SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- FLASH EVOKED POTENTIAL SYSTEM WITH CHROMATIC GANZFELD (SPHERICAL) STIMULOR
- Notice Date
- 7/1/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ord Service Center/Nerl, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-04-00329
- Response Due
- 7/12/2004
- Archive Date
- 8/12/2004
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Pamela Smith, Purchasing Agent, Phone (919) 541-0635
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(smith.pamela@epa.gov)
- Description
- NAICS Code: 334516 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 RFQ-RT-04-00329 and the solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-24. The associated North Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 334516 and the size business size standard is 500 employees. Full and open competition procedures will be utilized. A firm, fixed price purchase order using Simplified Acquisition Procedures is anticipated to result from the award of this solicitation. This procurement is for a : Statement of Work: (1)The system must be able to produce luminance-modulated full-field Ganzfeld visual stimuli in the ultraviolet and visible wavelength spectrum in conjunction with steady state backgrounds in the ultraviolet and visible spectrum over a large range of intensities to allow assessment of visual function in low light (scotopic) and daylight (photopic) conditions. Intensities as low as - 6 log cd-s/m2 for recording of scotopic threshold response and as high as approximately 3.5 log cd-s/2 for recording bright flash response/leading edge of A-wave should be achievable through software control of light source or filtering. Flash or flickering stimuli and background fields should be specifiable in terms of chromaticity and luminance in photopic or scotopic units; (2) The system must be able to generate light stimuli in the near ultraviolet wavelength range (350-400 nm) as well as in the visible wavelength range (400-700 nm). To enable isolation of the different cone photoreceptor mechanisms in the rat, it will be necessary to have UV stimuli that can be either rapidly modulated, i.e. flash stimuli, or presented in steady-state, as an adapting background; (3) Illumination intensity must be consistent with specified intensity from flash to flash: (4) A broad range of temporal modulations, from very rapid single flashes or trains of flashes of duration in the 5-10 s range to luminance modulation as slow as 0.5 Hz, is necessary to assess different visual functions. This should also include the ability to generate and record data from two flashes in rapid succession (1-100 ms between flashes, aka "double flash"); (5) The shape of the Ganzfeld device should be compatible with testing rats and/or mice by either inserting the anesthetized animal into the Ganzfeld sphere or by allowing the positioning of the sphere such that it would present uniform illumination to the eye of the test animal. In keeping with this requirement to be compatible with animal testing, any built-in ultraviolet filtering, as with a xenon flash, should be removable for generation of UV stimuli; (6) The system should allow for the design and running of experiment protocols which will automatically set stimuli to desired specifications throughout an experiment to automate data collection: (7) Data sampling rate should be at least 10KHz to allow high frequency sampling of electrophysiological signals without aliasing. Amplifiers should allow for a wide range of frequency filters (high pass: DC, 0.1, 1, 3, 10, 30, 100, 300 Hz; low pass: 5, 2, 1, 0.3, 0.1 kHz). Amplifier gain should be adjustable to keep input voltage within acceptable range: (8) The system should permit recording electrophysiological waveforms from single stimulus events or averaged over multiple stimuli; (9) Data analysis capacity should include provisions to assign multiple markers to characterize waveform amplitudes and latencies, to produce group average waveforms, and to export for further analysis raw waveforms and/or waveform parameters (i.e., amplitude and latency of different peaks in waveform). Capacity to perform Fourier analysis of recorded waveforms is desirable; (10) A GLP-compliant data recording capacity should be counted as a desired, but not necessarily required feature. A system which allowed for the choice of using or not using GLP-compliant procedures would be optimal and consistent with the mission of this lab in doing basic research and methods development as well as work related to regulatory issues: (11) Delivered fob destination, RTP,NC. : The Government intends to award a single purchase order to responsible offeror whose technically acceptable quotation represents the best overall value to the Government .For this requirement best-value will be determine based on technical capability, past performance and price. The following is a description of each evaluation criterion, including information which must be included with proposals. A. Technical Capability: Demonstrated ability of the proposed system to meet the requirements set forth in the Statement of Work. The specification represent the Government's minimum needs Proposals must include sufficient material (such as narrative technical specifications, drawings, photos, brochures, demo disks, videos, etc.) to permit the government to determine that the proposed instrument will meet the requirements in the Statement of work. Any specific variances from specification shall be addressed by the offeror with respect to how the offeror's proposal provides alternative equivalence. Failure of an offeror to demonstrate that the proposed instrument will meet the Statement of Work shall render the offeror ineligible for further consideration for award. B. Past Performance : Proposals shall be evaluated on performance under existing and prior (within past 3 years) contracts/subcontracts/orders for systems similar to that described in the Statement of Work. The Government's evaluation shall focus on the quality of past performance and level of customer satisfaction. For each contract/subcontracts/order identified, include a brief synopsis which includes the date the work was performed, the client for whom the work was performed (included client name and telephone number), and a description of the system. C. Price: The proposed firm-fixed-price for the entire project shall be provided. The Government reserves the right to require additional pricing information if necessary to determine that the proposed price is reasonable. Technical, past performance and price are of equal important. The following FAR provisions shall apply to this solicitation: 52-212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items. All offerors are to include with their offer a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items. The following FAR clause applies to this acquisition: 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items. The following additional FAR clauses which are cited in Clause 52.212-5 are applicable to the acquisition: 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.2225-1, Buy American Act--Balance of Payments Program-Supplies; 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration. A completed Representations and Certifications must be included with the price quote. COMMERCIAL BUY CLAUSES AND FORMS are provided for your convenience on EPA's website at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Please submit quote to Pamela E. Smith, Purchasing Agent, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RTP Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC. 27711. Courier delivery address is U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Attn: Pamela E. Smith (E105-02), RTP Procurement Operations Division, 4930 Page Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27703. All offers are due by July 12, 2004, 4:30 p.m., quotes can be faxed to: (919) 541-1075 or e-mailed to smith.pamela@epa.gov.
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