SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Multichannel Data Acquisition System for intracranial neural recordings of Multi-Electrode Arrays
- Notice Date
- 8/6/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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
- HHS-SSSA-NIDA-SS-13-3034840
- Archive Date
- 8/28/2013
- 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 Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. Based on the responses received from this Sources Sought notice, the proposed acquisition may be solicited as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All eligible small business concerns responding to this announcement must have the capabilities to provide the below product. Delivery will be made to 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. The proposed requirement is for a multi-channel data acquisition system used for recording and monitoring brain electrical activity using Multi-Electrode Array technology. The essential government feature includes the ability of the multi-electrode array to be implanted directly onto the human brain cortex. This potential requirement is needed by the Surgical Neurology Branch at the National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke (NINDS) to perform multichannel, high-density, neural recordings from large populations of neurons. This potential requirement is for a clinical EEG system that allows access to intracranial data streamed in real-time and in providing capability of recording single-unit spiking activity. Current research efforts by the Surgical Neurology Branch are focused on recording and analyzing intracranial neural signals captured from patients who have received subdural and depth electrodes for seizure monitoring. Research is performed on patients with medically refractory epilepsy that receive implantation of intracranial electrodes for long-term seizure monitoring, during which monitoring period, subjects are awake and fully interactive. The purpose of the research is to capture intracranial signals and correlate those signals with specific cognitive behaviors in order to uncover the neural mechanisms that underlie cognitive behavior. The proposed requirement will capture and analyze intracranial signals in real time so as to build a closed-loop recording system capable of providing behavioral and electrical stimulation feedback, and will capture single unit spiking activity from microwires implanted within cortical structures of these patients. The recording amplifier needs to provide real-time data processing and single-unit recording that can capture signals from multi-electrode arrays of penetrating microwires implanted in the cortical surface of the human brain allowing capture of single-unit spiking activity from cortical neurons. Minimal specifications include the above description and amplifier hardware with fast recovery circuitry resistance to recording-channel saturation during or after electrical stimulation on same electrode and nearby electrodes. Hardware must also include flexible analog and digital inputs and outputs for interfacing with external equipment. Recording amplifier shall include adaptive data acquisition software. Interested parties should submit a tailored capability statement, which clearly defines the ability to provide this equipment and that specifically addresses the equipment's functionality and specifications required to perform intracranial microelectrode real-time processing. Responses should be limited to 15 pages in length, including attachments and amendments, and sent as an Adobe PDF or Microsoft Office file to: tjugumha@mail.nih.gov prior to the closing date contained in this announcement. Responses must include the respondents' DUNS, organization name and address, point of contact, and size and type of business pursuant to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code identified in this notice. Disclaimer and Important News: 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. Confidentiality: 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).
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