SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- INVERTED FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE
- Notice Date
- 1/31/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- USGS OAG SACRAMENTO ACQUISITION BR. MODOC HALL, CSUS 3020 STATE UNIVERSITY DRIVE EAST SACRAMENTO CA 95819-6027 US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 140G0318Q0033
- Point of Contact
- Applegate, Lynn
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: INVERTED FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. No contract will be awarded as a result of this Sources Sought announcement. The United States Geological Survey, Office of Acquisition and Grants is soliciting information from qualified sources; the results of this announcement will be evaluated to determine if there are businesses capable of providing the proposed item. The US Geological Survey, Office of Acquisition and Grants seeks responses from vendors that possess the capability to supply an inverted fluorescent microscope (1 each) with the following required specifications: - All-in-one inverted fluorescence phase-contrast microscope - Ability to view slides, capability to automatically scan entire tissue culture plates (96-well, 48 well) and tissue culture flasks (25cm, 75cc) - Microscope must have bright field, fluorescence, and phase-contrast imaging with the capability for image stitching, Z-stack image capturing, and coordinate-specific condition setting - Fully digital output - Automated multi-well analysis - Modular slide holders compatible with tissue culture flasks, plates, multi-well plates, coverslips, and slides - Automated objective lens switching - Electronic Z stage - Electronic filter turret - Fluorescence dimming mechanism - Stage is fully contained in a built-in darkroom - CCD cooling mechanism - Electronic shutter - Anti-Photo Bleaching Mode - Live cell incubation chamber for fluorescent reporter assays - Software with the following capabilities: o Moving image recording o Multi-color capturing o Multipoint image capturing o Real-time Z-stacking o Time lapse XY-and Z cell tracking o Automatic cell counting o Measurement For further information interested parties may contact the Contracting Officer, Lynn Applegate, electronically at capplegate@usgs.gov by the due date (Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 11:00PM ET).
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