SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Microscope-based slide imaging slide-scanning system
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument 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
- HHS-NIH-NIDA(SSSA)-SS-2013-3043883
- Archive Date
- 9/12/2013
- Point of Contact
- Hunter A. Tjugum, Phone: 301 435 8780
- E-Mail Address
-
hunter.tjugum@nih.gov
(hunter.tjugum@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), on behalf of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), is seeking responses to this Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to provide a potential requirement. Based on the responses received from this Sources Sought notice, the proposed acquisition may be solicited as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All eligible small business concerns responding to this announcement must have the capabilities to provide the below product for delivery to the Bayview Medical Campus in Baltimore, MD. The Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch, Intramural Research Program (IRP) at that NIA has a potential requirement for a microscope-based whole slide imaging system to allow the scanning of multiple slides in transmitted and fluorescence illumination modes at several magnifications. As a slide-scanning system, the generation of large sized image files is required. This requirement will be used to allow for the biochemical analysis of neurons located in brain areas that play a role in drug addiction. The essential government feature which this requirement needs to achieve is a system that can be utilized as a motorized fluorescence microscope in addition to operation as a slide scanning system, as opposed to self-contained, closed box slide scanner systems that lack this flexibility. The following abilities need to be achieved in slide scanning systems for this potential requirement. Utilize multiple scanning objectives: 4x, lOx, 20x, 40x Add 60x or 100x oil scanning Scan in multiple Z-planes Allows for the real time review of the high resolution scan during the scanning process Scan multiple ROI from one sample Accommodate sample slides of 1"x3", 2"x3" or 3"x5" dimensions and larger with some adjustment Scan multiple magnification layers within the same image file Able to output image files to JP2000,.tiff or.bgt (bigtiff) Upgradable for fluorescence scanning Support both color and monochrome cameras Support 16 bit monochrome image files Provide fluorescence calibration is available for each individual color channel Provide real-time online deblurring for fluorescence scanning applications Able to support advanced image processing software including maximum intensity projection and de-convolution algorithms Allow simultaneous visualization of silver grains and immunolabeling Interested parties should submit a tailored capability statement, which clearly defines the ability to provide the items described in this potential requirement, and to satisfy the essential government feature(s). Responses should be limited to 15 pages in length, including attachments, and sent as an Adobe PDF or Microsoft Office file to: tjugumha@mail.nih.gov prior to the closing date contained in this announcement. Responses must include the respondents' DUNS, organization name and address, point of contact, and size and type of business pursuant to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code identified in this notice. Disclaimer and Important News: 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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