Department of Veterans Affairs 662/90C, 4150 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121

66 -- LEICA TCS SP CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE WITH ACCESSORIES SOL RFP 662-73-98 DUE 083198 POC Ms. Maria Graciano, 415-750-2066, FAX 415-750-2170 VA Medical Center (VAMC) San Francisco, California intends to solicit and negotiate with only one (1) source under the authority of FAR 6.302 for a commercial item: Leica TCS SP Confocal Microscope: upright res. microscope Leica DM RB, with Bertrans Lens Basic stand for Fluorescene rotating mechanical stage, integrated power supply 12V/100W. Standard Optical Outfit for DM RB/RBE, binocular tube FSA-TCS -- support adapter for switchable scanner, eyepiece pair 10X/20 with eyecups; diaphragm module F; mercury illuminator 105z. 50 W HBO; incident light fluorescene equipment; filter system I 3; filtersystem N 2.1; Condenser UCE 0.9 NA/S1; halogen illuminator 105, 12V/100W Halogen; immersion oil; PL fluotar 10X/0.30; PL Fluotar 20X/0.50; Pl Apo 40X/1.25 -- 0.75 Oil; Pl Apo 100X/1.40-0.70 Oil; ICT Basic Outfit Upright; consisting of: Polarized ICT Condenser Disk ICT Objective Disk ICAT IC Prism B 1 Analyzer ICT; IC Prism E; ICT Condenser Prism K5; IC Prism D; ICT Condenser Prism K4. Leica TCS SP Two (2)Channel scan Head (VIS); Photomultiplier R 3896; very high efficiency; high red and blue sensitive, recommended for extremely low fluorescence yield measurement, includes housing, mount, high voltage supply and preamplifier. Trichroic Beam Splitter 488/568/633. Leica TCS NT complete electronics, workstation and 21" dual monitor 1280 X 1024 display; Multitasking high performance windows NT pentium workstation; simultaneous acquisition of four (4) data channels; TCS NAT Scan Driver electronics & system controller for UP; Pentium 6/200MHZ, 128MBTYE Tower Crate -- 2.1 GB SCSI Hard Disk, 3.5" Floppy Drive, CD 4XSPIN, High performance frame grabber; 3 COM Ethernet Board, SCSI Adaptec controller, 2 each 21" image monitor, true color, total 2560X1024 PIX. Panel-box with 7 digital potentiometers for fast, online adjustment of scanning parameters. MS keyboard, mouse, data modem internal 28.800 BPS; MS Windows NT 4.0, Excel NT 7.0; Leica Power Scan Control, display and 2D TCP/IP Software Online software and hardware manuals. Complete 3 lazer configuration with AOTF for TCS NT, Hene Laser (633NM Wavelength) Argon Laser (488 Wavelength). KR Laser (568NM Wavelength) Merge Module, couplings and acousto optical turneable filter AOTF. Galvanometer Driven Z-stage including ROT. Stage insert Z motion precisely controlled by galvanometer reproductibility better 40NM. Warranty for one (1) year. Installation free of charge. Two days on site at no charge to the Government. Quantity one (1) each. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within fifteen days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this 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. VAMCSF intents to negotiate with Leica Microsystems, Inc. Imaging Systems Division, 410 Eagleview Blvd., Suite 107, Exton, PA 19341. The Contracting Officer for this requirement is Ms. Maria Graciano. All requests for information and communication via FAX at 415-750-2170, please reference solicitation number: 662-73-98.***** Posted 08/06/98 (W-SN233848). (0218)

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