SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Build and commission three respiratory chambers
- Notice Date
- 5/11/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Nat'l Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, & Kidney Diseases, 2 Democracy Plaza, Suite 700W 6707 Democracy Blvd., MSC 5455, Bethesda, MD, 20892-5455
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5455
- Solicitation Number
- NIH-NIDDK-06-807
- Response Due
- 5/26/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/10/2006
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial service prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number is NIH-NIDDK-06-807, and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation/contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-27. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 339112 with a size standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is being conducted using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), requires a vendor to build and commission three respiratory chambers that will be located in the Hatfield Clinical Research Center at NIH. These respiratory chambers are critical to the conduct of research in the area of obesity and are used to determine the metabolic rate of research subjects. In contrast to conventional respiratory chambers, requirements for the three NIH respiratory chambers include: 1) Size large enough to accommodate obese subjects up to 600 lbs; 2) Modifications to allow procurement of research samples during the 24 hour metabolic studies; 3) Integration of all components to assure high sensitivity and high-resolution data acquisition so that metabolic changes can be assessed rapidly; 4) Take no more than 18 months to set up, integrate and commission three chambers. The vendor will assure that the necessary materials and equipment including high-precision sensors, high-end gas? sampling and conditioning devices and high-resolution data-acquisition hardware are used according to design. The vendor will set-up, mount, and integrate all chamber hardware components, sensors, plumbing, and accessories according to design. The vendor will integrate all sensors (pressure, temperature, humidity, activity and flow) to the data acquisition board and verify accuracy of the data. The vendor will perform zero and span calibration, and quantify noise level on oxygen and carbon dioxide analyzers. The vendor will design the gas sampling configuration and customize the analysis software to achieve proper noise suppression for rapid resolution of metabolic changes. The vendor will determine the accuracy of the chamber using a series of propane burns and varying noise suppression windows down to 15 minute while keeping error to 2% or less. Optimization of the noise suppression window and validation of the time resolution of the chamber must be performed by injecting mixed gas (20% CO2, 80%N2) for various intervals. Chamber measurements need to be conducted on human volunteers to measure resting energy expenditure and metabolic changes with exercise. The vendor will work with investigators at the NIH to conduct 24 hour chamber measurement in 10 human volunteers for reproducibility of 24 hour energy expenditure, 24 hour respiratory quotient, and short term energy expenditure and respiratory quotient. The vendor will provide NIH investigators with an operating manual, and on-site training for staff. The vendor must supply sufficient warranty for labor and technical support for a period of 6 months after completion to assure proper functioning of the chambers. Each chamber measures about 11? 7? x 12? 6-1/2? which is approximately a total of 438 square feet. These are freestanding chambers surrounded by a ?buffer zone? of approximately 1-2 feet. The rooms where the chambers are located are approximately 13? x 14? not including a separate area for the instrumentation that services the chambers. The offeror must include a completed copy of the provision of FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items with its offer. The provisions of FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions ? Commercials Items, applies to this acquisition. The addenda to the clause reads as follows: The offeror must include in their quotations, the unit price, the list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. The FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders ? Commercial Items ? Deviation for Simplified Acquisitions, applies to this acquisition. The clauses are available in full text at http://www.arnet.gov/far. Interested vendors capable of furnishing the government with the service specified in this synopsis should submit their quotation to the below address. Quotations will be due fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis or May 26, 2006. The quotation must reference ?Solicitation number? NIH-NIDDK-06-807. Quotations must be submitted in writing to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Room 775, Bethesda, Maryland 20817, Attention: Patricia Haun. FAXED COPIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, MD
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN01046167-W 20060513/060511220404 (fbodaily.com)
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