SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Plexon V-Probe
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2016
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NIH-16-4305776
- Point of Contact
- Nora I Rivera, Phone: (301) 496-8504
- E-Mail Address
-
nora.rivera@nih.gov
(nora.rivera@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate and award to Plexon Inc. in Dallas, Texas on a sole source basis, a purchase order for a Plexon V-Probe with 24 channels for the Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research at the National Eye Institute. The Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research performs research in the fundamental brain mechanisms that allow sensory-motor coordination, specifically the visual/oculomotor system. In the Eye Movements and Visual Selection Section, the goal is to understand the neuronal mechanisms that control saccadic eye movement (a simple behavior by which the line of sight is shifted quickly from one object to another). The Plexon V-Probe with 24 channels features multiple recording channels along the length of the probe in a linear fashion, necessary to allow the researchers to gather information through layers of brain tissue in which the probe has been temporarily inserted simultaneously. The Plexon V-probe is designed like a standard one channel micro-electrode, which can be moved from region to region, and has the structural strength to pierce the Dura and record in new brain regions, a feature completely lacking in traditional multichannel electrodes. Between the linear array, and this repositioning ability the Plexon V-probe is a powerful tool for the Neurobiologist. The Plexon V-Probe with 24 channels offers the researcher a tool to investigate multiple layers of brain activity using on electrode. Due to the unique nature of the research performed in the Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, these electrodes offer the ability to acquire data from discrete layers of the brain at once. The ability to observe how the layers of the brain interact and process visual signals will give insight into how the brain functions, advancing the research goals of the laboratory considerably. Product/Item Specifications: U-Probe, 24-channel, 15um electrode dia; 50um offset inter-electrode spacing; 2x12 arrangement; 210um probe dia; 80mm total probe length (15mm, 640um diameter reinforcement tube length); 15 degree tip; 800um distance from tip to 1st elect site; CON/32m-V interface. Responses: The proposed acquisition action is for items and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1 (b). If you believe you can provide the items or services, please forward capability statements to nora.rivera@nih.gov by 9 a.m. Eastern on Friday, August 26, 2016. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract acquisition based upon responses to the notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. 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. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. 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. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. 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(s).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH Main Campus, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN04236167-W 20160825/160823234646-a49207a3b6c22ba5011da44fe572991f (fbodaily.com)
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