Thermosensory Stimulator and Digital Thermal Calibration Kit.
STREAMLINED SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION COMPETITIVE 1. Title: Thermosensory Stimulator and Digital Thermal Calibration Kit and Contact Heat Evoked Potentials Thermosensory Stimulator (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 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. (ii) The solicitation number is NIMH22003188SS and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13— Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR Part 12—Acquisition of Commercial Items and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition teshold. (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect tough Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-05 dated 3/07/2022. (iv) The associated NAICS code 334510 and the small business size standard is 1250 employees. This requirement is full and open with no setaside restrictions. (v) The Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience (SDAN) is a laboratory designed to conduct psychophysiological and brain imaging studies in children and adolescents. A particular area of promising research involves examining the anticipation of aversive stimuli, as can be manipulated using fear conditioning procedures. SDAN has conducted considerable work using various manipulations as part of fear conditioning. The current project uses a manipulation of heat pain to study fear conditioning during neuroimaging. This provides major insights on the underlying biological mechanisms of anxiety in children. Such insights are critical for developing novel treatments, designed to target perturbations in biology. (vi) Purchase Description: Thermosensory Stimulator and Digital Thermal Calibration Kit and Contact Heat Evoked Potentials Thermosensory Stimulator.or equal like items in accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Band Name or Equal (AUG 1999). Salient characteristics: Refer to Attachment 1: Product Description for a complete description of salient characteristics. Quantity: 1. One (1) TSA2 fMRI CHEPS Thermosensory Stimulator or equal in accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) 1. One (1) Digital Thermal Calibration Kit (TSA2) Stimulator or equalin accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) 1. One (1) system TSA2 CHEPS Thermosensory Stimulator + fMRI CHEPS thermode + Standard 30x30mm thermode + Standard 16x16mm thermode + Digital Thermal Calibration Kit or equal in accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) (vii) Delivery Date: Delivery sahll be within 30 days after reciept of order (ARO) Place of Delivery/Acceptance: Attn: NIMH Property Team. c/o Jason McEntee Bldg 10, Room 4A-02 Bethesda, MD 20892 FOB: Destination (viii) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors –Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (ix) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) price; (ii) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement. The agency will first evaluate offerors’ prices, and then evaluate the apparent lowest-priced quote to determine if it is technically acceptable. If the lowest-price quote is evaluated as unacceptable, then the agency will consider the acceptability of the next lowest-price quote, continuing this process as necessary. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (x) Offerors are to include a completed copy of Attachment 2: FAR Provisions 52 204 24 52 204 26 and 52 212 3 with its quote. (xi) The FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (xii) FAR clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders–Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. See Attachment 3 for FAR clauses cited in paragraph (b) of the clause at FAR 52.212-5 that are applicable to this acquisition and Additional Terms and Conditions (xiii) The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions as determined by the Contracting Officer are necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. Warranty: The hardware warranty is one year and a half (18 months) from delivery and will include both parts and labor. (xiv) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement. (xv) Responses to this solicitation must include sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities of providing the product or service. The price quote shall include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, delivery days after contract award, delivery terms, prompt payment discount terms, F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), product or catalog number(s); product description; and any other information or factors that may be considered in the award decision. Such factors may include: past performance; special features required for effective program performance; trade-in considerations; probable life of the item selected as compared with that of a comparable item; warranty considerations; maintenance availability; and environmental and energy efficiency considerations. In addition the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.” (xvi) Closing Information All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency. All responses must be received by 5:00 PM, July 8, 2022 and reference number NIMH22003188SS. Responses must be submitted electronically (e-mail) to Cistopher.halstead@nih.gov Fax responses will not be accepted. Any questions must be submitted by 5:00 PM EST on June 27, 2022. All questions must be submitted electronically (e-mail) to Cistopher.halstead@nih.gov and reference number NIMH22003188SS. Telephone inquiries will not be honored. (xvii) Attachments Attachment 1 – Purchase Description Attachment 2 – Reps and Certs Attachment 3 – FAR Clauses 52.212-4, 52.212-5, and Additional Terms and Conditions Attachment 4 - Invoice Instructions NIMH22003188RFQ Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse
6/23/22, 8:07 AM Thermosensory Stimulator and Digital Thermal Calibration Kit.
Awarded contract 75N95022P00414 to COMPASS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC for 100150.00 on 2022-08-02. 75N95022P00414 Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse
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STREAMLINED SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION COMPETITIVE Title: Thermosensory Stimulator and Digital Thermal Calibration Kit and Contact Heat Evoked Potentials Thermosensory Stimulator (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 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. (ii) The solicitation number is NIMH22003188SS and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR Part 12—Acquisition of Commercial Items and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition teshold. (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect tough Federal Acquisition Circular 2022-05 dated 3/07/2022. (iv) The associated NAICS code 334510 and the small business size standard is 1250 employees. This requirement is full and open with no set-aside restrictions. (v) The Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience (SDAN) is a laboratory designed to conduct psychophysiological and brain imaging studies in children and adolescents. A particular area of promising research involves examining the anticipation of aversive stimuli, as can be manipulated using fear conditioning procedures. SDAN has conducted considerable work using various manipulations as part of fear conditioning. The current project uses a manipulation of heat pain to study fear conditioning during neuroimaging. This provides major insights on the underlying biological mechanisms of anxiety in children. Such insights are critical for developing novel treatments, designed to target perturbations in biology. (vi) Purchase Description: Thermosensory Stimulator and Digital Thermal Calibration Kit and Contact Heat Evoked Potentials Thermosensory Stimulator.or equal like items in accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Band Name or Equal (AUG 1999). Salient characteristics: Refer to Attachment 1: Product Description for a complete description of salient characteristics. Quantity: One (1) TSA2 fMRI CHEPS Thermosensory Stimulator or equal in accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) One (1) Digital Thermal Calibration Kit (TSA2) Stimulator or equal in accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) One (1) system TSA2 CHEPS Thermosensory Stimulator + fMRI CHEPS thermode + Standard 30x30mm thermode + Standard 16x16mm thermode + Digital Thermal Calibration Kit or equal in accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) (vii) Delivery Date: Delivery shall be within 30 days after receipt of order (ARO). Place of Delivery/Acceptance: Attn: NIMH Property Team c/o Jason McEntee Bldg 10, Room 4A-02 Bethesda, MD 20892 FOB: Destination (viii) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (ix) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) price; (ii) technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement. The agency will first evaluate offerors’ prices, and then evaluate the apparent lowest-priced quote to determine if it is technically acceptable. If the lowest-price quote is evaluated as unacceptable, then the agency will consider the acceptability of the next lowest-price quote, continuing this process as necessary. A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (x) Offerors are to include a completed copy of Attachment 2: FAR Provisions 52.204-24, 52.204-26 and 52.212-3 with its quote. (xi) The FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (xii) FAR clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders–Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. See Attachment 3 for FAR clauses cited in paragraph (b) of the clause at FAR 52.212-5 that are applicable to this acquisition and Additional Terms and Conditions (xiii) The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions as determined by the Contracting Officer are necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. Warranty: The hardware warranty is one year and a half (18 months) from delivery and will include both parts and labor. (xiv) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement. (xv) Responses to this solicitation must include sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities of providing the product or service. The price quote shall include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, delivery days after contract award, delivery terms, prompt payment discount terms, F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), product or catalog number(s); product description; and any other information or factors that may be considered in the award decision. Such factors may include: past performance; special features required for effective program performance; trade-in considerations; probable life of the item selected as compared with that of a comparable item; warranty considerations; maintenance availability; and environmental and energy efficiency considerations. In addition the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.” (xvi) Closing Information All responsible sources may submit a quotation which will be considered by the agency. All responses must be received by 5:00 PM, May 21, 2022 and reference number NIMH22003188SS. Responses must be submitted electronically (e-mail) to Cistopher.halstead@nih.gov Fax responses will not be accepted. Any questions must be submitted by 5:00 PM EST on May 12, 2022. All questions must be submitted electronically (e-mail) to Cistopher.halstead@nih.gov and reference number NIMH22003188SS. Telephone inquiries will not be honored. (xvii) Attachments Attachment 1 – Purchase Description Attachment 2 – Reps and Certs Attachment 3 – FAR Clauses 52.212-4, 52.212-5, and Additional Terms and Conditions Attachment 4 - Invoice Instructions NIDA Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse
5/6/22, 10:45 AM Thermosensory Stimulator and Digital Thermal Calibration Kit.
This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. For equipment/supply requirements, small business responses must include: (1) the place of manufacturing (i.e. address if supply/equipment is a domestic end product and include country of manufacture), as well as (2) the size status of the manufacturer under the applicable NAICS code (i.e. address Non-Manufacturer Rule). Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. 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. Background: The Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience (SDAN) is a laboratory designed to conduct psychophysiological and brain imaging studies in children and adolescents. A particular area of promising research involves examining the anticipation of aversive stimuli, as can be manipulated using fear conditioning procedures. SDAN has conducted considerable work using various manipulations as part of fear conditioning. The current project uses a manipulation of heat pain to study fear conditioning during neuroimaging. This provides major insights on the underlying biological mechanisms of anxiety in children. Such insights are critical for developing novel treatments, designed to target perturbations in biology. Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this requirement is to obtain a Thermosensory Stimulator and Digital Thermal Calibration Kit that generate heat pain and examine fear conditioning. Project requirements: The device must possess several specific features to generate effects that are identical to those in our ongoing studies as well as prior studies. Importantly, the device needs to have been proven to work safely and effectively in children with anxiety disorders, since differences in aversive pain delivery could yield dramatic effects on this population. This includes delivery of a very precise temperature (within a resolution of 0.5 degrees Celsius) for a very specific time frame (2-4 seconds). Further, this requires a thermode of size 24 x 24 millimeters in diameter, involving heating and cooling from 0 to 54 degrees centigrade at a rate of approximately 40 degrees per second change; different features could generate different pain sensations. This device must also be compatible with the MRI environment. Finally, this device must be capable of interfacing with physiology recording devices, so that other data can be acquired while pain is being manipulated Purchase Description: One (1) TSA2 fMRI CHEPS Thermosensory Stimulator or equal in accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) One (1) Digital Thermal Calibration Kit (TSA2) Stimulator or equal in accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) Salient characteristics: There is a need to conduct research with a device that delivers thermal stimulation to the skin. The device must possess several specific features to generate effects that are identical to those in our ongoing studies as well as prior studies. Importantly, the device needs to have been proven to work safely and effectively in children with anxiety disorders, since differences in aversive pain delivery could yield dramatic effects on this population. This includes delivery of a very precise temperature (within a resolution of 0.5 degrees Celsius) for a very specific time frame (2-4 seconds). Further, this requires a thermode of size 24 x 24 millimeters in diameter, involving heating and cooling from 0 to 54 degrees centigrade at a rate of approximately 40 degrees per second change; different features could generate different pain sensations. This device must also be compatible with the MRI environment. Finally, this device must be capable of interfacing with physiology recording devices, so that other data can be acquired while pain is being manipulated. Different features would make results from prior work and ongoing work (which the requested devices will supplement) incomparable. Quantity: One (1) TSA2 fMRI CHEPS Thermosensory Stimulator or equal in accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) One (1) Digital Thermal Calibration Kit (TSA2) Stimulator or equal in accordance with FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) Delivery Date: The product will be delivered no later than thirty (30) days after the award of the contract. Period of Performance: It is anticipated that this device should perform for five (5) to ten (10) years. Option(s): None Capability statement /information sought. Respondents must provide clear and convincing documentation of their capability of providing the products specified in this notice including providing information regarding being an authorized provider of the services. 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. 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. Facsimile responses are NOT accepted. The response must be submitted to Cistopher Halstead, at e-mail address cistopher.halstead@nih.gov with the subject line NIMH22003188SS. The response must be received on or before April 16, 2022, 5:00 pm, Eastern Time. Disclaimer and Important Notes: 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 to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. 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. After a review of the responses received, a presolicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality: 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). NIMH22003188SS Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse
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