SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- 17.6T MRI Magnet Repair or Replacement
- Notice Date
- 6/9/2016
- 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, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SS-16-400
- Archive Date
- 7/5/2016
- Point of Contact
- Lauren M. Phelps, Phone: 3015942490
- E-Mail Address
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lauren.phelps@nih.gov
(lauren.phelps@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Market Research Sources Sought Notice HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SS-16-400 17.6T MRI Magnet Repair or Replacement Contracting Office Address: 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, MD 20892, UNITED STATES. Introduction: 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: (1) the availability and capability of qualified large and small business sources, (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses, service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. Background: The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) purchased a 17.6 Tesla Magnet with 210 Millimeter Inner Bore for magnetic resonance imaging of animal models from Agilent Technologies, Inc. in Fiscal Year 2008 via contract number HHSN271200800812P. The ordered magnet did not meet specifications. At this time, repair sufficient to ensure the magnet reaches original specifications or complete replacement of the magnet with a new system is required. Purpose and Objectives for the Procurement: The purpose of this requirement is to procure the repair or replacement of a 17.6 Tesla/210 Millimeter Inner Bore Magnet for Magnetic Resonance Imaging to complete the requirement begun in Fiscal Year 2008 via contract number HHSN271200800812P. Project Requirements: The Contractor shall provide repair or replacement of the 17.6 Tesla/210 Millimeter Inner Bore Magnet for Magnetic Resonance Imaging that was originally ordered via contract number HHSN271200800812P. The repair or replacement magnet shall meet the following minimum specifications: Magnetic Field Specifications: 1.The main magnetic field must reach a target field strength of 17.5T. 2.Magnetic field drift must be less than 0.03 ppm/hour over a 72 hour period. 3.Magnetic field must have homogeneity that is less than 10PPM over 100mm dsv and less than 5 ppm over 100 mm dsv and less than 0.1 hhlw over 70 mm dsv3. Superconducting shims should meet the 10 PPM over 100mm dsv and passive shims can be added if necessary to make the 5 PPM over 100 mmdsv and 0.1hhlw over 70 mmdsv specifications. A passive shim tube will be supplied if necessary to demonstrate specifications and the vendor will work with NIH to maximize passive shimming in an NIH provided gradient if necessary. 4.The unshielded fringe field at the 5 gauss contour must be less than 16.8 meters axially from the magnet center and less than 13.3 meters radially from the magnet center. Physical Specifications of Magnets: 1.The inner bore diameter must be a minimum of 180mm and a maximum of 210mm. 2.Hold time for helium under normal operation of the magnetic field and cryocoolers should be greater than 185 days. The helium boil off rate and refill volume required should be specified in the proposal. 3.It is expected that the magnet will need to be kept below 2.5 degree Kelvin and a modern cryostat with cryo-refigerators should be supplied to meet the minimum old time for helium and to minimize the helium boil off rate. A modern pumping station must be supplied to maintain the necessary magnet temperature with a redundant pump and appropriate monitoring of temperature, pressure, and liquid helium levels in the cryostat. Warranty: The magnet and all cryostat related systems must be warranted for one year. Installation: The magnet will be sited in the Porter Neuroscience Research Center in Room BD912. The site has a passive steel shield and the room has been designed to accommodate the existing magnet. Detailed drawings can be made available upon request. There is a route from street level to the site of the magnet and detailed information for this route can be made available upon request. If there are substantial changes in the dimensions of the magnet due to repair or replacement the manufacturer must agree to give detailed drawings so that NINDS can accommodate any changes required at the site. If site changes are required for the repaired or replaced magnet the manufacturer agrees to take responsibility for any on-site renovations required. The manufacturer must provide for all costs associated with installation which include transportation and rigging into the site, installation of the magnet and related systems associated with the magnet such as the cryocoolers, pumping station, and connection to the existing quench vent as well as all cryogen costs associated with energization and demonstrating specifications of the magnet. Anticipated Contract Type: The Government anticipates award of one (1) fixed price contract in reference to this requirement. Anticipated Period of Performance/Delivery Requirements: The required repair or replacement shall be completed within three (3) years of contractor receipt of award. Capability Statement: Contractors that believe they possess the ability to provide the required equipment repair or replacement should submit documentation of their ability to meet each of the project requirements to the Contract Specialist. The capability statement should include 1) the total number of employees, 2) documentation of ability to provide the required support, 3) any contractor GSA Schedule contracts by which all of the requirements may be met, if applicable, and 4) any other information considered relevant to this program. Contractors must also provide their Company Name, DUNS number, Physical Address, and Point of Contact Information. Interested organizations are required to identify their type of business, applicable North American Industry Classification System Code, and size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration. The government requests that no proprietary or confidential business data be submitted in a response to this notice. However, responses that indicate the information therein is proprietary will be properly safeguarded for Government use only. Capability statements must include the name and telephone number of a point of contact having authority and knowledge to discuss responses with Government representatives. Capability statements in response to this market survey that do not provide sufficient information for evaluation will be considered non-responsive. When submitting this information, please reference the solicitation notice number. All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Lauren Phelps, Contract Specialist, at Lauren.Phelps@nih.gov before the closing date and time of this announcement. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. Note: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your 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 review of the responses received, pre-solicitation and solicitation notices may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. The solicitation release date is pending. The Government anticipates negotiation of a fixed price contract.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
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