SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Leica DM6000 CFS Upright Fixed Stage Microscope
- Notice Date
- 7/8/2009
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- 1110050
- Archive Date
- 8/7/2009
- Point of Contact
- Kathleen A Gregory, Phone: 301-435-2238
- E-Mail Address
-
gregoryk@nida.nih.gov
(gregoryk@nida.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Part 12.6. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation, RFQ1110050, provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-33 are incorporated into this Request for Quotation (RFQ). Delivery and acceptance will be performed in Bethesda, Maryland. The National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) on behalf of National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) seeks to purchase one (1) Leica TCS SP5 Spectral Confocal Imaging System. The salient characteristics of the LEICA TCS SP5 Spectral Confocal Imaging system are as follows: 1.Upright fixed-stage microscope and components: a.Must be an upright fixed-stage microscope with full automation of all functions to facilitate hands-free use under all imaging modes; b.Must be controllable via a fully programmable remote touch screen device; c.Must be equipped with Dodt Gradient Contrast optics for deep tissue imaging in infrared (IR) transmitted light, with the ability to do simultaneous IR 2 Photo fluroescense and IR scanning gradient contrast (IR-SGC). d.Must be equipped with 2 exchangeable nosepieces, 6 position motorized and encoded for conventional dry and water immersion objectives, and fixed nosepiece for the Super Objective. Microscope must auto-detect nosepiece when exchanged and configure Confocal pinhole automatically. 2.Optical Detection System: a.Must be a PRISM Based Spectrophotometer for maximum sensitivity (prism has 98% transmission vs. approximately 50% for a diffraction grating). This facilitates long term cell imaging experiments with the lowest possible laser power for cell viability. Also, high efficiency facilitates the use of internal Spectral Detectors for 2 Photon excited samples. b.Must allow for up to 5 independent and simultaneous spectral detectors continuously turnable in spectral windo width and position. This facilitates simultaneous acquisition of multiple fluroophores without spectral bleed through and spectral crosstalk. Spectral windows must be able to acquire emission with 1nm step. c.Must maintain constant image intensity regardless of scanning speed and format without adjusting photomultiplier tube (PMT) gain laser power. 3.Laser Scanning System: a.Must be a true Point Scanning system with a field of view index of 22mm and formats from 16 x 16 to 8,192x 8,192 pixels. System must include dual Tandem scan mirror assemblies for both Conventional Scan (continually tunable scanning speeds from 1Hz to 2800Hz) and Resonant Scanning (8,000 and 16,000Hz). The Tandem Scanner allows image acquisition rates of between<1 frame per second and more than 300 frames per second. Dual scanners must reside in the same scan head and be software switchable without any need for re-alignment. Both scanners must work in both Confocal and 2 Photon imaging mmodes. b.Must facilitate Scan Field Rotation of of at least 200 degrees without changing the deflection angle of scan mirrors to ensure maximum scan linearity and speed stability. 4.Laser Selection: a.Scan Head must allow for Dual UV, Visible and Dual IR 2 Photon lasers to be completed simultaneously. b.Visible laser port must accommodate up to 5 visible wavelength laser (up to 8 lines) via a fiber optic coupling. c.System must have the option to be upgraded with the patented Leica AOBS Acousto Optical Beam Splitter, which replaces the primary Dichroic Beam Splitter with an acoustically turnable device that deflects up to 8 laser lines simultaneously into the excitation beam path, and allows 95% of all emitted wavelengths to pass to the spectral detectors. d.Two Photon System must include Non-DescannedDetectors (NDD) that are software selectable by the imaging software included with the confocal system. e.Tunable Spectral Detectors for MP must be sensitive enough (prism based) to be used for detection of 2 Photon excited samples. This spectral tuning also facilitates the use of these PMTs for detection of Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) signals regardless of excitation wavelength. 5.General System: a.must offer high-throughput fiber optic Broadband communication between the scan head and data acquisition computer. b.must have the option to be configured with a Galvo-Z-stage for rapid and precise real-time XZ sectioning. c.must be controlled via both software and the “Digital Dashboard” control panel with 6 freely difinable rotary knobs with LcD status display. d.must be upgradeable to the following techniques and applications: 1)WLL – White Light Laser 2)FLIM – Fluorscence Lifttime Imaging 3)FCS – Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy 4)Matrix Scanning –High Content XYZT Scanning with Networked High Speed Data Transfer to Remote Storage Drives such as RAID. This is a Request for Quotation (RFQ) and brand name justification to procure Leica TCS SP5 system. The NIDA is not requesting information from resellers of other brand names but manufacturers that can provide the brand name equivalent. All manufacturers who can provide the equivalent product should submit their technical qualifications and literature to the following email address: gregoryk@nida.nih.gov. The following Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 2005-33 are applicable to this procurement: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial, applies to this acquisition and 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items. Specific technical evaluation criteria are: (1) Ability to meet the technical requirements and (2) ability to meet the delivery time. Offers will also be evaluated on best value in relation to price. Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, with its offer; FAR Clauses 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Condition Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. All responsible sources that can provide the above requirements shall submit written quotation no later than 3:00 PM E.T. on (input date here) to Kathleen Gregory, gregoryk@nida.nih.gov. The government intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order. The vendor shall be selected based on the lowest priced technically acceptable offer.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, MD, United States
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