Biomedical imager
This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 "Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items," as applicable, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation document will not be issued. Submit offers on RFQ1979936. This solicitation is a request for quotes (RFQ). The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect tough Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2019-02 Effective June 5, 2019. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. This is not a total small business set aside. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Rocky Mountain Laboratories, is seeking a biological imager. This is a request for quotes. The quotation should include the following: This instrument is a biological imager that has the ability to use lasers to detect emissions from multiple sources, including phosphor emissions, infrared fluorescence, radioisotopes and optical densitometry (OD) of proteins in stained gels. This instrument would be located on the main NIH campus. Multiple sections of the LVD will share this instrument for their research. The following features of the biological phosphorimager are required: Upgradable to allow detection of additional imaging modes including multifluorescent-, radioisotope-labelled, and colorimetric samples. Flexibility to accommodate gels, membranes, multi-well plates, culture dishes, glass slides and tissue cultures. Large scanning area of at least 35 x 43 cm. This allows for both high-toughput scanning and facilitates accurate comparison when scanning multiple samples in a single scan. High resolution imaging down to 10um for capture of biomolecular imaging applications for gels, blots, tissue sections and microarrays. Generation of a 16-bit image that provides quantitative data across 65,535 gray scales. This linear signal over 5 orders of magnitude allows for acquisition and quantitation of gels, blots, screens, and tissue sections. The ability to store data in linear 16-bit grayscale (.TIF file format), in square root encoded 16-bit (.GEL file format), or log encoded 16-bit (.IMG file format). The ability to utilize multiple sample trays for different uses, including: o IP stage for magnetized storage phosphorimaging. o Fluor stage for gels and blots, or also to accommodate for non-magnetized storage phosphorimaging screens o Multi-stage for multi-well plates, low-fluorescence sandwich gels, microarrays or tissue slides Auto- and semi auto-scan functions, allowing for streamlined optimization of PMT voltage settings. Can house up to 8 filters with automatic filter recognition. *NOTE: Include ANY and ALL potential costs as line items in the quote. Submission Deadline and Point of Contact: Submission shall be received not later than August 14, 2019 1:00 p.m. MST. Offers may be e-mailed to Peggy Schott at margaret.schott@nih.gov. Place of Performance: NIH/NIAID 33 NORTH DR BETHESDA MD 20814 Award will be based on the price, past performance, delivery, warranty, and the best value to the government. Only quotes for the above listed brand name items will be considered. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES The government intends to award a firm, fixed price purchase order as a result of this solicitation that will included the terms and conditions set forth herein. The following additional FAR & HHSAR provisions and clauses are incorporated by reference and applicable to this requirement: The following FAR provisions apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (Oct 2018) FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (Oct 2018) Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://www.sam.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items FAR 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements - Representation (Jan 2017) The following contract clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.203-19 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements - Representation (Jan 2017) FAR 52-212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (Oct 2018) FAR 52-212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items (May 2019) *The applicable subparagraphs of FAR52.212-5 are included in the attachment to this posting. FAR 52.232-1 Payments (Apr 1984) The following HSSAR clause applies to this acquisition: 352.222-70 Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations. (Dec 2015) Any responsible vendor may submit a quote which will be considered by this Agency. By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered, or in the process of registering, in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance, and tough final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation (www.sam.gov). Copies of the above-referenced provisions and clauses are available from http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vmfara.htm and https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html. This is an open-market combined synopsis/solicitation for a biological imager as defined herein. The government intends to award a fixed-price purchase order as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. Submission shall be received not later than August 14, 2019 by 1:00 p.m. MST. Offers may be mailed, e-mailed or faxed to Peggy Schott at margaret.schott@nih.gov or Fax to 406-363-9288. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f) All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by this Agency. Any questions or concerns regarding this solicitation should be forwarded in writing via e-mail to Peggy Schott at margaret.schott@nih.gov.. RFQ1979936 Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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