66 -- CONFOCAL INVERTED RESEARCH MICROSCOPE, 4 CHANNEL

Notice Date

September 19, 2000

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

20892-7605

Solicitation Number

NOI0024

Response Due

September 28, 2000

Point of Contact

Charmaine Rawlinson, Purchasing Agent (301) 594-3420/Rebecca A. Guenthner, Contracting Officer (301) 402-2284

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ0024). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circulars #18. The SIC code is 2681; This is as large Business $5,000,000.00 Specifications and required features: One (1) Inverted Research Microscope to include the following: DM IRBE HCB Fluo TCS UV/1-UV-B Inverted microscope DM IRB stand for transmitted light bright field and incident light fluorescence. Motorized coarse and fine focusing, six positions focusing nosepiece M25. Tube optics HC 1x/UB/B with 1 x tube lens system, focusable Bertrand lens for setting phase and interference contrast and UV tube lens. Incident light module with four positions, manually adjustable. Fluorescence filter block A (UV excitation BP 340-380, long pass emission LP425) typical for AMCA or DAPI. Modified sideport and adapter for TCS two scanner UV. Optical Outfit DM IRB/BE HC T22 S1 Tricocular Tube HC 1. T22 with camera port. 3-plate mechanical stage Nr 19 (modified for z-stage) x-y 60-40mm. Eye pieces HC plan 10x/22 BR.M. Lamp housing 106 z L including 50W Hg bulb. Power supply for 50 W Hg. Condenser base with Condenser S1 (NA 0.90). Fluorescence Filter blocks: 13 (blue excitation B 450- 490; long pass emission LP 515) typical for FITC or Cy2. N2.1(green excitation BP 515-560; long pass emission LP 590) typical for TRITC or Cy3. Immersion oil and dust cover. Y5 Filter System for DM IR/DM RXA/FR 8. Fluorescence filter block for Cy 5 excitation BP 620/60 and emission BP 700/75. L5 Filter System for DM IR/DM RXA/RF 8. Fluorescence filter block for blue excitation 480/40 and band pass emission 527/30. (Typical for specimen with PITC and second staining.) Anti-Vibration Microscope table for inverted microscopes. Steel base with Granite plate. Confocal System TCS SP2 Basic Module Confocal Scan head with highly sensitive spectral detection system. User switch able between Leica microscopes Alignment free for scanner lifetime 3 individual ports available for external lasers fro up to 6 lasers connected simultaneously Fiber-coupling and/or direct coupling of low-power lasers Spectral range of detector optics 400-850nm Ajustable pupil illumination Variable, computer controlled pinhole diameter K-scanner with two independent galvanometers Line frequency up to 2000 lines/sec.Frame rates 3 fps at 512x512; 20 fps at 512x32 pixels Scan resolution up to 4096x4096 pixels Zoom 1 32x Scan rotation 5 +95 degrees, optically uncompromised solution Scan field diagonal 22mm (intermediate image plane). Scanner control with FPGS (Field programmable gate arrays) Trigger in/out ports 8 ports for detectors available, simultaneously 12 bit digitization each Ultra wide SCSI interface to PC Fully operator-configurable user interface, intuitive and guided. Context-sensitive online help system Multi-dimensional series acquisition Supported by direct-access digital control knobs Region of interest scan Sequential scan in stack, frame and line mode Beam Splitter DD beam splitter UV-Laser Port SP2 Quadruple Channel Multi Lasers, Red, Yellow and Blue 6-Channel Acousto-optical tunable filter Ar UV Laser 351/364nm w/w cooled LP20 UV laser source (Ar351nm/20mW; 364nm/20mW) with water-water cooling system. UV AOTF Acousto-optical tunable filter for simultaneous control of 2 laser lines. Allows fast switching between lines and continuous attenuation of each line individually. Fiber Coupling Module for UV Pinhole Lens TCS Electronics and WS, 2x21 plus TCS2 Scan driver electronics and system controller Control panel with 7 digital potentiometers for fast online adjustment of scanning parameters LCS Leica Confocal Software. Fully operator configurable user interface. Context sensitive online help system. Multitasking high performance Windows NT Workstation. Intell PIII 600 MHz; 256 MB RAM Computer, Monitor and Software z-Stage DM R/R rotatable Galvanometer driven z-stage for DM R or DM IR microscopes. Including rotatable stage insert. Z-motion precisely controlled with resolution 40nm. Not suitable for 351 stage. LCS Physiology Live cell imaging, time lapse recordings, trigger handling, spot bleach feature and ion-concentration measurement. Delivery shall be to the National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, F.O.B. destination. The provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-commercial, applies to this acquisition except that there is no SF1449 solicitation cover sheet. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation of Items, applies to this acquisition. The government will award a fixed price purchase order to the responsible Contractor, price and other factors considered: (a) Delivery time (b) Capabilities of Microscope, (c) Price: All evaluation factors other that price, when combined are significantly less important than the price. The clause 52.213-3, Representations and Certifications- Commercial items must be completed before award. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The clause at 52-212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The clauses of subpart (b), which apply, are: 6 and 10. Any response is due no later that 3:00 p.m. eastern daylight savings time, September 28, 2000 to Charmaine Rawlinson. For delivery through the postal service the address is: 6700B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7605, Room 1130, Bethesda, MD 20892-7605. Electronic submission will not be accepted. Request for any information concerning this requirement is to be referred to Ms. Charmaine Rawlinson, 301-496-2607. Collect calls will not be accepted.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000921/66SOL007.HTM (W-263 SN498183)