SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Electrical Impedance Myography measurement device
- Notice Date
- 3/8/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334510
— Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus 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
- NOI2856388
- Archive Date
- 3/27/2013
- Point of Contact
- Hunter A. Tjugum, Phone: 301 435 8780
- E-Mail Address
-
hunter.tjugum@nih.gov
(hunter.tjugum@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. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisitions - Neurosciences, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions on behalf of the National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke (NINDS) intends to negotiate a Purchase Order on a sole source basis with Convergence Medical Devices, Inc., (the "Contractor) located at 100 Sylvan Rd, Woburn, MA 01801, for an Electrical Impedance Myography (EIM) measurement device. The Electromyography (EMG) Section at NINDS requires a handheld measuring device from the Contractor for systematic measurement of electrical impedance myography (EIM) in people with neuromuscular disease. The specialized EIM device needs to measure muscle anisotropy in multi-frequencies of EIM and be integrated into a software program that can measure and compute muscle anisotropy in multi-angle assessment of EIM measurement. EMG requires the device to function with a standardized configuration of sensors that can analyze a focal muscle at different angles and frequencies to reproducibly measure muscle physiology. An interface for data acquisition by a laptop computer is also required. Convergence Medical Devices (CMD), Inc has developed new technology for a full EIM measurement system that consists of a Netbook PC with integrated software; a handheld EIM device for measuring localized bioimpedance at multiple frequencies; and a set of disposable sensors which attach to the probe and make contact with the patient. CMD is the only known source that can provide this type of EIM measurement device; No other source can satisfy agency requirements. The EMG provides innovative and reproducible methods for monitoring patients in neuromuscular clinical trials at NIH. EIM is a tetrapolar technique of noninvasively applying high-frequency low amplitude stimulation through the skin surface and measuring the resultant alteration in voltage responses produced by the underlying muscle. Unlike conventional electrodiagnostic techniques, the EIM results reflect characteristics of the structure and composition of the muscle rather than its specific electrophysiological characteristics, adding a different dimension to characterization of muscle in muscle or nerve diseases. This acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 12, in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award prescribed in Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and is exempt from the competition requirements of Part 6. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing this synopsis number, may be submitted to the NIDA SS/SA Branch, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Hunter A. Tjugum, at tjugumha@mail.nih.gov.
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