USACE Vicksburg District, 4155 Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180-3435

66 -- WELL PLATE READER ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER SOL DACW42-00-T-0106 DUE 091300 POC Tina Landes, Contract Specialist (601) 631-5356 WEB: There is no solicitation available at this time., There is no solicitation available at this time.. E-MAIL: Click here to email the MVK Contracting Office point, Tina.M.Landes@mvk02.usace.army.mil. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, proposes to issue [for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Vicksburg, Mississippi] a sole source contract to FLIR Systems, N. Billerica, MA, for the purchase of one (1) Well Plate Reader Environmental Chamber. The environmental chamber must be designed to monitor, report and rank chemical or metabolic activities in test systems. The design should satisfy use as a high throughput (more than 50 assays per day) instrument. The environmental chamber, as a whole, must be capable of image acquisition via automated sample handling with stringent environmental control from ambient to 50oC. In addition, the system should include an internal standard for system calibration and include all necessary computer hardware (RS232 interface) and software (image capture and analysis, file export and communication with chamber) for complete function and control. The chamber must be compatible for use with ERDC's existing FLIRTM ThermacamTM SC3000 infrared camera, and using this camera be capable of detecting radiant energy (as low as a 20 mk differential) from introduced samples. The system must also be capable of processing this data providing a time versus energy plot for each sample analyzed. This item is the only system of its type commercially available that meets or exceeds the minimum selection criteria. The procurement of this system is critical to ERDC's research and development program. A firm fixed-price contract will be awarded utilizing the Simplified Acquisition Procedures for Commercial Services. Any other responsible source able to provide the supplies referenced above is encouraged to respond to this announcement within 15 days after its publication. This is not a request for quotations and there is no solicitation available at this time. Posted 08/28/00 (W-SN490959). (0241)

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