SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Olympus IX81
- Notice Date
- 11/19/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-PB-EB-2010-25-JKS
- Archive Date
- 12/14/2009
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Schlegel, Phone: (301) 435-0345
- E-Mail Address
-
schlegeljk@mail.nih.gov
(schlegeljk@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. It is the intent of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) to negotiate and award a contract on a sole source, noncompetitive basis to Olympus America Inc., 3500 Corporate Pkwy., Center Valley, PA 18034 for the Olympus IX81 for selective plane illumination microscopy (SPIM). Selective plane illumination microscopy is a relatively new technique that requires multiple objectives to fit in a tight space above the sample. The mechanical assemblies have already been machined which fit the objectives in the space above the Olympus stage holder. Additionally, the 3rd objective in the setup is an Olympus objective designed to be mounted conventionally in an inverted Olympus microscope. The Olympus IX81 will also be used for TIRF and laser applications and another microscope would need to be customized for these uses. The cost to duplicate specialized lenses, lamp-housings, stages and laser inputs would exceed $50,000 for the laboratory; not including the cost incurred in time spent re-optimizing these items for a different microscope. Laser input is critical and the Olympus not only inputs laser light through the TIRF illuminator but has a separate optical path independent of the reflected fluorescent/TIRF light path. This allows for widefield fluorescence while simultaneously inputting lasers without the use of 50%/50% type beamsplitters. This maximizes both laser input and the fluorescence signal for both. The use of a laser port fluorescence turret allows an additional laser input and access to the ability to remove the tube lens to control the beam characteristics. The potential addition of another laser input light path on the left side of the microscope is a useful upgrade to this microscope. The microscope is easily upgradable with the addition of the Olympus ZDC (Zero Drift Compensation) to maintain focus during long time lapse experiments. The correction of aberrations is done in the objective rather then through the eyepiece or a tube lens, as in other microscope manufacturers. This is an essential feature, as it minimizes optical aberrations that may occur when trying to input or output various components between the objective and the tube lens or eyepieces. Olympus is currently the only microscope company to manufacture the highest NA objective for light microscopy – the 1.65 NA oil immersion objective. This objective allows for the highest resolution images, and is incompatible with other microscope companies. This acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competition Requirements. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 333314 and the Size Standard is 500 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NHLBI-PB-EB-2010-25-JKS may be submitted by mail to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, Procurement Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 6136A, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention: Jennifer Schlegel, by fax transmission to (301) 480-3432 or by email to schlegeljk@nhlbi.nih.gov
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-0001, United States
- Zip Code: 20892-0001
- Zip Code: 20892-0001
- Record
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