SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent to Negotiate a Sole Source Contract
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Northern Plains Area
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-6538-S-14-0204
- Archive Date
- 9/7/2014
- Point of Contact
- Donita J. Furman, Phone: 402-762-4145
- E-Mail Address
-
donita.furman@ars.usda.gov
(donita.furman@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS) intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Life Technologies located in Grand Island, NY, to purchase a Attune NXT Acoustic Focusing Cytometer. The requested item will be used for in vitro applications including fluorescent protein detection, detection of cell surface proteins, quantification of cytokine expression and cell viability assays. The flow cytometer must have the ability to do the following: precisely measure cells without loss of sensitivity at high sample rates. adjust sample rate ranging from 12.5 μL/min- 1000 μL/min analyze a wide range of sample concentrations including very small initial sample sizes reduce the background noise by reduction in free label concentration using dilution of sample perform analysis on blood samples without the need to lyse or wash or concentrate samples permit the adjustment of the photomultiplier gain allowing user control over collection of experimental data. 1 - 4 spatially separated lasers which provide significant benefits for compensation when performing multicolor experiments. adjustment of the optical configuration by the end user without the need for a service engineer by using plug and play dichroic mirrors and band-pass filters, providing greater flexibility in reagent selection. use small amounts of fluids (averaging less than 1L per day total fluid consumption) helping to minimize fluid expense and waste disposal costs. All maintenance functions including unclog, de-bubble, system decontamination are fully automated. Software included for analysis of data: software should have a simple user interface based on the windows platform so that it is easy to navigate and requires minimal training. The software should support data acquisition, data analysis, and functional control of the instrument making the overall operation of the instrument simple and convenient.. This is a notice of intent and is not a request for competitive quotations or proposals. No solicitation is available. Firms that believe they can provide these products are encouraged to identify themselves and provide a substantive statement with descriptive literature and any other supporting information to the Contracting Officer within 10 days of publication of this notice. All information received within 10 days of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government to determine if the more than one firm can meet the Government's requirements and is capable of performing the intended task(s). All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to the attention of Donita Furman, fax 402-762-4148, or emailed at donita.furman@ars.usda.gov. Questions concerning this acquisition must be directed to Donita Furman at the above contact information. Anticipated Date of Award 08/25/2014 This procurement requires the use of biobased products to the extent that such products are reasonably available, meet agency or relevant industry performance standards, and are reasonably priced. Where available, these products should first be acquired from among qualified products that fall under the umbrella of items designated through the USDA BioPreferred SM Program.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: State Spur 18D Bldg 1, Clay Center, Nebraska, 68933, United States
- Zip Code: 68933
- Zip Code: 68933
- Record
- SN03463451-W 20140815/140813235738-f5e596e11800ec577fc1465889cadc8f (fbodaily.com)
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