SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Intent to sole source Upright microscope
- Notice Date
- 1/5/2022 7:18:24 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- RPO EAST (36C24E) PITTSBURGH PA 15212 USA
- ZIP Code
- 15212
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24E22Q0059
- Archive Date
- 04/14/2022
- Point of Contact
- Lynn M Portman, Lynn Portman, Phone: (412) 822-3442
- E-Mail Address
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lynn.portman@va.gov
(lynn.portman@va.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- Page 1 of 1 The Department of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco VAMC, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Leica for the DM4 B upright microscope. This system incorporates intelligent, reliable automation and ease-of-use down to enable researchers to concentrate completely on their experiment. The Leica DM4 B will handle all automated functions such as light intensity, aperture, field diaphragm, and phase contrast rings when switching between objective lenses and contrasting methods This system is the only one identified that meets all the VA s salient characteristics required, such as, four fluorescent probes at once, has turret for 6 objectives, dimensions that fit the existing laboratory bench, allows staining of four proteins at one time. These features are vital to study stem cell proteins and functional proteins simultaneously. This is a notice of intent and is not a request for competitive quotes; however, any responsible source who can provide an equivalent product with these features described above may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than January 11th, 4:30PM, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Lynn Portman at lynn.portman@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
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