SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Procurement of Pre-Clinical MRI Coil - Notice of Intent 4744407
- Notice Date
- 9/20/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211, MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-9559, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892-9559
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-NOI-17-827
- Archive Date
- 10/12/2017
- Point of Contact
- Danielle R. Brown, Phone: 301 480 2385
- E-Mail Address
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danielle.brown2@nih.gov
(danielle.brown2@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent 4744407 - Procurement of Pre-Clinical MRI Coil PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT NON-COMPETITIVE Solicitation: HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-NOI-17-827 Title: Procurement of Pre-Clinical MRI Coil INTRODUCTION PURSUANT TO FAR Subpart 5.2-Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions, THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT TO ACTION. THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support Contracts and Simplified Acquisitions Branch (SS/SA) on behalf of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) intends to negotiate and award a contract for the Pre-Clinical MRI Coil with Bruker Biospin Cororation, 15 Fortune Drive, Billerica, MA 01821-3923. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a Size Standard of 1,000 Employees. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses of the Federal acquisition Requlation (FAR) in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-95, January 19, 2017. STATUTORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted as non-competitive under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c) under provisions of the statutory authority of FAR Subpart 6.302-1 - Only one response source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Project Description Currently, the LCI MRI Section performs rat neuroimaging studies in collaboration with LCS to elucidate the effects of chronic hypertension on vascular remodeling, perfusion and anatomical changes that may play a role in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease. For these studies, we use a surface coil array placed on the back of the rat head to receive the MRI signal from the brain and a large body coil to transmit the radio frequency pulses needed to excite this signal. While this setup gives good sensitivity for regions of the brain on the posterior (dorsal) side of the rat head, this sensitivity falls off rapidly with distance from the surface coil, so that deeper regions of the brain are shaded and difficult to visualize. The proposed volume coil would provide uniform coverage of the entire rat head in the anterior-posterior direction, enabling accurate anatomical measurements and spectroscopic studies of the deep brain. As a side benefit, this same coil could be used to excite the nuclear spins more efficiently than is possible with the existing body coil. This would allow shorter pulse lengths, shorter echo times and thus faster scan times than can be achieved at present. The improved sensitivity and excitation efficiency of the proposed rat head coil would benefit all rat neuroimaging studies. Because MRI provides a non-invasive, longitudinal means for acquiring anatomical and functional information from the rat brain in vivo, these improvements could benefit research being conducted in several IRP laboratories in addition to LCS. Moreover, the proposed coil will benefit our ongoing collaboration with the Johns Hopkins Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine on the development of mouse models and chemogenetic treatments for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In these studies, the mouse must be enclosed in a pressurized container which is too large to fit our existing mouse or rat head surface coils. Although this container fits into our 35 mm volume coil, the sensitivity of this coil is relatively poor and the container cannot be expanded to accommodate obese mice, which are ideal candidates for OSA research. Acquisition of the 40 mm coil will allow us to perform these experiments on larger mice and should improve image quality by increasing the filling factor for both transmission and reception of radio frequency signals. Purpose and Objectives The purpose of this requirement is to procure a pre-clinical MRI volume coil specifically for imaging and spectroscopy studies of the rat head. It will be used with our existing Bruker 7T/30 cm MRI scanner, gradient coils and animal beds for in vivo scanning of rat brains. It will also be used in studies of obstructive sleep apnea in mice, where a pressurized apparatus surrounding the mouse's head must fit inside the coil. Delivery Schedule Within 6 months after receipt of order. CLOSING STATEMENT This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this solicitation must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror's capability of fulfilling the requirement as it relates to the technical evaluation criteria. The price proposal must include the labor categories, an estimate of the number of hours required for each labor category, fully loaded fixed hourly rate or each labor category, breakdown and rationale for other direct costs or materials, and the total amount. Purchase Description: • Rat Head/Mouse Body Volume Coil - 40 mm • Mouse Tip for Body Volume Coil Applications • Rat Tip for Head Volume Coil Applications Salient characteristics: • Quadrature transmit/receive volume coil design for optimum transmission efficiency and sensitivity • Built-in stereotaxic head holder for anesthetized mice and rats • Physically compatible with existing Bruker mouse and rat beds and slider positioning apparatus on Bruker Biospec 70/30 USR magnet • Physically and electrically compatible with CCM interface on existing Bruker AV3HD console, i.e. coil must possess ODU connectors with pinout matching Bruker active quadrature combiner Quantity: One of each part. Delivery Date: Within 6 months after receipt of order. Other Considerations: The period of warranty is one year following demonstration of specifications. Warranty covers both parts and labor. See attached Purchase Description (PD) for further information. In addition the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov." A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be received by Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 10AM, Eastern Standard Time, and reference number HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-NOI-17-827. Responses may be submitted electronically to Danielle R. Brown, Contract Specialist, at Danielle.brown2@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. Please contact Danielle R. Brown, Contract Specialist, at Danielle.brown2@nih.gov or (301) 594-1928 with any questions.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States
- Zip Code: 21224
- Zip Code: 21224
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