SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- W-Series dual 16 channel wireless neural headstage and receiver
- Notice Date
- 1/4/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334510
— Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- National Institutes of HealthNational Institute on Drug AbuseBethesdaMD20892-7511
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7511
- E-Mail Address
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JOHNSON, JOHN R
(johnsonjr@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for a proposal. A solicitation document will not be issued and proposals will not be requested. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Intramural Research Program (IRP) intends to solicit, negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive basis with Triangle Biosystems 2224 Page Road Suite 108 Durham, NC 27703. The National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Division of Intramural Research in Baltimore, Maryland requires to procure the W-Series dual 16 channel wireless neural head stage and receiver. The will give us the ability to record well-isolated action potentials from individual neurons in naturally behaving animals is crucial for understanding neural mechanisms underlying natural behavior. Each specific line item in the attached Triangle BioSystems Inc. quote has been thoroughly considered and found necessary for ongoing behavior projects in Dr. Schoenbaums lab, since tethered wires are inhibiting the achievement of natural, accurate results. The W-Series products are the latest technology. Triangle Biosystems is the sole provider of the Neural Radio System (Item#5667) and 16 channel wireless headstage for dual recorder system (Item6565). We are also the exclusive manufacturer of the system. The ability to record well-isolated action potentials from individual neurons in naturally behaving animals is crucial for understanding neural mechanisms underlying natural behaviors. Traditional neurophysiology techniques, however, require the animal to be restrained which often restricts natural behavior. To overcome these obstacles, Triangle BioSystems Inc. has developed a wireless dual wireless neural head stage system that allows researchers to continuously and simultaneously monitor two feely moving animals in the same or adjacent cage. Each of the headstage systems have different RF carrier frequencies and radio components that allow any combination of 5, 16, 32 and 64 channel wireless systems to work side by side within the same transmit range of 4 meters. For example, two 32 channel systems, or one 16 channel and one 5 channel, or two 5 channel systems can operate together in the same cage without interfering with each other. For the first time 2 animals can be simultaneously monitored in the same cage without having to worry about tangled tethered or commutator connections. Dr. Schoenbaums lab, Behavioral Neurophysiology Neuroscience Section (BNNS), Cellular Neurobiology Research Branch (CNRB), requires the 16 channel to enable neurophysiology experiments impossible using traditional restrained techniques. Articles published in Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 203(1):28-40, 2012 and Sep 12 and PLoS ONE 6(7): e22033, 2011.; and J Neurosci Methods.182(2):195204, 2009. Thus to continue our ongoing work with the minimum amount of delay or wasted resources or experimental data, the above captioned items fromTriangle Biosystems are respectively requested The acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition FAR 13 and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competition Requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing Notification No. NIHDA2011188 may be submitted no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 18, 2012 to NIDA/IRP, Biomedical Research Center, Suite 200, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Room 4A326, Baltimore, MD 21224, ATTN: John Johnson, johnsonjr@mail.nih.gov.
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