SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Spectrofluorometer
- Notice Date
- 8/31/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- National Institutes of HealthNational Library of Medicine6707 Democracy Blvd.Suite 700WBethesdaMD20892-7511
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7511
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM2011191
- Response Due
- 9/7/2011
- Archive Date
- 10/7/2011
- Point of Contact
- OWENS-COBBLAH, SONYA +1 301 594 4666, owenscobblahs@mail.nih.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
OWENS-COBBLAH, SONYA
(owenscobblahs@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), on behalf of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases (NIDDK) is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses or HUB Zone small businesses that can provide a spectroflurometer. The spectroflurometer is used in normal, tumoral and receptortransfected cell on-going research. The cells have low signals and are much easily detected with the use of the spectroflurometer. The Spectroflurometer shall offer: 1)A spectrofluorometer is required that is modular, i.e., the illumination source, the excitation monochromator, the sample compartment, the emission monochromator, the fluorescence detector, and the acquisition are each in individual compartments. This will provide us with multiple types of measurements and meet the demands that change with time. It also makes it easy to trouble shoot for malfunction. 2)A spectrofluorometer must have a multimode detector as standard. It should have both single shot, photon counting which is best for measuring very low level signals and analog for medium to high level signals. 3)The light source should not be of a low wattage but have enough optical reflectors to collect much of the radiation emitted by the source and direct it towards the entrance slit of the excitation monochromator. The light source should also be easy to change. 4)The sample compartment should be large enough to facilitate changing sample holder types. 5)The monochromator motor should run in micro-stepping mode to give finer wavelength selection. 6)The spectrofluorometer should be upgradeable to an instrument that can measure phosphorescence decay times and gated emission spectra. Other upgrades we will be interested in are ones to be able to perform high-speed radiometric measurements of intracellular ion concentration on cells either in suspension or on a microscope slide. 7)The software should be customized user interface, have editable dye library, editable event markers and network enabled. 8)The spectrofluorometer should have a very high signal-to-noise ratio, which is needed for our cells that have low signals because the number of receptors and coupling and is often at the limit of our detection and therefore the sensitivity is of particular importance. 9)The spectrofluorometer should have options single or multiple preferably computer controlled sample holders to allow rapid changes in the temperature of the sample so temperature effects can be assessed. 10)The spectrofluorometer has the ability of fast excitation switching over the visible and UV light ranges, is able to work in both standard and dual excitation modes and measure up to 250 ratios per second which is required for some of our studies. 11)The spectrofluorometer a 75 Watt continuous arc Xenon lamp which does not require water or air cooling, consumes less power than the larger lamps, is cheaper to replace and is coupled to an igniter that is integrated into the power supply which eliminated RF interference and reduces any risk of damage to other electronic equipment adjacent to this instrument. 12) The spectrofluorometers analysis software is user friendly and is able to be easily loaded onto other computers for detailed analyses. The software provided and the electronic interface can acquire data simultaneously for up to two photon-counting detectors and six analog detectors and displays them all during the same experiment. This request is for interested firms with the capability of providing the items listed above and to submit a capability statement along with projected pricing, to assist the Government in determining in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.502-2(b) whether or not this procurement will be set-aside for any of the programs described above. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) code 334516 with a size standard of 500 employees. POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR RESPONSE: Company name, address, phone number, primary contact(s), e-mail address, NAICS code(s), business size (i.e., small/large) and DUNS number. All respondents are requested to identify their firm's size and type of business. Interested firms responding to this market survey must provide (a) capability statement demonstrating their experience, skills and capability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. The capability statement shall be in sufficient enough detail, but not to exceed 10 pages, so that the Government can determine the experience and capability of your firm to provide the requirements above. Your capability statement, not to exceed 10 pages, should include references. A copy of the capability statement must be received at the address identified in this synopsis by no later than close of business (4:30 pm local time at designated location) on September 7, 2011. Responses by fax or e-mail WILL BE ACCEPTED. This announcement is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information solicited. The Government will neither award a contract solely on the basis of this synopsis nor will it reimburse the contractor for any costs associated with preparing or submitting a response to this notice. This synopsis does not constitute a Request for Quotation, Request for Proposal (RFP) or an Invitation for Bid (IFB), nor does this issuance restrict the Government's acquisition approach. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality - No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s)."
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