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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 05, 2014 FBO #4484
MODIFICATION

66 -- 1.PaxScan 3024MCesium Iodide Flat Panel Image Detector

Notice Date

3/3/2014
 

Notice Type

Modification/Amendment
 

NAICS

334517 — Irradiation Apparatus 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

NIH-HHS-NHLBI-CSB-(HL)-2014-076-DLM
 

Archive Date

3/25/2014
 

Point of Contact

Jonathan M. Lear, , Dorothy Maxwell, Phone: 301-435-0352
 

E-Mail Address

learj@nhlbi.nih.gov, maxwelld@mail.nih.gov
(learj@nhlbi.nih.gov, maxwelld@mail.nih.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). CORRECTION TO SOLICITATION NUMBER, SHOULD BE: NIH-HHS-NHLBI-CSB-(HL)-2014-076-DLM INTRODUCTION: The National Institute of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Office of Acquisition intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive sole source basis to Varian Medical Systems, 3235 Fortune Drive, North Charleston, SC 29418 to procure the following: BRAND NAME: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS (NO REFURBISHED OR USED PAXSCAN PANEL DETECTOR IS APPLICABLE) Procurement: 1.PaxScan 3024MCesium Iodide Flat Panel Image Detector, Part Number: 76777, Quantity: One (1). BACKGROUND : The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation's leading medical research agency and the primary Federal agency conducting and supporting medical discoveries that improve people's health and save lives. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides global leadership for a research, training, and education program to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases and enhance the health of all individuals so that they can live longer and more fulfilling lives. NHLBI stimulates basic discoveries about the causes of disease, enables the translation of basic discoveries into clinical practice, fosters training and mentoring of emerging scientists and physicians, and communicates research advances to the public. The mission of the Imaging Physics Lab is to develop non-invasive imaging technologies for the benefit of biomedical applications. A current focus of our program is phase-contrast x-ray imaging. This is a new class of x-ray imaging techniques that holds the promise of substantially enriching the information content in radiography and CT. The NHLBI laboratory staffs are building a new phase-contrast imager to test a rapid scan method conceived in the lab for the purpose of implementing the technology for medical diagnostic applications. Part of this research involves comparing phase-contrast method to existing technology. OBJECTIVES: To obtain a computer controlled flat panel x-ray detector with a pixel size(83 μm2), NHLBI will be collaborating with Walter Reed Medical Center on various research studies. In order to make a fair and scientifically valid comparison, it is essential that a compatible X-ray detector is procured so no disruption or contamination with research study results. The Varian Medical Systems PaxScan 3024M Panel detector will meet the specifications and compatibility that is required for continuity between both research parties. Additionally, the Varian PaxScan in compatibility with Walter Reeds Medical Center's GE Senographe Essential mammography system will able to provide accurate and precise data information, which NHLBI plan to use this sensor for ongoing phase-contrast imaging research. The PaxScan Detector manufactured by Varian Medical Systems will give greater sensitivity and more than twice the resolution of the current sensor being utilized. Also, this system will allow imaging at lower x-ray dosages and achieve better images. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The PaxScan will be built upon receiving of award with 60-Days for arrival. JUSTIFICATION: The specifications are required to match the detector size, pixel size and scintillator material. Also, the detector has to work well at the x-ray energy levels used for mammography. The Varian detector manufactured by Varian Medical Systems meets all the required specifications for NHLBI Laboratory and research studies in conjunction with Walter Reed Medical Center GE Senographe system. Varian Medical Systems is the sole manufacturer of the PaxScan Flat Panel Detector. REGULATORY AUTHORITY : This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single source. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 334517, Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing and small business size standard is 500 Employees. The acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 13, simplified acquisition procedures, therefore the requirements of FAR Part 6 B Competitive Requirements are not applicable (FAR Part 6.001). The resultant Contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-72 (January 30, 2014). 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 March 10, 2014, 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time and must reference synopsis number: HHS-NIH- NHLBI-CSB-(HL)-2014-076-DLM, may be submitted to the National, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisition, COAC Services Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 6149, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7902, Attention: John Lear. Response may be submitted electronically to John.Lear@nih.gov. Faxes will not be accepted. Responses will only be accepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representative. "All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency."
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NHLBI/NIH-HHS-NHLBI-CSB-(HL)-2014-076-DLM/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: NIH Building 10 Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

Zip Code: 20892
 

Record

SN03300584-W 20140305/140303234047-71a74c28dceefb54869123e941b1634e (fbodaily.com)
 

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