640-17-2-301-0028 | IVIS Spectrum In Vivo Imaging System
Added: May 02, 2017 1:26 pm This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in 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. This is a Request for Quote (RFQ) and the solicitation number is VA240-17-Q-0136. The government anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price contract resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation. This solicitation is issued as a 100% set aside for small business concerns. It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at www.acquisition.gov. STATEMENT OF NEED (SON) CONTRACT DESCRIPTION AND REQUIREMENTS The Palo Alto VAMC has a requirement to purchase a PerkinElmer IVIS Spectrum In Vivo Imaging System for research support. A firm-fixed price contract will be awarded for the purchase of Brand Name or Equal equipment in accordance with all terms, conditions, provisions, specifications and schedule of this solicitation herein. Quotes shall contain the Offeror s best terms for cost/price and technical capabilities of the required PerkinElmer or equivalent equipment. The government reserves the right to award without discussions. 1.1 PRICING The Offeror shall submit price quotes for the required brand name or equal equipment, to the specifications listed in Section 1.2 below. Please enclose the established price list and description of capabilities and product specifications for the required equipment. The Offeror shall submit a separate price sheet for equal items to include Manufacturer Name, Stock/Part #, Unit of Issue and Price. Items offered that are brand name or equal shall identify items as being on GSA schedule and reference the contract number for each item. Note: The Offeror should include a description of any support services or warranty information in the technical quote. 1.2 REQUIRED PRODUCTS & SPECIFICATIONS PerkinElmer IVIS Spectrum In Vivo Imaging System for research support for the Palo Alto VAMC. 1.3 Product Capabilities & Salient Characteristics or equal The IVIS Spectrum Imaging System will be used to image and track fluorescent and bioluminescent markers that are introduced to living mice during various studies. This machine will be used for non-invasive, longitudinal monitoring of disease progression, gene expression patterns, and cell trafficking in living mice. ITEM INFORMATION ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT 0001 IVIS Spectrum Imaging System, 120V LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 124262 1.00 EA 0002 XGI-8 Anesthesia System, 120V LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 118918 1.00 EA 0003 XWS-248 Workbench LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 119208 1.00 EA 0004 XPM-2 Bioluminescent Phantom Mouse LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 118993 1.00 EA 0005 XFM-2 Fluorescent Phantom Mouse LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 121365 1.00 EA 0006 Advanced Training 1.00 EA 0007 Basic Installation & Training 1.00 EA 0008 Shipping & Handling 1.00 EA Brand Name Item: PerkinElmer IVIS Spectrum In Vivo Imaging System Essential/Significant Physical, Functional or Performance Characteristics. Imaging system must/must have: Trans-illuminate and epi-illuminate in vivo fluorescent sources. 3D diffuse fluorescence tomography capabilities (including reconstruction using structure light and trans-illumination fluorescent images). 10 narrow band excitation filters at 30nm bandwidth. 18 narrow band emission filters at 20nm bandwidth. Minimize auto-fluorescence by spectral scanning the filters and utilizing spectral unmixing algorithims. Process 5 mice on a single run. Resolution down to 20 microns with a 3.9cm field of view Filters spanning 430-850nm Capability of spectral unmixing and support spectral unmixing applications. Allows the option of reflection-mode or transmission-mode illumination in the fluorescence illumination path. NIST traceable calibrations. Inlet and outlet ports for gas anesthesia. Integrated gas anesthesia (gas anesthesia system included in quotation for imaging system) Workbench to neatly and ergonomically organize the components of the imaging system (work bench included in quotation for imaging system). Living Image software. Digital Mouse Atlas. LED illumination for regular photographic images. Electromagnetic door latch Motorized stage. Motorized filter wheel. Motorized lens positioning system. Motorized f-stop aperture. 13.5 micron pixels, 2048 x 2048 CCD camera. 16-bit digitizer in the CCD camera. Peltier cooling technology capable of temperatures down to -90C for the CCD camera. 6-inch diameter optics. F-stop aperture ranges from f/1 to f/8. Capable of imaging and quantifying all commonly used fluorophores (including fluorescent proteins, dyes, and conjugates). Software to guide users tough experiential setup and analysis (to simply complex biological models). Imaging wizard with a probe library to help users select the correct filter pair and correct imaging settings. Software that offers a step-by-step guide for spectrally unmixing multiple fluorescent signals from the same animal. Takes bioluminescent or fluorescent images, process them, and construct 3-dimensional representations of the fluorophores and compute signal strength. Determines geometry, quantify depth and intensity of fluorescent sources in 3-dimensional space. Fluorescent Imaging Tomography (FLIT) Technology. Diffused Luminescent Imaging Tomography (CLIT) Technology. Views optical source in an anatomical context. Automatically co-registering organs of interest in a 3-dimensional image using Digital Mouse Atlas. Exports 3-dimensional images to DICOM compliant formats. Views optical sources from multiple perspectives. Converts a static 3-dimensional image into a movie of the rotating subject. Interior chamber size of 43 cm x 50 cm x 60 cm. Automatically stores user preferences. Auditing tools to monitor instrument usage amongst multiple users. Automatically archives camera information and user-specified annotations with each image. Quantifies depth, geometry, and brightness of an optical source in a 3-dimensional space. Quantifies cell number or pmols of fluorescent compound Phantom mouse for Bioluminescent Imaging option for operator training and instrument calibration. Phantom mouse for Fluorescent Imaging option for operator training and instrument calibration. Compatibility- Is this item required to be technically compatible with existing equipment? If so how? Yes. The Government requires the purchase of this imaging equipment to be compatible with an existing IVIS Spectrum imaging system including, but not limited to: Unit requested needs to be compatible with existing equipment Ability to use currently established imaging protocols on new machine Ability to use currently established protocols for set-up and calibration on new machine Compatible with existing software Ability to use software wizards to select filters and set other imaging parameters Ability to spectrally separate and unmix signals/markers Ability to use Digital Mouse Atlas to assist in localizing organs and other anatomical features Industry Standard- Is this particular item required to meet specific Industry Standards or Requirements? For compatibility with existing unit, image output needs to meet DICOM (Digital Imagining and Communications in Medicine) standards. The product capabilities and salient characteristics identified above by a brand name or equal" description are intended to be descriptive, not restrictive, and to indicate the quality and characteristics of the product that will be satisfactory. Quotes offering "equal" products (including products of the brand name manufacturer other than the one described by the brand name) will be considered if such product is clearly identified in the quote and is determined by the VA to meet fully the salient characteristics on above products. If offering an equivalent product, the brand name of the equivalent product shall be clearly identified in the quote. Unless visibly identified as an equivalent product, offered items shall be considered as the brand name product referenced in this announcement. The evaluation of quotes and the determination as to the equality of the products shall be the responsibility of the Government and shall be based on information provided by the Offeror. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information not provided in the quotation by the Offeror. To ensure that sufficient information is available, the Offeror must furnish, as a part of the quote, all descriptive material necessary for the purchasing activity to determine whether the products meet the salient characteristics of this requirement. Vendors proposing to modify a product to make it conform to the requirements of this announcement shall include a clear description of the proposed modification and clearly mark any descriptive material to show the proposed modification. Offers that do not have descriptive material will not be considered for award. Instructions to the Offeror Basis for award resulting from this RFQ will made to the Best Value Offer that provides a complete package pursuant to the preparation requirements set forth in 52.212-1. FAR 52.212-2 (Evaluation- Commercial Items) will be incorporated in full text into the RFQ and will be evaluated on the following factors. Evaluations will be in accordance with FAR 13 Simplified procedures. Evaluation Factors for Award: Factor 1 - Technical Capabilities All offerors must meet or exceed all requirements and salient features as listed in the Statement of Need. Factor 2 - Past Performance - Past Performance will be based on the most current PPIPRS Report. Factor 3 - Price The following FAR provision and clauses apply to this solicitation and are incorporated by reference. The solicitation document, incorporated provision and clauses are those in effect tough the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-89, Effective July 2, 2015. It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. The clauses may be accessed in full text at www.acquistion.gov. This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation- Commercial Items FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders Commercial Item FAR 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2011) FAR 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) FAR 52.233-3 Protest After Award (Aug 1996) FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest Quotes shall be submitted via email to millicent.covert@va.gov and Offerors must reference Solicitation #VA240-17-Q-0136 in the subject line of the email. No telephone request for information will be considered. Incomplete packages will be considered nonresponsive. All offers must be received by the closing date Tuesday, May 9, 2017, NLT Noon EST. VA24017Q0136 Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center
5/2/17, 1:26 PM IVIS Spectrum In Vivo Imaging System
Added: Apr 21, 2017 4:09 pm DESCRIPTION: This is a sources sought to determine the availability of potential sources having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform/provide the SPECIFIED REQUIREMENT. All interested vendors are invited to provide information to contribute to this market survey/sources sought synopsis only. Questions should be submitted by email to millicent.covert@va.gov. Provide only the requested information below. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification (Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB/VOSB), Hub-zone, 8(a), small, small disadvantage, woman-owned small business, or large business) relative to NAICS 339112, Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing. Responses to this synopsis will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this sources sought synopsis, a solicitation announcement may be published on the FBO website. Responses to this sources sought synopsis are not considered adequate responses to any future solicitation announcements. All interested offerors will have to respond to the solicitation announcement in addition to responding to this sources sought announcement. VHA SAO-East is seeking sources that can supply a PerkinElmer IVIS Spectrum In Vivo Imaging System for research support for the Palo Alto VAMC. Interested parties must be able to provide all components of the PerkinElmer system. The following parts and components are required: ITEM INFORMATION ITEM NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT 0001 IVIS Spectrum Imaging System, 120V LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 124262 1.00 EA 0002 XGI-8 Anesthesia System, 120V LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 118918 1.00 EA 0003 XWS-248 Workbench LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 119208 1.00 EA 0004 XPM-2 Bioluminescent Phantom Mouse LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 118993 1.00 EA 0005 XFM-2 Fluorescent Phantom Mouse LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 121365 1.00 EA 0006 Advanced Training 1.00 EA 0007 Basic Installation & Training 1.00 EA 0008 Shipping & Handling 1.00 EA Responses must be emailed to millicent.covert@va.gov no later than12 Noon EST, Friday, April 27, 2017. Please reference VA240-17-Q-0136 in the subject line of your email when responding to this notice. Your response should include both the STATEMENT OF CAPABILITY and BUSINESS SIZE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS information as explained below. This notice is to assist the Service Area Office East with determining sources only. If a solicitation is issued it will be announced at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. REQUESTED INFORMATION: (1) STATEMENT OF CAPABILITY: Submit a brief description [ten (10) pages or less] that includes product specifications. Include past experience with performing this type of service for the VA, other Government (Federal or State) agencies, or for a private medical facility. Please indicate your address (2) BUSINESS SIZE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS: (a) Indicate whether your business is large or small (b) If small, indicate if your firm qualifies as a small, emerging business, or small disadvantaged business (c) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and if your firm is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (d) Indicate if your firm is a certified Hub-zone firm (e) Indicate if your firm is a woman-owned or operated business (f) Indicate if your firm is a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB)(g) Include the DUNS number of your firm. (h) State whether your firm is registered with SAM System for Award Management https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/#1 and/or the VetBiz Registry at http://vip.vetbiz.gov/. If not, please NOTE: any future solicitation could only be awarded to a contractor who is registered in SAM and to receive award based on SDVOSB or VOSB status you must be registered in the VetBiz Registry. Contracting Office Address: Department of Veterans Affairs VHA SAO-East 323 North Shore Dr. Ste. 500 Pittsburgh, PA 15212 Point of Contact: Ms. Millicent Covert millicent.covert@va.gov Place of Performance: VA Palo Alto Health Care System 3801 Miranda Ave Palo Alto, CA 94304 Point of Contact: Laura Gaskin laura.gaskin@va.gov VA24017Q0136 Department of Veterans Affairs National Acquisition Center
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