SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- IncuCyte ZOOM HD/2CLR System
- Notice Date
- 9/2/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Office of Acquisitions, Office of Management, 530 Davis Drive, Durham, North Carolina, 27713, United States
- ZIP Code
- 27713
- Solicitation Number
- DL4273279
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2017
- Point of Contact
- Deitra C Lunney, Phone: 9195414027
- E-Mail Address
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deitra.lunney@nih.gov
(deitra.lunney@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE ORDER AND NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, NC intends to negotiate on a sole source basis and issue an order with Essen Bioscience, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b). This request is for the purchase of #4473 IncuCyte ZOOM Base Software w/Phase Object Counting and Whole well Imaging (1 each) which includes on-site installation and training, ZOOM Controler Unit, Zoom Gantry Unit, HD/Dual Color Filter Cube, ZOOM Calibration Tray, Choice of one (1) microscope objective: IncuCyte ZOOM 4x, 10x or 20x, and Three (3) Microplate Vessel Trays. The automated real-time quantitative cell imaging system must have the following requirements: 1. The automated imaging system must operate and capture images from within a standard tissue culture incubator so that precise control of temperature, humidity and other environmental factors such as CO2 and oxygen can be maintained; 2. The optics must move to the areas being imaged. The cell culture vessels must remain stationary during this process. Stationary optics and stage driven vessel movement are not acceptable; 3. The system must be capable of simultaneously imaging any mixture of 6 assay plates that conform to the ANSI/SLAS standard for assay plates. These include 384-well microplates, 96-well microplates, 48-well plates, 24-well plates, 12-well plates, and 6-well plates; 4. The system must accommodate the following but must not be limited to the following plastic tissue culture vessels: 92.6 cm2 Roboflask, 500 cm2 Tripleflask, 84 cm2 Autoflask, 225 cm2 flasks, 185 cm2 flasks, 182 cm2 flasks, 175 cm2 flasks, 162 cm2 flasks, 150 cm2 flasks, 75 cm2 flasks, 25 cm2 flasks, 35mm dishes, 60 mm dishes, 100mm dishes, 150mm dishes, chambered slides and microslides; 5. The system must possess fully automated, hands-free operation for periods exceeding 25 days and must be designed to autofocus and auto expose without intervention during this time period. The automated imaging system must return to the same location in a repeated fashion without error over this same time period; 6. The software must be capable of generating label free, time based growth curves for cells; 7. The software must be able to mask, quantify and generate time based curves based on fluorescence metrics including but not limited to: Fluorescent Count, Fluorescent Average Area, Fluorescent Total Area, Fluorescent Confluence, Fluorescent Mean Intensity, Fluorescent Average Integrated Intensity, Fluorescent Total Integrated Intensity, and Fluorescent Eccentricity; 8. Control of the system must be distributed over a network and the client software must be able to elicit control of the automated imaging system from any networked computer. Unlimited licensees of the client software must be available. The client software must not operate using a client computer license key or dongle; 9. The system must perform whole-well imaging for selected vessels and include software for image navigation and panning, clone registry, and a physical vessel marking tool to mark vessels for clone picking; 10. The system must have high definition phase contrast optics and two fluorescent wavelengths (red: ex565-605nm, em625-705nm; green: ex440-480nm, em504-544nm). The fluorescence optics must be capable of reading YoPro-3, mKate2, GFP, YFP, Alexa 488, intercalating DNA dyes, fluorescein or fluorescein derivatives; 11. The high definition optics of the system must image standard 384 well tissue culture plates or any ANSI/SLAS standard assay plate without any sidewall or meniscus effects; 12. The system must have the following user-changeable objectives: 4x PLAN APO, 10x PLAN FLUOR, and 20x PLAN FLUOR; 13. Data storage capacity on the system must consist of at least 9 terabytes in the form of a RAID Array design and be expandable to 29 Terabytes; 14. Must have software capable of autofocusing on, capturing images from and measuring cell density on the top and bottom side of directed cell migration or chemotaxis plates. Award is subject to approval of the Sole Source Justification. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals or quotations; however, an interested party may submit a statement of capabilities if they believe they can meet the above requirement. The statement of capabilities must be submitted in writing and contain sufficient detail to allow the Government to determine if the party can provide the requirement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. All responses must be received within 8 days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. If no affirmative responses are received within 8 days of this notice, an award will be made to Essen Bioscience. The NAICS Code/Size is 334516/1,000 Employees. This procurement is to be processed using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in conjunction with FAR Part 12 Commercial Item Acquisition of Commercial Items. There is no solicitation package available. No faxed documents will be accepted. For any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Deitra Lunney via email Deitra.lunney@nih.gov
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