SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent for the Full-field Laser Perfusion Imager
- Notice Date
- 9/19/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical 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-CSB-(EB)-2013-289-JS
- Archive Date
- 10/10/2013
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Swift, Phone: 3014350358
- E-Mail Address
-
Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov
(Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS INTRODUCTION THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Office of Acquisitions (OA) on behalf of the National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to Moor Instruments, 501 Silverside Rd, Ste 66, Wilmington, DE 19809 for the Full-field Laser Perfusion Imager. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 339112 with a Size Standard of 500 employees. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-69. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($150,000). STATUTORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Background - The Trans-NIH Biomedical Engineering and Physical Science (BEPS) Shared Resource supports NIH intramural scientists through the development and application of advanced technologies for basic and clinical research. BEPS requires a laser-speckle-contrast blood-flow imager for real-time, high-resolution assessment of blood flow in the limbs of research subjects with diseases that affect blood flow, such as sickle cell anemia, in order to understand these diseases better and to develop effective treatments. Purpose and Objectives The purpose of this acquisition is to implement several clinical protocols as a part of collaborations between the Biomedical Engineering and Physical Science Shared Resource and clinicians from NHLBI, NICHD, NCI, and NIAID. Clinical applications of Full-field Laser Perfusion Imager will be expanded to measure flow fluctuations with much better accuracy then previously possible in our lab. By purchasing a new Full-field Laser Perfusion Imager with low 1/f noise, it will be possible to do flow imaging to monitor perfusion fluctuations in the spatial and time domains, as well as in the time-frequency domain. This will allow the study of coupling between different vascular and microvascular territories of the living tissues The Full-field Laser Perfusion Imager FLPI-2 (Moor Instruments Inc., USA) will be well suited for NIH clinical research and development applications allowing re-configuration of blood flow measurement in an intraoperative or patient-bedside setting. There is no other company that offers this low (i.e., good) of a signal to noise ratio. The low noise level of the FLPI-2 will allow monitoring of low frequency oscillations in blood flow. In addition, because our lab currently has a Moor FLP-1 camera, we have written multiple computer programs that use the unique Moor internal (raw) data format for analysis. This extensive investment in software development would not be compatible with non-Moor imagers. Only the Moor imager will provide the full compatibility needed for us to be able to compare data in these protocols between future and past patients. The FLPI-2 is unique in being able to satisfy all the requirements above. There is no other company that has Full-field Laser Perfusion Imager with this level of signal to noise ratio and signal stability. No other company can provide full compatibility with existing software in our lab, or an imager with such low 1/f noise in the range of 0.01 Hz. Period of Performance Delivery within 30 days of date of award. Project Description The NIBIB has a requirement for a new FLPI. The FLPI must include special features that will enable it to obtain high reproducibility and ensure integrity in clinical blood flow imaging for intraoperative and patient-bedside settings: (1) The FLPI camera should have 5x5, or greater, pixel array to enable high signal-to-noise ratio (2) The device should have image acquisition rate of at least 25images/sec, combined with 752x580 pixel image size (3) The device should have color video image recording aligned with blood flow images (4) The device should have an external trigger in/out for interfacing with external devices (5) The device should have a field of view of at least 15x20cm (6) The device should have a working distance between 10-40 cm (7) The device should have an aiming beam (8) The device should have automatic distance and area measurement Other Important Considerations This is a brand name requirement for a FLPI-2 which is only manufactured by Moor Instruments. CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10-Market Research, specifically the review and evaluation of the responses to the sources sought notice published in the FedBizOpps on September 9, 2013. The intended source is Moor Instruments. Moor Instruments is the only manufacturer of the FLPI-2 and only the FLPI-2 will meet NIBIB's need and be compatable with the FLPI-1 which is currently in operation within the NIBIB lab. CLOSING STATEMENT This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov." A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be received by September 25, 2013, 3:30PM EST and must reference number NHLBI-CSB-(EB)-2013-289-JES Responses may be submitted electronically to Jennifer Swift, Contract Specialist at Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. "All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency."
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 13 South Drive, 3rd Floor, Wing A, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, United States
- Zip Code: 20814
- Zip Code: 20814
- Record
- SN03195740-W 20130921/130920000144-582dba955400f4dc9d5bf08ff0562f86 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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