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66 -- 96 SLIDE ARRAYER FOR MICROARRAY LABORATORY OF THE NIEHS SOL 273-98-P-0012 DUE 050298 POC Contact Mary W. McConnell, Contract Specialist (919)541-3813 WEB: none, none. E-MAIL: none, none. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the Beecher Instruments company to acquire a stretched arrayer for (96) 25x75mm slides, containing two vacuum chucks and features which include: 48 microscope slides on a removable vacuum chuck; automatic stacker/loader for 20 microtitre trays; xyz robot for dispensing; typical cycle time is 70 seconds for each run through 48 slides with one load of cDNA, including wash/dry and load time. This time is multiplied by the number of trays times 96 divided by the number of probes in use (1,2,4,8, or 16) to get the total time; wash/dry station and controls; completely enclosed for safety and control of cleanliness and humidity; circulating HEPA filtered clean air system; feedback controlled humidity control system; computer and software for system control. User may set number of slides, trays, pins, and copies, as well as various speed and acceleration parameters, and duration of wash and dry cycles; printing probes may be arranged in either a linear or compact fashion; and supplied with 16 long life pins that will allow printing of up to 200 slides per single DNA application. It is to be installed and tuned up in purchaser's laboratory at the NIEHS in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. See Numbered Note 22.***** (0092)

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