SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Quadrature Design Tuned Coils for MRI
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2009
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334416
— Electronic Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Field Finance & Acquisition Services, HFT-320, 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079-9502
- ZIP Code
- 72079-9502
- Solicitation Number
- 09-222-SOL-00146
- Archive Date
- 9/19/2009
- Point of Contact
- Nicholas E Sartain, Phone: 870-543-7370
- E-Mail Address
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nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov
(nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This requirement is being issued in conjunction with FAR part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures, as applicable. The solicitation number is 09-222-SOL-00146. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-36. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is-334416- Electronic Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor Manufacturing; Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees and is set-aside for small business concerns. The Food and Drug Administration is soliciting for a contractor to provide surface quadrature tuned frequency coils for small species scanning to be used on an existing Bruker BioSpin seven tesla, 30 centimeter bore MRI system currently on-site. The system consists of a modified Avance III electronics RF interface adapter and the computer support and analysis software to analyze the data from the imaging device. Background In vivo, non invasive scanning will be performed to characterize MRI-specific transient and permanent neural responses to different kinds of intervention including chemical and biological compounds in very small testing subjects (mice) through adaptations to investigate larger animals (e.g. infant monkeys). Customized Adrian/Gruetter 1H coil construct: - Small quadrature 1H surface coil-to fit rat head - 14mm coils in a dual coil package. - Small non-human primate quadrature 1H surface coil - two 5 cm or 50 mm coils. - Combined 1H quadrature 1H surface coil - plus 10 mm i.d. 13C linear surface coil. - 7 preamplifiers for the above - 6 at 300 MHz and 1 at 75.43 MHz. All cabling must be terminated in BNCs for connection to Bruker 7 T interface and all preamplifiers to have noise figures of 0.5dB or lower, at least 1MHz bandwidth and a gain of 20dB or more. Contract Type: Commercial Item-Firm Fixed Price. Simplified acquisition procedures will be utilized. FOB Point destination. To be delivered 75 days or less after receipt of order (ARO) FOB Point of Delivery for Services and Supplies will be the FDA/ORA located at 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, AR 72079-9502. Payment terms net 30 days. Standard commercial warranty is required if applicable. The provision at FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this solicitation. The following addenda have been attached to this provision: None The provision at FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items is applicable to this solicitation. The specific evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (1) of that provision are as follows: The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be the most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes: (i) Technical capability of the items/services offered to meet the Government's requirement. (ii) Past Performance (iii) Price. Technical and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important when compared to price in determining the best value to the government. Technical acceptability will be determined by review of information submitted by the offeror which must provide a description in sufficient detail to show that the product offered meets the government's requirement. The tradeoff process will be utilized meaning that tradeoffs among price and technical capability will allow the government to accept other than the lowest priced technically acceptable offer. Past performance will be evaluated based on information provided by the offeror as to actual sales of the proposed products to industry or government agencies. Past performance will consider the ability of the items to meet technical specifications as advertised by the offeror, past record of meeting delivery schedules and service/maintenance reputation. The government reserves the right to make an award without discussions. The government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, which is not identified in the proposal. To ensure information is available, vendors must furnish as part of their proposal all descriptive material necessary for the government to determine whether the product and/or service meets the technical requirements. The offer shall include technical specifications, descriptive material, literature, brochures and other information corresponding to each minimum required item, which demonstrates the capabilities of the offeror. The Government reserves the right to obtain information for use in the evaluation from any and all sources including sources outside of the Government. The Provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. An offeror should complete only paragraph (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The following addenda have been attached to the clause. The supplies and/or services delivered hereunder shall be inspected and accepted at destination by the contracting officer's representative (COR) specified at award. If the supplies or services are acceptable, the COR shall promptly forward a report of inspection and acceptance to the paying office. If the supplies or services are not acceptable, the COR shall document the nonconforming items/services and immediately notify the contracting officer. The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following additional FAR clauses cited in this clause are applicable: 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-36, 52.225-1, 52.225-13, and 52.232-33. The following additional provisions and/or clauses apply: 52.204-7. Clauses and provisions are incorporated by reference and apply to this acquisition. Clauses and provisions can be obtained at http://www.arnet.gov/far/ CCR Requirement - Company must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system before an award could be made to them. If company is not registered in CCR, they may do so by going to CCR web site at http://www.ccr.gov. The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating are not applicable to this solicitation notice. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the internet site for the release of an amendment to the combined synopsis/solicitation (if any). Offerors that fail to complete the required representations and certifications, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation, may be excluded from consideration. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which if timely received, shall be considered. The offer must reference solicitation number 09-222-SOL-00146. The offers are due in person, by postal mail, fax or email to the point of contact listed below on or before September 4, 2009 by 13:00 hours (Central Standard Time in Jefferson, Arkansas) at the Food and Drug Administration, OC/OSS/OFFAS, Attn: Nick Sartain, 3900 NCTR Road, HFT-320, Jefferson, AR 72079-9502. For information regarding this solicitation, please contact Nick Sartain at (870) 543-7370, FAX (870) 543-7990 or email nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079, United States
- Zip Code: 72079
- Zip Code: 72079
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