SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE OLYMPUS MPE-RS quote mark APOLLO quote mark MULTI PHOTO MICROSCOPE SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 9/2/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH14T0503
- Archive Date
- 9/2/2015
- Point of Contact
- Kimberly Hannan, 3016193490
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
(kimberly.s.hannan.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SUBJECT: NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT. Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services can satisfy agency requirements, it is the Government's intent to award a sole source to Olympus America, 3500 Corporate Pkwy,Center Valley, PA 18034 for the purchase of Olympus MPE-RS quote mark Apollo quote mark Multi Photo Microscope Imaging System with 458nm stimulation for wide-field imaging of live tissue slices as well as fixed and clear tissue slices. This system is for integration with an electrophyusiology system for patch clamp studies. The system will also have the capability for excitation of optgenetic proteins (such as channelrhodopsin) with stimulatenous multiphon imaging of neuronal response at multiple locations. The system system will image at least 750 um into live tissue and at least 4 mm into fixed and cleared tissues and have objectives obtimized for cleared-tissue imaging. The fully integrated, turn-key system with all laser, waveguides, software, hardware, and imaging systems for all the required capabilities as well as include the ability to conduct 3D reconstruction on a separate analysis computer for the laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. A solicitation document (No. W81XWH-14-T-0503) will be published on FedBizOpps and will include a redacted copy of the sole source justification. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Detailed capabilities must be submitted to the following email address no later than 10:00am EDT on 16 September 2014. EMAIL: kimberly.s.hannan.civ@mail.mil
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- Record
- SN03492092-W 20140904/140902235716-bc4f3c766f844d5ea001fe91b708dcd2 (fbodaily.com)
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