SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Medical, dental and veterinary equipment andsupplies
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339111
— Laboratory Apparatus and Furniture Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;VA Boston Healthcare System;Contracting Officer (90C);150 South Huntington Avenue;Jamaica Plains MA 02130
- ZIP Code
- 02130
- Solicitation Number
- VA-241-07-RP-0293
- Response Due
- 8/28/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/27/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 South Huntington Ave, Boston, MA--Intent to sole source procurement under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source with Applied Biosystems Inc, 850 Lincoln Center Drive, Foster City, CA 94404 for a high performance liquid chromatograph Q-TOF mass spectrometer with nanoelectric spray and MALDI. The government determined that only one manufacturer can satisfy the agency's requirement and intends to negotiate with only one source. The system must meet the following minimum requirements: Be a high performance, high resolution and high sensitivity Q-TOF mass spectrometer that is capable of LCMSMS for protein identification, protein profiling and protein structure analysis. Capable of performing protein identification, protein profiling and protein structure analysus using the nano electric spray ionization source (ESI). Capable of performing protein identification on trypsinized protein samples isolated from gel electrophoresis using the MALDI ionization source. Capable of inline with nano-HPLC for separation of proteins and peptides. Provide systems and software with user-friendly interface to operate the system, to analyze protein profiles and to identify markers from the serum sample. Capable of performing tissue imaging study. Provide training and installation by the manufacturer. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. No solicitation document is avaliable and telephone requests will not be accepted. However, any manufacturer that determines it can meet the requirements may give written notification through e:mail to the Contract Specialist, leanne.daniels@va.gov by August 28, 2007, 2:00 PM EST. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with above requirements at no cost or obligation to the government. All responses received will be evaluated by the government, however the information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If no responses are received, the VA Boston Healthcare System will precede to sole source this requirement to Applied Biosystems Inc.
- Place of Performance
- Address: VA Boston Healthcare System;150 South Huntington Ave;Jamaica Plains, MA
- Zip Code: 02130
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 02130
- Record
- SN01382690-W 20070825/070823221137 (fbodaily.com)
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