SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Odyssey Infrared Imaging System
- Notice Date
- 9/2/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM2015653
- Archive Date
- 9/23/2015
- Point of Contact
- April N. Merriwether, Phone: 3014021517
- E-Mail Address
-
merriwetheran@nlm.nih.gov
(merriwetheran@nlm.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number is NIHLM2015653 and is issued as a Small Business Set Aside Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation /contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-83. The North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) code 334516 with a size standard 500 employees. This acquisition is being conducted using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Digestive, Diabetes & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has a requirement to procure Brand Name or Equal to LI-COR 9140-01L Odyssey Infrared Imaging System with extended warranty. NIDDK's research focuses on how HIV-1 integrates its DNA into cellular DNA, which is an essential step for replication of the virus. Specifically, NIDDK is studying molecular and structural biology of the HIV enzyme integrase, which carries out this reaction. NIDDK is also studying the role of barrier-auto integration factor for the host cell. These projects require extensive use of quantitative Western blotting. The need is for a quantitative Western blot imaging system that meets the following requirements: 1. It should be capable of simultaneous near infrared detection and quantification of two targets within the same experiment (simultaneous, two-channel detection for multiplex sample). 2. A dedicated and optimized laser and detection system must be provided for each channel. 3. The source for excitation shall be two solid-state laser diodes emitting at 685 nm and 785 nm. 4. The detection system shall be based on single point detection by cooled Avalanche Photodiodes for high detection efficiency. 5. An automatic intensity adjustment should offer a dynamic range greater than 6 logs in a single capture. 6. Linear dynamic detection range must be at least five orders of magnitude. 7. Laser/microscope must be integrated into a precision scanning mechanism that can scan at resolutions 0f 21-337 microns. 8. Data output shall be an individual 16 Bit TIFF file for each detection channel. 9. The system must use a sealed flat-bed scanning surface that can accommodate various sample media, including membranes, gels, multi-well plates, slides etc) The vendor shall set up the equipment in Bethesda, MD at the National Institutes of Health, Building 5 / Room 306 (Task Area 1). The vendor shall also remove packing materials and providing training to use it in a laboratory (Task Area 2). Inspection and acceptance will be performed at the place of installation - National Institutes of Health, NIDDK, 9000 Rockville Pike, Maryland 20892. Installation shall be within 15 days after delivery and training shall occur 15 days after installation. The offeror must include a completed copy of the following provisions: 1) FAR Clause 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial items; 2) FAR Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items. As stated in FAR Clause 52.212-2 (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors will be used equally to evaluate offers: Technical Evaluation and Price. 3) FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items; 4) FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items; 5) FAR Clause 52-212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items - Deviation for Simplified Acquisitions. The Dun and Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) and the certification of business size shall be included. The clauses are available in full text at https://www.acquisition.gov PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive an award, contractor must be registered and have valid certification in the System For Award Management (SAM) http://www.sam.govInterested vendors capable of providing the Government with the items specified in this synopsis should submit their quotation to the below address. Quotations will be due on or before September 08, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. EST. Offerors shall provide an original and one copy of your quotation. The quotation must reference Solicitation number NIHLM2015653. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. Quotations must be submitted in writing to the National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., II Democracy Plaza, Suite 700W, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, Attention: April Merriwether, Contract Specialist or electronically to merriwetheran@mail.nih.gov.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03869033-W 20150904/150903000709-f46b2915c0206b969792e6497f19d087 (fbodaily.com)
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