SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Retinal Imaging System for Retinal Capillary Flow Measurements
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2016
- 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-SBSS-16-418
- Archive Date
- 7/12/2016
- 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
- Request for Information/Sources Sought HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-16-418 Retinal Imaging System for Retinal Capillary Flow Measurements 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 Small Business 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 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: Significant hemodynamics alterations ensue with aging as exhibited by an increase in pressure and flow pulsatility in the central arteries. The effect of these changes on the microvasculature, and subsequently end organs, is not clear. The National Institute on Aging is examining age-associated changes in retinal microvascular flow and their relationship with changes in the central circulation in the Genetic and Epigenetic Signatures of Translational Aging Laboratory Testing (GESTALT) study, a long-term longitudinal study of healthy participants aimed at examining age-associated processes. Purpose and Objectives for the Procurement: The purpose of this procurement is acquisition of one retinal imaging system that allows qualitative assessment of microvascular geometry and flow in the retina. Project Requirements: Equipment Specifications The contractor shall provide one (1) retinal imaging system which can perform the following: A. Assess retinal microvascular flow and geometry with cardiac-gated acquisition of subsequent images at a temporal resolution of the retina of 30ms and spatial resolution of 4 microns. B.Perform fully automated image segmentation and calculations of flow velocity, diameter, volume flow. C.Generate data spreadsheets with the variables mentioned above for individual arterial and venous vessels down to 8 micron in diameter. D. Provide measurements of oxygen saturation using multispectral imaging processing in the segmented vessels down to the third branching. E.The system must be Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved as a medical device for use on humans and must come with computer equipment necessary to use it. The Contractor shall be responsible for any shipping and handling required to deliver the system. Warranty: The Contractor shall provide at least one (1) year warranty on all equipment, parts and repairs. All products shall be warranted to be free from material defects in workmanship or material under normal use and service for the warranty period. Equipment Training: The Contractor shall provide on-site training in use of the equipment for the end user. Training shall be provided by a company certified service technician. On-site training must take place at the customer site within two (2) weeks of equipment installation. Training shall take place between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm, Baltimore, MD local prevailing time, Monday through Friday. Anticipated Contract Type: A firm fixed price contract is anticipated. Invoicing shall be on a NET30 basis and payment shall be made via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). Period of Performance: The anticipated contract period of performance is ten (10) weeks from date of award. The contractor shall deliver and install the required equipment within eight (8) weeks after receipt of order. Delivery must be FOB Destination and must include inside installation. The equipment shall be delivered and installed between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm, Baltimore, MD local prevailing time, Monday through Friday. On-site training must take place at the customer site within two (2) weeks of equipment installation. The contractor shall provide a company certified service technician to perform setup, installation, and training. Place of Performance: The place of performance shall be Baltimore, MD 21225. Capability Statement: Contractors that believe they possess the ability to provide the required equipment 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 equipment, 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 to Lauren Phelps, Contract Specialist, via email 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 firm fixed price contract.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Baltimore, Maryland, 21225, United States
- Zip Code: 21225
- Zip Code: 21225
- Record
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