SOURCES SOUGHT
N -- Installation of Siemens Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- N02-HL-3-4214
- Response Due
- 7/26/2004
- Archive Date
- 8/10/2004
- Point of Contact
- Kathleen Marsden, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 435-0364, Fax (301) 480-3345, - Debra Hawkins, Chief, Procurement Section, Phone (301) 435-0366, Fax (301) 480-3345,
- E-Mail Address
-
km66x@nih.gov, dh41g@nih.gov
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to procure on a sole source basis to Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, Pennsylvania for the installation of a 3.0 Tesla XMR system initially purchased from Siemens. This requirement will be obtained through a modification to NIH Contract Number N02-HL-3-4214 with Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. for a ?3 Tesla Interventional Magnetic Resonance Imaging System?. It is believed that Siemens is the sole source for this requirement based on the authority of FAR 6.302-1. The purpose of this program is to support the collaborative research program between Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. and NIH to study the use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the clinical evaluation of novel interventional methods in cardiac MRI. Over the last several years, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of NIH has been developing new MRI techniques for the evaluation of cardiac patients. NHLBI installed an interventional 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner in the Cardiology Branch to perform clinical evaluations of these methodologies. This contract provides turn-key installation of a novel 3 Tesla Interventional MRI system. The installation of this unique system will require the coupling of a 3.0 Tesla MRI system with a X-ray catheter table capable of transporting a custom designed patient bed between the MRI system and the X-ray fluoroscopy system. Successful operation of the system will be dependent on precise engineering required to smoothly integrate the transport system for the X-ray table into the operation of the 3.0 Tesla scanner. The transport system is a unique custom designed mechanism built by Siemens and composed of rails and a rolling patient table. The rails must be installed within an RF shielded enclosure. All electronic connections and power sources for the system must be compatible with an RF shielded environment. Modification of the computer room of the site will be required to install the new electronic components associated with both the 3.0 Tesla MRI scanner and the X-ray fluoroscopy table. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within ten (10) calendar days after publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract modification based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland
- Zip Code: 20892
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN00625122-W 20040718/040716211748 (fbodaily.com)
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