SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- ImageQuant 800 Fluor with PC
- Notice Date
- 7/17/2020 8:10:30 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDA Bethesda MD 20892 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-20-008481
- Response Due
- 7/31/2020 7:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 08/15/2020
- Point of Contact
- Fred Ettehadieh
- E-Mail Address
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Fred.Ettehadieh@nih.gov
(Fred.Ettehadieh@nih.gov)
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. This notice is issued to help determine the availability of qualified companies technically capable of meeting the Government requirement and to determine the method of acquisition.� It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.� Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes.� No award will be made as a result of this notice.� The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice.� This notice is strictly for research and information purposes only. Purpose and Objectives: � Image scanner Cytiva ImageQuant 800 Fluor with PC Cytiva Cat# 29459408, Cytiva ImageQuant 800 Fluor with PC It is a digital biomolecular imaging system for sensitive, quantitative imaging of gels, membranes, and blots. Two image-acquisition areas of 220 � 160 mm (bottom) and 110 � 80 mm (top). 16-bit camera with a 8.3-megapixel high-resolution Peltier-cooled CCD chip can be cooled to -25�C. Cooling allows reduction in background electronic noise, resulting in cleaner acquisition of long exposure chemiluminescent images. SNOW mode allows users to achieve high sensitivity without compromising on resolution, detect more weak bands in blots, extend the linear dynamic range by avoiding saturation, auto-stop when the best possible image is acquired, and eliminate time spent optimizing exposure time or capture setting. Project requirements: Salient Purchase Description IQ 800 Flour is a digital biomolecular imaging system for sensitive, quantitative imaging of gels, membranes, and blots. Many users also use to count colonies or image multi-well plates when paired with the non-parallax lens. The system is primarily designed for chemiluminescent and fluorescence Western blots. The IQ 800 offers a Fluor model that contains red, green, blue, NIR short, and NIR long fluorescence channels for acquisition of light from a range of fluorophores. In addition, the IQ 800 supports the use of custom filters that can be supplied by the customer to image more niche fluorophores if desired. IQ 800 Flour has a multipurpose 16-bit camera with a 8.3-megapixel high-resolution Peltier-cooled CCD chip. This combined with better signal processing and noise reduction results in superior 325 DPI publication quality images. The camera captures excellent quantitative data across 65,535 gray scales, allowing sensitive detection of weak features without saturating strong features in the image. A single image acquisition can capture and quantitate a wide range of signal intensities. The sensitivity of the IQ 800 Flour is driven by its superior optics. The CCD camera of the IQ 800 Flour can be cooled to -25�C. Cooling allows reduction in background electronic noise, resulting in cleaner acquisition of long exposure chemiluminescent images. The camera takes less than 5 minutes to cool down and the cooling is constantly monitored, which eliminates variability and increases reproducibility. IQ 800 Flour uses a method of combining several pixels into a larger pixel during readout of CCD chip. It allows user to achieve higher resolution and therefore better separation of close bands. Binning settings can be easily changed by the user before image acquisition. IQ 800 Flour saves data in 16-bit TIFF format and in JPEG format. ImageQuant TL software supports of multicolor fluorescence images with up to four channels and offers a consistent user interface with Navigator style dialog boxes for standardization, fully automatic 1D analysis process including lane detection, background subtraction, and band detection, with the press of a single button. Besides 1D analysis the IQTL software can also be used for colony counting and array analysis functions. Delivery Schedule: �4 � 6 weeks after award. Capability statement /information sought. Respondents must provide, as part of their responses, a capability statement that includes information regarding respondents�: (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information. The respondent must also provide their� DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HubZone, etc., pursuant to the applicable NAICS code and any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisition requirements. One (1) copy of the response is required and must be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format using 11-point or 12-point font, 8-1/2� x 11� paper size, with 1� top, bottom, left and right margins, and with single or double spacing. The information submitted must be in an outline format that addresses each of the elements of the project requirement and in the capability statement /information sought paragraphs stated herein.� A cover page and an executive summary may be included but is not required. The response is limited to ten (10) page limit.� The 10-page limit does not include the cover page, executive summary, or references, if requested. The response must include the respondents� technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. All responses to this notice must be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer.� Facsimile responses are NOT accepted. The response must be submitted to Fred Ettehadieh, Contracting Officer, at e-mail address fred.ettehadieh@nih.gov. � The response must be received on or before July 31, 2020 at 10:00 AM, Eastern Time.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: MD, USA
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN05725479-F 20200719/200717230142 (samdaily.us)
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