SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Maestro EX In-Vivo Imaging System
- Notice Date
- 1/8/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument 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-2010-54-JKS
- Archive Date
- 1/28/2010
- 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 Small Business Sources Sought notice (SS). This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small business; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. The NAICS code for the project is 334516. The small business size standard is 500 employees. The purpose of the proposed acquisition is to identify qualified organizations who can provide a Maestro EX In-Vivo Imaging System to the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB). The system includes 8 filter sets, an illuminator, computer, software, excitation/emission filter sets for 500 to 950 nm imaging, electronically tunable wavelength (500-950 nm optimized for fluorescence), Microsoft Windows compatible software with two user-licenses to provide multispectral image capture, as well as the ability to perform spectral unmixing and classification functions, a workstation computer (Dell tower system with 24” Flatscreen LCD monitor, 2 GB RAM, and built-in CD/DVD writer minimum), integrated imaging module with scientific-grade (1.3 megapixel CCD) heated imaging chamber and nosecone anaesthesia delivery system, and a one day on-site installation and training. The Maestro EX In-Vivo Imaging System: -Can be used in either multispectral imaging (MSI) or monochrome (Mono) mode -Contains a solid-state, electronically tunable bandpass filter under software control that is capable of tuning at least every 5 nm from 500 to 950 nm -Comes with software for performing spectral unmixing -Comes with software for computing the pure spectrum of a fluorophore/ chromophore from a mixed spectrum -Comes with automated software for determining correct spectral libraries -Can perform region-of-interest (ROI) quantitation using either user-drawn or thresholded ROI’s -Capable of collecting and unmixing a full spectral image of 4 spectral datapoints in less than 5 seconds -An electronically tunable filter capable of halving its bandwidth under software control -Capability of low-light imaging, with up to 10-minute exposure times -Automated excitation and emission filter wheels -Capable of collecting and unmixing a full spectral image using two or more excitation filters (of more than 3 spectral datapoints per excitation filter) in less than 15 seconds -A temperature controlled interior and sample stage -Computer-controlled zoom and focus adjustments -Capability of low-light imaging, with up to 20-minute exposure times All Capability Statements sent in response to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Jennifer Schlegel, Contract Specialist, at schlegeljk@mail.nih.gov by December 16th. 2009, 1:00 PM, EST. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NHLBI/NHLBI-PB-EB-2010-54-JKS/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02038303-W 20100110/100108235320-f1f04a73e6ce37b7fa13a37c30497f6f (fbodaily.com)
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