SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Aperio Slide Scanner
- Notice Date
- 8/3/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-CSB-(DE)-2011-245-JML
- Archive Date
- 8/23/2011
- Point of Contact
- Jonathan M. Lear, Phone: 3014514470
- E-Mail Address
-
learj@nhlbi.nih.gov
(learj@nhlbi.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This Sources Sought (SS) Notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) on behalf of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). The purpose of this SS is to identify qualified small business concerns, including Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), Woman-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Small Businesses, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) that are interested in and capable of providing the Aperio Technologies Slide Scanner. The NHLBI does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted. As a result of this Sources Sought notice, the NHLBI may issue a Request for Quote (RFQ). THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. However, should such a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against NHLBI shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought notice or the NHLBI's use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement. The NHLBI is seeking capability statements from all eligible small business concerns, particularly Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), Woman-owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Small Businesses, Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), and Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 333314 with a size standard of 500. Based on the responses received from this SOURCES SOUGHT announcement, the proposed acquisition may be solicited as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All eligible small business concerns responding to this Sources Sought announcement must have the capabilities to provide the below product within 45 days after receipt of purchase order. Background Information The Aperio Technologies Slide Scanner/CS Scanscope captures high magnification images of slides and stores them in a proprietary file format (SVS). The files can be read using a freely downloadable software utility. The Aperio equipment must be compatible with existing equipment, software, and file systems since the NIDCR has been storing files in the SVS format since 2005. The SVS format has become the de facto standard for scanned images interchange across different pathology-research laboratories. Interested parties should submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement, not to exceed 10 single-sided pages (including all attachments) presented in single-space and using a 12-point font size minimum, that clearly details the ability to provide this equipment. Statements should also include an indication of current certified small business status; this indication should be clearly marked on the first page of your capability statement (preferably placed under the eligible small business concern's name and address). Responses will be reviewed only by NIH personnel and will be held in a confidential manner. All capability statements sent in response to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Jonathan Lear, Contract Specialist, at learj@nhlbi.nih.gov in either MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by August 8, 2011, 12:00pm, EST. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NHLBI/NHLBI-CSB-(DE)-2011-245-JML/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health/NIDCR, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02520129-W 20110805/110803235322-0f45061b97503d37086bc5e37d027886 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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