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66 -- HIGH PERFORMANCE MACROSCOPIC IMAGING WORKSTATION SOL RFQ90172-NS DUE 090399 POC Patricia Haun or Todd Cole, 301-402-4509 The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Laboratory of Population Genetics intends to procure on a sole- source basis, a High Performance Macroscopic (Model M420) Imaging Workstation (Model Q500IW)from Leica Microsystems, Inc. The NCI investigator believes that the aforementioned instrument and organization is the only source that can satisfy their requirement. The imaging system shall perform the following functions: the system shall capture images of 1-2cm (squared) areas, automatically identifying and counting tumor masses and measuring the tissue area surrounding the tumors; shall analyze no less than forty (40) samples per hour; the imaging workstation shall be highly sensitive (shall distinguish subtle color differences obtained from histology slides stained with various agents), recognize the difference, highlight the different areas, quantitate it and dump the data into a file; shall distinguish normal from malignant tissue in hemotoxylin-eosin stained histopathology sections; shall detect very small and large areas of interest (capable of identifying and measuring only cell nuclei and ignoring remainder of the field); the workstation shall be user friendly (easily programmed by the operator to perform the routine automated tasks and easily modified if required or conditions change); data shall be calculated and recorded in a format that can easily be exported to other analytical programs; the macroscope shall be capable of viewing large areas at low power magnification (3.5 -- 35X), and be a non-stereo type capable of capturing flat planar images; the macroscope shall incorporate the latest optical technology with 5:1 or 6:1 zoom, vertical beam path, apochromatic zoom objective and built-in photo/video tube (for digital imaging, video and photography); shall have a manual coarse/fine focusing mechanism and a motor operated focusing system; shall include an M420 optics carrier, makrazoom objective, widefield eyepieces, brightfield base, focus drive, microscope carrier, dust cover, power cable, QWINstandard software and applications library, applications software and training, image capture board, Sony XC-003P 3CCD color video camera or equal, 400MHz personal computer with 128Mb of RAM, 8Gb hard drive, 32X CD-ROM, US Windows 95 kit and a seventeen (17) inch monitor) and an 0.63x C-mount. The Contractor shall provide a Year 2000 Warranty for each hardware, software, and firmware product delivered. The award will be in the aggregate for all items listed herein. This is not a request for competitive quotation, however, if any interested party believes it can meet the above requirement, they may submit a statement of capabilities. Information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail, to allow NCI to determine if the party can meet the requirement. Capability statements must be received in the Contracts Office by 2:00 PM EST on September 03, 1999. If you have any questions, please contact Todd Cole, Contract Specialist on (301) 402-4509. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 08/17/99 (W-SN368483). (0229)

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