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66 -- INSTRUMENTS & LABORATORY EQUUPMENT SOL 263-98-P-(AB) -- 0039 DUE 081298 POC Ann Bryant, Contract Specialist, 301/402-3080 - This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 263-98-P-(AB)- 0039 and is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). The solicitation/contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 97-04. The standard industrial code (SIC) is 3826 and the business size is 500 employees. The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, has a requirement to acquire two (2) Ultrasound Systems and one (1) Workstation The NIH intends to contract with AT&T Capital Corporation, 2 Gatehall Drive, Parsippany, N.J. 07054, the only known source for this particular equipment. The equipment shall be capable of the following performance specifications: 1. Shall use all digital broadband beamforming technology. The beamformers shall simultaneously process received frequencies from 2 MHz to 10 MHz. 2.. Shall have digital broadband parallel signal processing to reduce speckle noise artifacts provide tissue contrast and resolution characteristics. 3. Shall be capable of supporting broadband curved, linear and phased array scanhead technologies of 64 to 192 elements. 4. Shall have tissue specific presets for each scanhead. The presets shall allow for user customizing and program the following parameters: digital beamformer calibration, digital signal processing calibration, 2D image processing, color doppler processing, power imaging, doppler spectrum, and automatic selection of measurement and analysis protocols. 5. Shall include a automated doppler measurement function having the ability to calculate peak systolic velocity, end diastolic velocity, mean velocity, minimum diastolic velocity, heart rate, peak gradient, mean gradient, S/D ratio, pulsatility index,VTI, acceleration index, deceleration index in both real time and retrospectively. User shall be able to select the amount of heart cycles used for automated calculation. 6. Shall provide automatic lateral gain compensation for phased array technology to provide consistent gain across sector lateral edges. 7. Shall provide multiple methods of power imaging to include small vessel visualization mode and heart wall motion mode. The specific power imaging mode shall be automatically selected depending on tissue imaging chosen. 8. Shall provide three methods of image modification: high resolution zoom, digital reconstructed zoom, and modification of images from review memory. 9. Both Ultrasound Systems shall be identical with the exception of one system having an extra set of manuals, five scan head capability, and breast scanning capability. 10.The Workstation shall be an integrated stress eco-module used for stress studies as well as archiving images. 11. For this particular acquisition the Government will accept other than new equipment. The contractor shall deliver the equipment within thirty (30) calendar days after date of contract award. The Government will evaluate based on F.O.B. Destination and acceptance at (Detroit, Michigan), and the requirements of FAR 52.214-21 "Descriptive Literature" apply. Proposals/Information provided must demonstrate the equipment's ability to meet the specifications described herein. FAR provisions 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this acquisition. Award will be made to the technically acceptable low offer. A completed copy of the provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and certifications-Commercial Items, is required as part of the offer. The clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The Contractor will be paid following delivery, and acceptance of the equipment. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify to the Contracting Officer their interest and capability to satisfy the Government's requirement with a commercial item within 15 days of this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to the notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Address responses to the attention of Ms. Ann Bryant at the above address. FAX responses are acceptable at 301/402-3406. Posted 07/28/98 (W-SN229533). (0209)

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