Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Business Center, 5901 East Seventh Street, Bldg 149, Long Beach, CA 90822

65 -- NEUROLUCIDA AND STERO INVESTIGATOR UNIT SOL RFQ664-114-98 DUE 091498 POC Glen Jones (619) 642-6295 FAX: (619) 64206293 1. The Network Business Center, VISN 22, 5901 E. 7th St., Long Beach, CA, 90822 will negotiate sole source with Microbrightfield, Inc. of Colchester Vt. for a Neurolucida and Stero Investigator System for 3D Microscopy. 2. The system is comprised of (a) neurolucida software for brain mapping, neuron tracing and 3D serial section reconstruction.(b) Stereo Investigator software for design based sterological analysis (c) 3 axis computer controlled stepping motor system comprised of: XY stepping stage with 0.65 um resolution, focus motor, joystick, calibration slide 3 axis controller with PC interface for use with Nikon E600.(d) lucivid miniature CRT for direct projection into micorscope oculars, and for use with an Image Merger. (e) Image Merger Optical device for projecting the lucivid into microscope light pathe including sliding prism to remove beam splitting optics from the microscope light path. (f) 768 X496V picture elements, 560 TV lines. 3 chip CCD camera good fro transmitted light bright field microscopy requiring c-mount adapater.(g) PCI frama grabber 2MB video RAM, 2MB graphics RAM, composite and S video inputs, and cables for s-video camera (h) reduction lens for large fiedl of view (i) Pentium 2266 workstation and color injet printer. 2. This is not a request for sources. All parties capable of providing like equipment must request RFQ664-114-98 in writing and STATE CAPABILITIES. Attn: V. Glen Jones VA San Diego Healthcare System 3350 La Jolla Village Drive San Diego, CA 92161 3. RFQ664-114-98 will issue O/A 9/4/98 with quotes due 9/14/98. Posted 08/20/98 (W-SN239881). (0232)

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