66 -- INSTRUMENT AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT

Notice Date

September 15, 2000

Contracting Office

Acquisitions Management Operations Branch, NIAID, 6700-B Rockledge Drive, Room 1130, Bethesda, MD 20892-7605

ZIP Code

20892-7605

Solicitation Number

NOI0030

Response Due

September 25, 2000

Point of Contact

Carolyn Sentz, Contracting Officer (301) 402-2282, Sylvia Robinson, Purchasing Agent (301) 496-2814

Description

17. This is a combined synopsis/notice of intent to procure commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases intends to procure on a sole source basis a whole body plethysmograph system. This system is intended to be procured from Buxco Electronics, Inc. the only distributor of the whole body plethysmograph system under US patent# 5,379,777 and is proprietary to Buxco Electronics. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are not being requested for solicitation number NOI0030. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-19. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is not a Small Business Set-Aside. The Association Standard Industrial Code (SIC) for this procurement is 3826. The system and its components are as follows: Whole body plethysmograph for the freely moving mouse, Transducers, Preamplifier Bank-Component Chassis (includes built-in power supply, interface module, and slots for up to 12 modules), Preamplifier Modules (five required), Bias flow supply (to service five chambers), Aerosol delivery system (5liter/min capacity-Ultrasonic, BioSystem XA for Windows (includes a/d card, base operating software, and application software for conscious animal and anesthetized animal pulmonary measurements, Includes MS-Access, and AcqKnowledge) High End PC (Pentium III, operating at 800Mhz, with 256Mbytes of RAM, and hard disk drive capacity of 20+gigabytes, 19" Monitor, etc.) Installation and training of NIH personnel in-house (two-day suggested). The system is designed to measure respiratory parameters from groups of conscious and anesthetized rodents. The system must be able to measure up to five conscious, freely moving mice at once, as well as two anesthetized mice at once. The system is intended for use in hyper-responsive studies, using aerosol provocation. Respiratory measurements are to be made before, during, and after aerosolization. The system is to have hardware that must be designed specifically to meet the particular needs of this application and must be offered as an integrated package. Software must be designed to process the respiratory signals of conscious freely moving animals. Computations are made only on respiratory signals that meet criteria established to distinguish valid respiratory signals, from signals corrupted by movement artifact. Date of delivery-October 20,2000; place of delivery NIH/NIAID/LCI, Maryland 20892; FOB-destination. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items. FAR 52.212.3 Offerors Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4 Contractor Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items. The clauses of subpart (b), which apply, are: 6 and 10. Offeror must include with their offer a completed copy of provisions at FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications-Commercial items. Offer must be submitted no later than 5:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), September 25, 2000, to Sylvia Robinson. Copies of the aforementioned clauses are available upon request by telephone to Ms. Sylvia Robinson at (301) 496-2814. For delivery through the Postal Service, the address is NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 6700B Rockledge Drive/MSC7605, Room 1130; Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7605. Electronic submission will not be accepted. Requests for information concerning this requirement are to be addressed to Ms. Sylvia Robinson (301) 496-2814. Collect calls will not be accepted. See number Note 22.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000919/66SOL004.HTM (W-259 SN497328)