SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Small Animal Stereotaxic Instrument with Digital Display and Accessories
- Notice Date
- 5/5/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions-Treatment and Support Branch, Bldg 244, Room 112, Frederick, Maryland, 21702
- ZIP Code
- 21702
- Solicitation Number
- HHSN-NIH-NCI-SBSS-TSB-44417-11
- Archive Date
- 6/4/2014
- Point of Contact
- Brenda Oberholzer, Phone: 301-624-8750
- E-Mail Address
-
oberholzerb@mail.nih.gov
(oberholzerb@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Small Animal Stereotaxic Instrument with Digital Display and Accessories This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether sources are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) sources' size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. This requirement is assigned a code of 339112 in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), and the size standard for such requirements is 500 employees. A.Background The Motorized Ultra Precise Small Animal Stereotaxic Instrument and Accessories is required for positioning mice for surgical procedures including stereotaxic brain injection, spinal cord injection, and craniotomies. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), is anticipating award of a Firm-Fixed Price non-competitive purchase order to the David Kopf Instruments in Tujunga, California to provide a Motorized Ultra Precise Small Animal Stereotaxic Instrument with accessories as described below in Section B. While there are several vendors for stereotaxic equipment, only Kopf Instruments has all the parts and customizability to meet our uses and still offers repairs/reconditioning/calibration for all of their products. For this reason NCI believes that the David Kopf Instruments is the only source capable of fulfilling this requirement. B. Purpose and Objectives of the Procurement This procurement will purchase the following equipment: Qty Description 1 Model 963SD Motorized Ultra Precise Small Animal Stereotaxic Instrument 3 Model 923-B Mouse Gas Anesthesia Head Holder 3 Model 922 Non-Rupture 60 degree tip ear bars 1 Model 1766-AP Cannula Holder (Alzet/Plastic One) 1 Model UMP3-1 Syringe Pump with Micro4 Controller &1770-C 1 Model TCAT-2LV,HP1M,RET-2&3 Temperature Control Assy 1 Model 980 Small Animal Spinal Unit 1 Model 900 Small Animal Stereotaxic Frame with 920/957 1 Model TCAT-2LV,HP1M,RET-2&3 Temperature Control Assy 1 Model 900-U Stereotaxic U-Frame Assembly Only If any responsible source believes it can provide equipment that meets the requirements they may submit their capability statements via email (PDF format; 15 Page Limit, these pages exclude resumes) for consideration by NCI to Brenda Oberholzer, Contracting Officer, at oberholzerb@mail.nih.gov by the 12 pm ET, May 20, 2014. No collect calls or facsimile transmissions will be accepted. Respondents must include DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZONE, etc) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code. 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.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
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