66 -- TYPHOON 8600 & PC WORKSTATION

Notice Date

July 10, 2001

Contracting Office

National Institutes of Health, NIAID, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840

ZIP Code

59840

Solicitation Number

RML-RFQ-019

Response Due

July 26, 2001

Point of Contact

Leona Padrotti, Purchasing Agent (406)363-9395; Lynda Kieres, Contracting Officer (406)363-9210

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the Purchasing Agent via e-mail (LPadrotti@niaid.nih.gov)

Description

This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is being issued as a request for quotation. Submit offers on RML-RFQ-019. The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-26. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is not a Small Business Set-Aside. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NIACS) code for this procurement is 334516 and the size standard is 500. SCHEDULE: The Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites has a requirement for a Typhoon 8600 Workstation and PC Workstation or equal. It is mandatory that the Workstation that we purchase have the following features: (1) Two high power excitation sources, 633 nm for scanning storage phosphor screens and red-excited fluorescent samples, and 532 nm for scanning green-excited fluorescent and chemi-fluorescent samples. (2) To include 6 fluorescence emission filters and 2 beam splitters, with the option to substitute filters and add up to a maximum of 13 in the instrument at one time and to substitute beam splitters and add up to a maximum of 5 in the instrument at one time. (3) Protocols that can be linked to allow automatic scanning of up to four fluorescent dyes in one sample. (4) Measurement of slow decay chemi-luminescent samples (5) The excitation source to be focused at two heights to allow optimal scanning of different thickness samples. (6) Scanning storage phosphor screens, fluorescent DNA and protein gels, and chemi-fluorescent DNA/RNA and protein blots and chemi-luminescent Western blots, all on one system. (7) Use of storage phosphor screens based on industry standard Europium crystals that are sensitive to beta and gamma radiation, X-rays, and UV light. (8) Storage phosphor screens exposure and scanning that can be done in room light and at room temperature, without a special darkroom apparatus. (9) Ability to process multiple radioactive samples simultaneously exposed to multiple screens for rapid parallel processing and high throughput. (10) Preparations of fluorescent, chemi-fluorescent and chemi-luminescent are processed off-line, so that the instrument is not tied up. With the ability to scan chemi-fluorescent and chemi-luminescent samples at different times in order to eliminate guesswork with the film. (11) Chemi-fluorescent and chemi-luminescent samples that do not require exposure or re-exposure to film. (12) No consumables required, such as argon/methane gas. (13) A linear dynamic range of 5 orders of magnitude on permits simultaneous quantitation of strong and weak signals and allows for wider latitude in exposure times. (14) Two photo-multiplier tubes allowing simultaneous two colour scanning, and two dichroic beam splitters for channel separation with negligible loss of sensitivity. (15) Provides a selectable pixel of 50, 100, and 200 micron to allow for high resolution better than 2 line pairs per mm (16) Compatibility with Molecular Dynamics instruments on-site. To be used with Existing Phosphor Imager and Storm instruments. (17) Ability to use a TCP/IP Ethernet connection to communicate between the instrument and computer, allowing access to the Internet technology. (18) 35cm x 43cm format for scanning sequencing size samples or multiple smaller samples. (19) Usage of image analysis software for Windows and Power Mac. (20) Acquire images in a 16 bit TIFF format for quantitation and can be exported to an industry standard 8 bit TIFF format for export into a variety of programs for Windows, PowerMac, or Sun Workstation. (21) Software for the instrument to be included to control the instrument, scan the samples, acquire the image, and analyze the date from all scanning modes. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial; Offerors must include with their offer a completed copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items; The government intends to make an award based on: (1) Capability of the item offered to meet the agency need. (2) Price. (3) Warranty information to include period and coverage shall be stated. (4) Offerors must include with their offer certification that all hardware and software offered are Y2K compliant. FOB Point shall be Destination, Hamilton, MT. Inside delivery shall be 30 days after receipt of order (ARO). Delivery location is Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, Montana 59840. FAR 52-212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; FAR 52-212.5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. Offers may be mailed or faxed to the POC indicated above (Fax -- 406-363-9288). Offers must be submitted not later than 4:30 PM (MST), July 26, 2001. Copies of the above-referenced clauses are available upon request, either by telephone or fax. All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by this Agency.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010712/66SOL021.HTM (W-191 SN50R3J9)