SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Lab Equipment
- Notice Date
- 5/19/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, IRP, BRC, Michael Blackwood 410-558-8557National Institute on Aging, IRPNIH Biomedical Research CenterSuite 100, Room 04C009251 Bayview BlvdBaltimoreMD21224-2815USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NIHAG2009081
- Response Due
- 5/28/2009
- Archive Date
- 6/27/2009
- Point of Contact
- BLACKWOOD, Michael J +1 410 558 8557, blackwoodmj@mail.nih.gov<br />
- E-Mail Address
-
BLACKWOOD, Michael J
(blackwoodmj@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RECOVERY ACT) The National Institute of Aging (NIA), IRP, intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a competitive basis for the purchase of the following equipment listed below under Simplified Acquisition procedures. This notice may represent the only official notice.Lecia CM1950 Cryostat-Pre-configured systems-With Vacuum extractor-With specimen temperature control-110-120V/60HzLeica CM1950 Configuration USA 120 V/60 Hz with cryochamber and specimen cooling, deactivable specimen retraction, certified UVC disinfection, Ag Protect nanosilver coating, vacuum system, disposable blade holder CE Instrument features:Freestanding cryostat with encapsulated, splash-proof microtome.Spacious, stainless cryochamber, with antiglare illumination. Easy to clean and disinfect.Heated, removable sliding window.Stable, self-contained cryocabinet on rollers.Collection container for condensing water at front of instrument.Outer surfaces and controls of instrument coated withAgProtect nanosilver coating to reduce risk of infection. Handwheel manually lockable in two positions. Easy to handle and stable clamping system for clamping the specimen discs, 8XY specimen orientation with zero point reference.Specimen retraction for manual mode of operation, (20 um) can be switched off.Certified UVC disinfection: 30- and 180-minute cycles can be selected. Disinfection can be aborted at any time, if work needs to be resumed immediately. Automatic safety cut-off of disinfection cycle when sliding window is opened. Vacuum system for stretching the sections and for removal of section debris, with saving integrated filter system and bacteria filter on the outside of the instrument.Twin compressor cooling system for cryochamber and specimen head. Cooling system with safety pressure control. Specimen temperature selectable from 10 degrees C to 50 C 1 steps.Cryochamber temperature selectable from 0 C to C, 5K, adjustable in 1K increments atambient temperature of 20 c. Easy to clean, actively cooled specimen preparation zone with quick-freezing shelf for up to 15 specimens (temperature selection down to -42 degrees C) plus 2 Peltier element freezing stations (temperature down to 52 degrees C) with manual defrost cycle. Cryochamber defrosted via automatic hot-gas defrosting once every 24 hrs, programmable in 15-minutes incriments. Manual defrosting of cryochamber, quick freezing shelf with integrated Peltier elements and specimen head with acoustic warning signal to prevent unintentional defrosting. Manual defrost cycle for Chamber and quick-freezing shelf with Peltier elements: 12 minutes; for specimen head: 15 minutes. Low maintenance microtome with cross roller guides. Reproducible high-quality thin sections via stepper motor specimen feed. Section thickness selection from outside the cryochamber. Section thickness selection:Trimming thickness range: selectable via key combination when instrument is being switched on. For clinical applications: 4 trimming thickness settings: 10, 20, 30 and 40 um.For eresearch applications: 1-600 um:Selectable in 1 um steps from 1-10 um;Selectable in 2 um steps from 10-20 um, selectable in 5 um steps from 20-50 um;Selectable in 10 um steps from 50-100 um;Selectable in 50 um steps from 100-600um. Sectioning thickness range: 1-100 um,Selectable in 0.5 um steps from 1-5um;Selectable in 1 um steps from 5-20 um;Selectable in 5 um steps from 20-60 um;Selectable in 10 um steps from 60-100 um;Total vertical specimen stroke: 59 cm. Total horizontal specimen feed: 25 mm motorized coarse feed: 25mm motorized coarse feed in 2 speeds: 300um/s or 900 um/s. Technical Data:Mains power supply: 120V/60 Hz (US version) admissions: c_ CSA_ US, CEDimensions (WxDxH): 700 (with handwheel 835) X 850 x 1215 mm 27.55 (with handwheel 835) x 850 x 1215mm 27.55 (with handwheel: 32.87)x33.46x47.84 inchesWeight: 183kg / 403.08lbs. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice is a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received on or before May 28, 2009 will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government.This is a solicitation for non commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 16.2, utilizing competitive procedures. These procedures include those identified under Subparts 6.1, 6.2 (Full and Open Competition and Full and Open Competition after Exclusions of Sources), and FAR Section 16.505(b) (1). The solicitation number is NIHAG2009081 and is issued as a request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation document and incorporated provisions clauses are those in which the FAR has amended to incorporate for use in Recovery Act actions FAR subpart 5.7 for pre-solicitation and award notices. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334516 and the business size standard is small.Only electronic offers will be accepted. Offers are due to Mr. M. Blackwood @blackwoodmj@mail.nih.gov by May 28th, 2009, 1600 hrs, LOCAL PREVAILING TIME. NIA/IRP, BRC Bldg, Room #: 04C009A, 251 Bayview Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21224.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institute on Aging251 Bayvies BlvdSuite 100, Rm 04C009BaltimoreMD21224USA<br />
- Zip Code: 21224<br />
- Zip Code: 21224<br />
- Record
- SN01821747-W 20090521/090519235935-23f36e018a4e6d64543432889615411f (fbodaily.com)
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