SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Motorized Stereotaxic Instrument
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Attn: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014, Maryland, 21702-5014, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH-16-0-6924
- Archive Date
- 9/14/2016
- Point of Contact
- Terry G. Bice, Phone: 2105393295
- E-Mail Address
-
terry.g.bice.civ@mail.mil
(terry.g.bice.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Request For Information Notice - Stoelting Motorized New Standard Stereotaxic Instrument This is a REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. It is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes, and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. Responses to this sources sought must be in writing. The purpose of this RFI announcement is for market research in order to make appropriate acquisition decisions and to gain knowledge of potential qualified offerors interested and capable of providing the products described below. Documentation of technical expertise must be presented in sufficient detail for the Government to determine that your company possesses the necessary functional area expertise and experience to compete for this acquisition. The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA), 820 Chandler Street, Fort Detrick, MD 21702, is seeking potential qualified offerors to provide the following: ITEM: Stoelting Motorized New Standard Stereotaxic Instrument, possessing the following Minimum Essential Characteristics (MECs): 1. Must control the position of the rodents in three planes 2. Must use the same base for procedures on mice and rats 3. Must have a computer with pre-loaded software to operate the system 4. Must provide the user with virtual probe location information 5. Must store and recall previously used coordinates 6. Must be fully integrated with Paxinos and Watson's "Rat Brain in Stereotaxic Coordinates" 7. Must provide spatial and fixed rotation 8. Must provide zooming and panning capabilities 9. Must have one micron resolution or better 10. Software must have intuitive navigation and probe control 11. Software must have frame and spatial atlas representation 12. Software must have 3D visualization The Capability package shall include, at a minimum:1) Identification of the organization name, telephone number, and point of contact (also with title, phone, fax, and email); 2) Organization Size/ownership of business, i.e. large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), Disabled-Veteran, Veteran, Women-owned Business, and Hub-zone; 3) Cage Code, DUNS# and Tax ID# (TIN#); 4) Company profile: number of employees, annual sales history, locations and if CCR registered.; 5) Identification of any GSA Schedules held by the organization; 6) Experience and familiarity with providing Stoelting Motorized New Standard Stereotaxic Instrument; 7) Whether the organization is an authorized reseller/distributor of the Stoelting Motorized New Standard Stereotaxic Instrument; and 8) Contract references in the past five (5) years relevant to the acquisition to include: contract number, agency supported, whether or not you were the prime or subcontractor, period of performance, original contract value, final or current contract value, technical monitor and phone/fax number, POC with current phone/fax number, and a brief description of the effort. The Government is not obligated to nor will it pay for or reimburse any costs associated with responding to this sources sought request. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will in no way be bound to this information if any solicitation is issued. No sub¬contracting opportunity is anticipated. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516 (Size Standard: 1000 employees). All questions regarding this notice should be directed to Terry Bice, terry.g.bice.civ@mail.mil Notice to potential offerors: All offerors who provide goods or services to the United States Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov and complete online representations and certifications in SAM. All interested parties shall submit information by e-mail to: terry.g.bice.civ@mail.mil, to be received not later than 3:00 pm Central Time on 30 August 2016. Any questions can be submitted in writing to the e-mail address above.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/USAMRAA/DAMD17/W81XWH-16-0-6924/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States
- Record
- SN04235830-W 20160825/160823234342-166c6d568215a537c1b689641e83d771 (fbodaily.com)
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