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66 -- MICROINJECTOR SYSTEM SOL AB-033 DUE 092597 POC Angela Bianco, Purchasing Agent, (301) 504-5864, FAX (301) 504-5405 This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commerical items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the solicitation only; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The Request for Quotation, RFQ, No. AB-033 is issued as a request for quotation and incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. The standard industrial classification code is 3827, with a small business standard of 500 employees. This requisition will be procured as a small business set-aside. Delivery is FOB destination to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland. The RFQ is due on September 27, 1997 at 4:30 p.m. Responses will be evaluated to determine the ability to meet the capabilities below. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsive/responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other related factors considered. The following factors will be used to evaluate the quotations: technical, past performance and price. The offeror shall identify when the offered item meets or does not meet each of the Governments functional and performance specifications listed herein. Responses shall include literature, brochures, and other information corresponding to the required items which demonstrates the capabilities of the offeror's equipment. The following FAR clauses and provisions apply: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offeror-Commerical Items; 52.212-2, Evaluations-Commercial Items: with the following evaluation criteria; awarded to a technically acceptable offeror at a fair and reasonable price, 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications-Commercial Items. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions-required to implement statutes or executive orders-commericalitems, will apply to the resultant contract: 52.203-6, 52.219-14, 52.222-26, 52.222-36, 52.222-37 and 52.225-21. All offerors must include a completed copy of FAR 52.212-3 with their responses. Because this is a commerical item, FAR 5.203(b) will be used for establishing the solicitation response time. The request for a modified Micro Injector System (Injection System process is outlined in Mello, C. and A. Fire, 1995, pages 452-454. A copy of these pages will be made available by WRITTEN REQUEST ONLY). The systems would be used to inject DNA into free-living nematodes, parasitic nematodes, and plant tissue to produce transgenic organisms. The basics of the system include: Binocular inverted microcope with 10X and 40X objectives; a sliding state, differential interference contrast microscopy (DIC); Fluorescence capability with filters for Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP), 4,6-Diamidino-2-Phenylindole (DAPI), Fluorescine Isothiocyanate (FITC), and Rhodamine B Isothiocyanate (Rhodamine B); ergonomic micromanipulator; ergonomic micro injection system controller; ergonomic needle puller and anti-vibration table. The table measure should be a minimum of 30" wide and maximum of 34" wide and a minimium of 47" long and a maximum 60" long. The micromanipulator and micro injection system controller shall be compatible with inverted microcope. (0253)

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