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66 -- FURNISH AND INSTALL HIGH RESOLUTION PICKING AND GRIDDING POC Sheri Custer, Contracting Officer on 301-402-3065 or Ed Wilgus, Chief, Acquisitions Branch B on 301-402-3070 Under authority of U.S.C. 253(c)(1), FAR 6.302-1 the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland intends to negotiate a contract with GENETIX LIMITED, 63-69 Somerford Road Christ Church, Dorset BH23 3QA, United Kingdom for a Complete High-Resolution Picking and Gridding Q-BOT System. The intended procurement will classified under SIC 3826, Laboratory Analytical Instruments with a size standard of 500 employees. The system shall consist of (1) an ethanol bath, brusher sterilizer, air dryer, automated lid removal, light table and microplate holders; (2) shall be used for several applications, including picking and gridding colonies, re-gridding samples, arraying samples on nylon filters and glass slides; (3) shall be fast and allow discrimination of colonies on the basis of color, size and morphology; (4) the pneumatic picking head shall allow picking speeds in excess of 3500 colonies per hour; (5) shall permit the user to replicate plates (96 wells to 96 or 384 wells, 384 wells to 96 or 384 wells); (6) the gridding system shall allow the creation of high density arrays of bacteria on nylon filters; (7) the microarraying system shall allow the user to array plasmid DNA on glass slides, which shall permit the creation of expression arrays; (8) shall permit the user to input positive clone positions from user defined database and to move these clones to other places; (9) shall utilize PC format Windows 95 based software; and (10) shall provide training for laboratory personnel. Any response must be received in writing within fifteen (15) calendar days from the published date of this notice. Information furnished should include enough material to allow the Agency to perform a proper evaluation. Concerns that respond to this synopsis shall furnish concise responses directed specifically to the requirements mentioned above and are invited to submit capability statements in an Original Plus Two (2) copies no later than thirty (30) calendar days from the date of this announcement. Source demonstrating the capability to accomplish the above shall supply pertinent information in sufficient detail to demonstrate their ability to perform. Written responses shall include complete description of the services to be provided, containing sufficient technical information to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the stated requirements as listed above. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). Capability Statements: (a) If mailing your capabilities through the U.S. Postal Service use the following address: National Institutes of Health, Office of Procurement Management, OA, 6011 Executive Blvd., Room 529Q, MSC 7663, ATTN: Sheri Custer, Bethesda, MD 20892-7663. (b) If hand delivering, or using a courier service such as: UPS, Federal Express, etc., use the following City, State, and Zip Code: Rockville, MD 20852. Responses by Facsimile (FAX) will NOT be accepted. See NOTE: 22 Not withstanding the forty-five (45) day notice for receipt of capability statements all Capabilities must be received within fifteen (15) calendar days from publication in the CBD. Posted 07/26/99 (W-SN358832). (0207)

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