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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF APRIL 23, 2014 FBO #4533
DOCUMENT

66 -- Tecan Blood Robot - Attachment

Notice Date

4/21/2014
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;VAMC Providence;830 Chalkstone Avenue;Providence RI 02908
 

ZIP Code

02908
 

Solicitation Number

VA24114R0345
 

Response Due

4/30/2014
 

Archive Date

7/29/2014
 

Point of Contact

Valerie DeAngelis
 

E-Mail Address

9-4760<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to negotiate and award a contract to procure a Buffy Coat Aliquot Workstation for aliquoting human blood fractions with extended warranty, hardware/software maintenance/support and training from Tecan U.S., Inc., 9401 Globe Center Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560-2622 to be integrated with the same equipment previously purchased to support reproducibility of research results for a high throughput large scale genomics study. The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, installation, training and maintenance for the Automated Blood Aliquoting System, a robotic Automated Liquid Handling (ALH) processing system for aliquoting human blood fractions, for the VA Medical Center Boston, MA. Vacutainer blood tubes will be added to or input into the system. On addition of blood tubes, the system will read the bar-coded identifier on the tube and make a record of the ID. The system will include an automated decapper that will remove the caps from the blood tubes. The system will determine the locations of the blood fractions (plasma, buffy coat, red cells) within the tube with accurate precision. The robotic system will automatically remove specified volumes of each fraction and separately aliquot into specified racks of 2D bar-coded cryovials or deep well plates. The system will output separate racks of aliquots to be transferred to freezer/cryogenic storage, or other relevant lab processes such as Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) extraction. The system will track sample identifiers, specimen type, aliquot volume, cryovial identifier, and sample location (rack ID and location within rack), and maintain a complete audit trail. The solicitation will be released on or about 4/28/14 on a sole source basis to Tecan U.S., Inc., the only known source of this robotic Automated Liquid Handling processing system, part number us4525-SPS for aliquoting human blood fractions. The applicable NAICS code is 334516. The FSC/PSC is 6640. The authority for this action is FAR 6.302.1-1 Only One Responsible Source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This Notice of Intent is NOT a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation will be posted to this site. Parties may identify their interest, accompanied by supporting literature, to the Contract Specialist no later than 3:00pm EST on 4/25/2014. Responses should be sent to Valerie.DeAngelis@va.gov. Information received will be for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. The determination to conduct a competitive procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/PrVMAC650/PrVAMC650/VA24114R0345/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA241-14-R-0345 VA241-14-R-0345_2.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1319677&FileName=VA241-14-R-0345-001.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=1319677&FileName=VA241-14-R-0345-001.docx

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: VAMC Boston;150 S. Huntington Avenue;Boston, MA

Zip Code: 02130-4817
 

Record

SN03344172-W 20140423/140421234641-d3cd6c6472c776a21ddcc12b23577ff2 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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