SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Zeiss LSM 780 Confocal Microscope with 34 Channel Spectral Detection
- Notice Date
- 7/25/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- NOI2620902
- Archive Date
- 8/16/2012
- Point of Contact
- Hunter A. Tjugum, Phone: 3014358780
- E-Mail Address
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hunter.tjugum@nih.gov
(hunter.tjugum@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), Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions (SS/SA) Branch, on behalf of the National Institute on Neurological Disorder and Stroke (NINDS) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive basis to Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC, 1 Zeiss Dr., Thornwood, NY 10594, for the purchase of one (1) Carl Zeiss LSM 780 Confocal Microscope with 34 Channel Spectral Detection and GaAsP External Detectors for Multi-Photon and Single-Photon Imaging. The Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging (LFMI) at NINDS, advances Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques for studying brain function in vivo, and has a requirement to develop optical imaging techniques that enable imaging of events in small animal brains that is expected to impact ability to diagnose different neurological, cognitive, and physical diseases. LFMI is in need of a Confocal/multi-photon microscope and image processing system that has enhanced sensitivity to low-level light, provides high-imaging resolution, and has expanded fluorescence capability, speed and ease of use. It also must be compatible with existing NINDS' equipment and other Zeiss microscopes currently in use at the LFMI lab. The Carl Zeiss LSM 780 Confocal Microscope with 34 Channel Spectral Detection and GaAsP External Detectors for Multi-Photon and Single-Photon Imaging allows imaging of the intact brain in vivo with high spatial resolution, less than 1 micrometer. The spectral GaAsP detectors allow increased quantum efficiency (QE>60%) over standard photon-multiplier tubes (PMT) detectors, which are critical for low-light fluorescence applications and imaging deep brain regions. These features also enable imaging of low level fluorescence which is undetectable on other confocal microscopes currently available in the commercial marketplace. The Carl Zeiss LSM 780 microscope comes with a laser system pre-installed, the Chameleon Vision II by Coherent, which optimizes performance by pre-compensating for the natural dispersion in wavelength that occurs when pulses pass through optical lenses. The Carl Zeiss LSM 780 microscope also allows for seamless interfacing with other computers in the network at the LFMI lab and facility. Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC, is the sole manufacturer and producer of the Carl Zeiss LSM 780 Confocal Microscope with 34 Channel Spectral Detection. No other source can satisfy agency requirements. This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the acquisition of commercial items prescribed in FAR Part 12, in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award prescribed in Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and is exempt from the competition requirements of Part 6. 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 within the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing this synopsis number, may be submitted to the NIDA SS/SA Branch, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Hunter A. Tjugum, at hunter.tjugum@nih.gov.
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