SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Guidewire for MRI-guided Cardiovascular Catheterization
- Notice Date
- 8/1/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- #541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 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
- HHSN26817HL00003R
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2017
- Point of Contact
- Jonathan M. Lear,
- E-Mail Address
-
john.lear@nih.gov
(john.lear@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Title: Guidewire for MRI-guided Cardiovascular Catheterization The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) anticipates posting a request for proposal (RFP) seeking contractor support to manufacture guidewires for MRI-guided cardiovascular catheterization, on or about August 15, 2017. MRI catheterization is a promising, minimally-invasive approach to effectively diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease. It offers radiation-free guidance and tissue visualization for pediatrics and complex mechanical interventional procedures. The NHLBI Division of Intramural Research (DIR) created an investigational MRI catheterization suite dedicated to performing radiation-free heart catheterization in pediatric patients. More advanced catheter procedures having a more significant clinical impact will require the purchase of custom catheter devices. One of DIR's major goals for its MRI catheterization program is the incorporation of cardiovascular biopsy. Biopsy is an especially attractive application for children who require repeated endomyocardial biopsy for surveillance of rejection after transplant. Conventional endomyocardial biopsy targets only gross anatomic positions using X-ray but not focal myocardial pathology. The result of this approach is low diagnostic yields and an intractable risk of cumulative valvular injury and myocardial perforation. Studies have shown that MRI guidance can enhance yield and safety of such procedures. MRI-guided endomyocardial biopsy is one of the advanced catheter procedures that require specialized equipment. The DIR has dedicated many years to perfecting its design of an MRI bioptome system to facilitate MRI-guided endomyocardial biopsy. This system consists of multiple interdependent devices including a metallic guidewire. The DIR does not have the necessary resources to manufacture a metallic guidewire in-house. For this reason, the DIR must outsource the manufacturing of said guidewire. The DIR requires a contractor to manufacture a metallic guidewire for MRI-guided cardiovascular catheterization per the DIR's design specifications. The DIR will use the guidewire to perform careful animal studies as part of its ongoing development of MRI catheterization as a safe alternative to treating cardiovascular disease in pediatric patients. This announcement is not a request for proposals and although one award is anticipated, the Government is not committed to award a contract pursuant to this announcement. The RFP will be available on FedBizOpps and FedConnect. Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading the RFP and all attachments. It is also the offerors' responsibility to monitor FedBizOpps for the release of any amendments to the RFP. This acquisition has been designated as full and open competition under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541990.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health / NHLBI, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN04606090-W 20170803/170801231455-bfa6f613fc9f4c66296181c5a6229826 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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