NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, COB, Procurement Section, 6701 Rockledge Drive MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902

66 -- DIFFERENTIAL IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM SOL NHLBI-HL-P-96-113 DUE 091696 POC Kathleen J. Van Steelant, Contracting Officer, (301) 435-0364. It is the intent of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to issue Invitation for Bid (IFB) Number NHLBI-HL-P-96-113 to purchase a Differential Image Acquisition System for installation in the Laboratory of Biochemistry, NHLBI. The system shall meet the following minimum specifications: 1) The sensor shall be fully x-y addressable, have no less than a 128 x 128 pixel resolution, and be capable of variable data acquisition rates at speeds up to 0.6 msec per full frame (1,700 frames/second) with sufficient storage to allow continuous recording of at least 3,000 frames, and minimum of 72 dB dynamic range, with sensor sensitivity to detect at least less than 0.1% change in signal amplitude; 2) The camera shall be c-mount adaptable and shall be capable of being mounted on a Zeiss Axiovert 100 inverted microscope; 3) The system shall be able to display data in single frames, multiple frames, and sequential displays under control of a standard, Windows compatible PC, and shall include all software necessary to produce such displays; 4) The system shall provide external event triggering and on-chip averaging; 5) The system shall provide transportability of data in the form of single frame TIFF files or other suitable format compatible with Windows standard; 6) The system shall include a Windows compatible PC with a math co-processor, 17'' BUS graphics card, Super high resolution monitor, DOS with Windows, GPIB interface card, and a Magneto Optical Disk; and 7) The overall system shall be comprised of, at a minimum, the camera sensor, the signal processor, c-mount, cables, all power supplies, software, and peripherals listed under number 6 above. Training on the system shall be provided for one operator. The applicable Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 3826. It is anticipated that Invitation for Bid (IFB) Number NHLBI-HL-P-96-113 will be issued on or about August 15, 1996. Copies may be obtained by writing to the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch, Procurement Section, Rockledge Building II, Room 6143, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7902, Attention: Kathleen J. Van Steelant. (0213)

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