to determine when to dispose of tips and when to reuse them, but system should be capable of re-using a tip when performing duplicate transfers; disposable tips should be available in both robotic compatible tip boxes and hanging tip boxes; system must include the ability to operate at the user discretion with fewer than total tips configured on the system at one time; system should have a capacity of up to 32 microplates tiles; system must allow any combination of labware to be included on deck for use in processing within a single protocol and labware should include but not be limited to test tubes, microplates, deep well plates, troughs, micro centrifuge vials, etc.; system should be compatible with a variety of automated temperature control options enabling both chilling and heating to occur on the deck; multiple heating tiles can be operated automatically, simultaneously, and independently at different temperatures ranging from ambient to 100C; system software shall be built around a graphical user interface with mouse-driven pull-down menus and shall be compatible with Windows XP operating system and the software must allow 'drag and drop' functionality for definition of labware on the deck; software programs must be provided as standard to test accuracy and precision performance of each syringe pump, XYZ motions and liquid level sensing to satisfy GLP (Good Laboratory Practice); hard copies of precision/accuracy performance should be generated when a printer is provided; system must be capable of demonstrating precision of better than 3.0% coefficient of variation at 5 ?L with a 20 ?L tip?also, precision of less than 1.0% should be seen at 50 ?L with a 200 ?L tip dispensing distilled water. In both cases accuracy of better than +/- 1.0% should be seen; software should enable users to define customized message boxes before or after protocols, or between tests allowing for easier user instructions and interfacing with other instrumentation; WinPREP templates can be converted to Read-only format to prevent user from modifying validated protocols; system software should be able to easily conduct file importation routines with single point insertion for common file type e.g. .csv type files from Microsoft Excel; database error recording shall make a record of liquid and instrument errors conditions that occur during processing and should be readable through commonly used database software packages; expanded systems are upgradeable with the Gripper Integration Platform enabling plate movement around or outside of standard pipetting deck to feed peripheral devices such as incubators, readers, etc.; systems should be capable of being fitted with a bar code reading system with positive identification for 192 tubes should be read in less than 90 seconds. A bar code assembly able to hold 192 tubes in a variety of cassettes for tubes with diameters between 10 and 16 mm.; positive ID of microplates and tubes should be available via plate barcode ID option, tube/vial bar coder reader option, high capacity plate stacker option and hand-held bar code scanner option; and higher capacity microplate loading or tip loading using additional stackers with the stackers integrated to the liquid handling system with direct feeding of the microplates to the deck of the liquid handling system. CDC believes that this requirement is met by only one provider. This procurement will be processed under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 and 6.302-2. Only one responsible source and no other sources will satisfy agency requirements. No solicitation is being issued. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. This procurement is not set-aside for small business. For contractual questions contact Linda M. Young.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Atlanta, GA
- Zip Code: 30060
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 30060
- Record
- SN01109959-W 20060811/060809220442 (fbodaily.com)
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