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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JULY 18, 2014 FBO #4619
SOLICITATION NOTICE

66 -- Modular Chambers for Self-Administration and Intra-Cerebral Self Stimulation

Notice Date

7/16/2014
 

Notice Type

Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
 

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-CSS-14-461
 

Archive Date

8/12/2014
 

Point of Contact

Lauren M. Phelps, Phone: 3015942490
 

E-Mail Address

lauren.phelps@nih.gov
(lauren.phelps@nih.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

INTRODUCTION This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This acquisition is being conducted in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 12 - Commercial Items. The solicitation number is HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-14-461 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516 with a Size Standard of 500 Employees. SET-ASIDE STATUS This acquisition is NOT set-aside for small businesses and is available for full and open competition. ACQUISITION AUTHORITY This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12-Commercial Items. This acquisition is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-73, dated July 1, 2014. The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through this date. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Purpose The purpose of this requirement is acquisition of fifty-six (56) modular chambers for simultaneous operant self-administration and intra-cerebral self-stimulation (ICSS) for use in alcohol, drug, food, water (or any other liquid reward) self-administration studies with the possibility to concomitantly measure brain reward thresholds. These chambers shall be used by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program (IRP) for study of rats and small primates. Project Requirements The Contractor must be able to provide these fifty-six modular operant self-administration/ICSS chambers in accordance with the following requirements: 1. Sound attenuating cubicles capable of providing ventilation of and screening for external noise. The cubicles include a ventilation fan, which produces background noise at about 60 db, and provides air circulation. The cubicle must have cable ports allowing the wires running to the operant chamber to be connected without allowing too much sound attenuation to be lost. 2. Photo beams in the front and back walls to allow for horizontal movement measurements in rats or small primates. The front and back walls are clear transparent and the side walls are made of aluminum filler panels/supports 3. Drug and electrical stimulation delivery arms. 4. Both the sound-attenuating cubicle (outer chamber) and the testing chamber (inner chamber) must have an aperture on top to allow for passage of tubing for intravenous self-administration and electrical stimulator for ICSS. 5. Two retractable levers that can be individually controlled by the experimenter via computer. The experimenter must be able to place the levers in different locations and heights in the chambers as needed. 6. Cue lights above each of the levers or in different locations and heights in the chambers. A computer must be able to control the lights. 7. House light that can be either controlled manually by the experimenter or synchronized to a desired light-dark cycle via computer. The light operates on/off via a PC program and is not dimable. 8. The chambers must have dual cup drinking (18 gauge pipes) receptacles that allow for different solutions to be delivered. This cup will be connected via plastic tubing to two syringe pumps placed outside the chambers. 9. The pumps have to be easily controlled to deliver as little as 0.025 mL and up to 30 mL. 10. The chamber must allow programming of different contingencies. For example, measurement of food, water and/or drug intake (fixed ratio 1 schedule, where every lever press results in reinforcement delivery), motivation/compulsivity (progressive ratio schedule, where the number of lever press needed for the subsequent reinforcement increases progressively), and drug intake despite punishment. For the latter, the chamber must allow for a connection of shock generator to the grid floor that can be activated manually via computer or controlled by different programmed contingencies. 11. The chamber must allow for monitoring of locomotor activity for the purpose of detecting behavior sensitization or sedation. 12. The chamber allows for testing of rats (any size), or small primates (up to 1 kg). Animals are individually tested. 13. The chamber must be modular and versatile, i.e., it must allow for the addition of food and water dispensers, holes with head entry detectors for nose poke for food and fluid delivery. 14. They must also allow for addition of ICSS wheels for concurrent drug self-administration and brain thresholds evaluation. 15. The wheels for ICSS must have an automatic door that can be opened and closed manually or by different programmed contingencies. 16. The chamber must be connected via interface to a computer that counts all the behaviors performed by the animal being tested. 17. The computer must have software that allows easy programming of different contingencies. 18. The computer must have software that allows easy data compilation, extraction and export to excel spreadsheets. The contractor shall provide the computers and the software for the purposes indicated in this statement of need. Three computers are required and included with the computer is the keyboard, mouse and Windows 7 OS in addition to software that control all functions of the chamber and export data. 19. The chambers need to be placed in racks. The size of each chamber shall be 22"W x 22"H x 16"D. Anticipated Period of Performance It is expected that delivery will be completed within sixty (60) days after contractor receipt of order. Contract Type The Government intends to issue a firm fixed price contract for this requirement. APPLICABLE CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS All Offerors MUST be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM). The provision at FAR clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. A completed copy of the provision at FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, is required with any offer submitted. This requirement may alternatively be met by completion of the appropriate fields in the System for Award Management. FAR clauses 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items and 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial items apply to this acquisition. The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement. EVALUATION CRITERIA FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items applies to this acquisition and the specific evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of that provision are as follows: The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation on the basis of best value, technical factors and price considered. Technical factors together shall be considered more important than price. The technical evaluation factors are as follows: 1. Technical Capability The offeror shall detail in its technical response how it shall meet each of the project requirements. This shall include the specifications of the offered equipment. 2. Delivery The Offer shall detail in its technical proposal how it shall meet the delivery requirement. RESPONSE FORMAT Responses to this solicitation must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror's capability of fulfilling the requirement as it relates to the technical evaluation criteria. The offeror must submit a technical response and a price quotation. The technical response should be prepared in reference to the evaluation criteria identified in this solicitation and should not exceed 5 pages. The price quotation must include item descriptions per the requirements listed above as well as associated pricing. Contractors must provide their Company Name, Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), Business Size, Physical Address, and Point of Contact Information in their responses. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov." All responses must be received by the closing date of this announcement and must reference solicitation number HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-14-461. Responses shall be submitted electronically via email to Lauren Phelps, Contract Specialist, at lauren.phelps@nih.gov.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIDA-2/HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-14-461/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States

Zip Code: 21224
 

Record

SN03427878-W 20140718/140716235643-f1f26fd149ab6a39935fa626365a9a95 (fbodaily.com)
 

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