SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- PerkinElmer JANUS Workstation
- Notice Date
- 1/21/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 6120 Executive Blvd., EPS Suite 600, Rockville, Maryland, 20852
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- NCI-90039-MM
- Archive Date
- 2/14/2009
- Point of Contact
- Melissa P Marino, Phone: 301-402-4509, Caren N Rasmussen,, Phone: (301) 402-4509
- E-Mail Address
-
marinome@mail.nih.gov, cr214i@nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Cancer Research (CCR), plans to procure the brand name PerkinElmer JANUS Workstation for the Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression (LRBGE). This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) and 13.501-(a)(1) to use simplified acquisition procedures for commercial items. The North American Industry Classification System Code for this acquisition is 334516 and the business size standard is 500 employees. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. The equipment will be used in the High-throughput Imaging (HTI) section of the CCR Fluorescence Imaging Facility LRBGE. The facility is available to all CCR investigators who require advanced light microscopy instrumentation and expert guidance in using it. The investigators at the LRBGE facility have a demonstrated need to perform high-throughput liquid handling in order to develop, optimize and carry out assay as part of their high-throughput imaging screens. These studies require dispensing, aspiration and pipetting of several thousand samples per experiment. LRBGE requires high-throughput liquid handling capacity for sample preparation, liquid transfer and assay optimization. The system must be modular, compatible with 96- and 384-well plates, be capable of transfer between them and be able to use a 4-, 8-, 96-, or 384-well pipetting unit. The system must also be capable of delivering reagents of volumes ranging from 10nl - 1ml and aspirate volumes larger than 1.5ml. The system must contain at least two distinct robotic arms/heads and must be equipped with plate and tip-box stackers for automated processing of large sample sets. Facts and Reasons to Justify Other than Full and Open Competition 1.Statute Statute: 41 U.S.C. 253 (1) as set forth in FAR 13.106-(b)(2) and 13.501-(a)(1) No other requirement and/or type for supply or service will satisfy agency need. 2. Sole Source Justification: The following salient characteristics apply to the PerkinElmer JANUS Workstation: •Capable of using eight fixed washable or disposable tips at one time. It should also be capable of using any lesser number of tips independently. All tips need to be located on a single arm for high throughput sample processing. Each sampling tip is capable of independent motion in the Z-direction. •Capacity to eliminate carry-over between samples. •Capacity to use several interchangeable dispense heads including pin tools, which can be replaced at any time. •Ability to aspirate greater than 1.5ml of solvent in a single aspiration step. •Offer optional low volume sampling tip options to enable pipetting volumes below 10 μL and down to 500 nL. Submicroliter pipetting must be available with both disposable tips and fixed washable tips. •The liquid handling system must be capable of providing independent liquid level sensing in a multi-tipped mode with fixed, washable sampling tips or disposable tips. The minimum volume to be detected should be 50 μL in a microplate and 100 μL in a test tube. •Liquid level sensing must be capable of detecting non-ionic and organic solvents such as deionized water, DMSO or methanol. •When utilizing fixed tips or conductive disposable tips, the system's liquid level sensing must be sensitive enough to detect sample volumes of less than 100 μL in test tubes or 50 μL in microplates with standard JANUS TM racks and in a multi-tipped configuration. •The liquid handling system must be capable of variable sample probe spacing (9 to 40 mm with eight-tip systems). •Multiple disposable tip sizes should be compatible on single sampling probe including 10μL, 20μL, 200μL, and 1000μL tips. All disposable tips should be capable of being utilized in a multi-tip mode. •Must include electrical sensors to verify disposable tip pick up and disposal. Sensors should be capable of being turned on or off at a users discretion. •Software should enable users to determine when to dispose of tips and when to reuse them. System should be capable of re-using a tip when performing duplicate transfers. •Disposable tips should be available in both robotic compatible tip boxes and hanging tip boxes. •Must allow any combination of labware to be included on deck for use in processing within a single protocol. Labware should include but not be limited to test tubes, microplates, deep well plates, troughs, micro centrifuge vials, etc. •Should be compatible with a variety of automated temperature control options enabling both chilling and heating to occur on the deck. Multiple heating tiles can be operated automatically, simultaneously, and independently at different temperatures ranging from ambient to 100C. •Software shall be built around a graphical user interface with mouse-driven pull-down menus and shall be compatible with Windows XP operating system. The software must allow 'drag and drop' functionality for definition of labware on the deck. •Software programs must be provided as standard to test accuracy and precision performance of each syringe pump, XYZ motions and liquid level sensing to satisfy GLP (Good Laboratory Practice). Hard copies of precision/accuracy performance should be generated when a printer is provided. •Must be capable of demonstrating precision of better than 3.0% coefficient of variation at 5 μL with a 20 μL tip. Also precision of less than 1.0% should be seen at 50 μL with a 200 μL tip dispensing distilled water. In both cases accuracy of better than +/- 1.0% should be seen. •Software should enable users to define customized message boxes before or after protocols, or between tests allowing for easier user instructions and interfacing with other instrumentation. •WinPREP templates can be converted to Read-only format to prevent user from modifying validated protocols. •The system software should be able to easily conduct file importation routines with single point insertion for common file type e.g..csv type files from Microsoft Excel. •Database error recording shall make a record of liquid and instrument errors conditions that occur during processing. This should be readable through commonly used database software packages. •Expanded systems are upgradeable with the Gripper Integration Platform enabling plate movement around or outside of standard pipetting deck to feed peripheral devices such as incubators, readers, etc. •Systems should be capable of being fitted with a bar code reading system. Positive identification for 192 tubes should be read in less than 90 seconds. A bar code assembly able to hold 192 tubes in a variety of cassettes for tubes with diameters between 10 and 16 mm. •Positive ID of microplates and tubes should be available via plate barcode ID option, tube/vial bar coder reader option, high capacity plate stacker option and hand-held bar code scanner option. •Higher capacity microplate loading or tip loading using additional stackers. The stackers should be integrated to the liquid handling system with direct feeding of the microplates to the deck of the liquid handling system. The brand name PerkinElmer JANUS Workstation is the only known commercial instrument with these unique characteristics which are critical for research in the LRBGE confocal facility. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotations. However, if any interested party believes they can meet the above requirement, they may submit a statement of capabilities. All information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to allow the NCI to determine if it can meet the above unique specifications described herein. An original and one copy of the capability statement must be received in the NCI contracting office on or before 11:00 AM EST on January 30, 2009. All questions must be in writing and can be faxed (301) 402-4513 or emailed to Melissa Marino, Contract Specialist at marinome@mail.nih.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In order to receive an award, contractors must have valid registration and certification in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) www.ccr.gov and the Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA), http://orca.bpn.gov. No collect calls will be accepted. Please reference solicitation No. NCI-90039-MM on all correspondence.
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