VA Medical Center, 3710 SW U.S. Veterans Hospital Road, P.O. Box 1034, Portland, OR 97207

66 -- LEICA TCS SP CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE SOL RFQ 648-85-98 DUE 092298 POC Terry Albertus, Contracting Officer, 503-220-3430, FAX 503-273-5335 VA Medical Center Portland, Oregon 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, includes the following: 1) Inverted Microscope for Confocal Scanner: Leica DMIRBE inverted research microscope, basic stand for fluorescence, mortorized coarse and fine focus, motorized six place focusing nosepiece, 7mm of focus trael, infinity corrected optical system with built-in bertrand lens, integrated S-12V/100W power supply for trasnmitted light illuminator, integrated LCD display and RS 232 interface. Standard optical outfit SM IRB/IRBE/IRBE-UV, including FSA photo tub, trinocular observation tube FSA 20/45, eyepiece pair 10X/20 with eyecups, three plate X-Y manual stage, mercury illuminator 105Z, 50W HBO, incident light fluorescence equipment, filter system I 3, filter system N 2.1, turret condenser S1/0.9NA, halogen illuminator 105, 12V 100W halogen, immersion oil, dust cover. Condenser top 0.53 NA, 23MM WD. 2) Upgright Microscope for Confocal Scanner: upright res. microscope Leica DM RBE, stand for fluorescence with motorized coarse and fine focus (0.1 um steps, objective parfocality to 0.2 um), bertrand lens, seven (7) place coded nosepiece with RS-232 interface, rotating mechanical stage, integrated power supply 12V/100W. Standard optical outfit RB/RBE with sideport, binocular tube FSA-TCS with sideport, support adapter for switchable scanner, eyepiece pair 10X/20 with eyecups, diaphragm module F, mercury illuminator 105Z. 50 W HBO, incident light fluorescence equipment, filter system I 3, filter system N 2.1, condenser UCE 0.9 NA/S1, halogen illuminator 105, 12V/100W halogen, immersion oil. PL Fluotar 10x/0.30, PL APO 40x/1.25-0.75 Oil, PL APO 63x/1.2 Water, PL APO 100x/1.40-0.70 Oil. 3) Two-Channel TCS SP System, Two 21" Monitors: Leica TCS SP Two 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. Leica TCS NT complete electronics, workstation and 21" dual monitor 1280 x 1024 display, multitasking high performance windows NT pentium workstation, simultaneious acquisition of four (4) data channels, TCS NT scan driver electronics and system controller for up. Pentium 6, 200MHz, 128MByte tower crate, 2.1 GB SCSI hard disck, 3.5" floppy drive, CD 4xspin, high performance frame grabber, 3 com ethernet board, SCSI adaptec controller, 2 ea. 21" image monitor, true color, total 2560 x 1024 Pi, panel box with seven (7) digital potentiometers for fast, on-line 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 software for scan control, display and 2D TCP/IP software, online software and hardware manuals. 128MB additional memory. Complete three (3) laser configuration with ADTF for TCS NT, HeNe Laser (633nm wavelength), Argon Laser (488nm wavelength), Kr laser (568nm wavelength) merge module, couplings and acousto optical tuneable filter AOTF. Trichroic Beam Splitter. Galvanometer driven Z-stage including rot. stage insert z motion precisely controlled by galvanometer, reproducibility better 40 nm. Transmitted light detector DMIR. Transmitted Light Detector DMR. Terms: Net 30 days, FOB Shipping Point, Freight Prepaid and Added. Warranty: One year all parts and labor. Delivery: 60-90 days ARO. Installation free of charge. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit quotes. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all quotes received within 15 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this porposed 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 conducta competitve procurement. VAMC Portland Oregon intends to negotate with Leica Microsystems, Inc. 410 Eagleview Blvd. Suite 107, Exton, PA 18341. All requests for information and communication via FAX at 503-273-5335, please reference solcitation number 648-85-98. Posted 08/31/98 (W-SN243880). (0243)

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