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FedBizOpps Amendment to a Previous Combined Solicitation

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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Amendment to a Previous Combined Solicitation Rev. March 2010 Zeiss LSM 800 microscope system, or equal.

Questions/Answers - one (1) day extension 15212-5319 36C24E19Q0079 08-08-2019 N 333314 US Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East 323 North Shore Drive, Suite 500 Pittsburgh PA 15212-5319 Contracting Officer: Michael Haydo Email: michael.haydo@va.gov VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Los Angeles, CA Questions/Answers

1. Solicitation states requirement of “Monochrome CCD for widefield imaging”. If widefield imaging can be accomplish with confocal scanner, is a monochrome camera still required?

A Monochrome CCD is required.

1. Solicitation states requirement of “capability for DIC”. Does the proposal require DIC optics or merely compatibility with DIC?

A transmitted light DIC set, or equivalent, is required.

1. Solicitation states “This is a BRAND NAME OR EQUAL REQUIREMENT for a Zeiss LSM 800 system with Airyscan, Multi-photon Confocal Microscopic system”; however, “AiryScan” and “multiphoton” are not listed in the minimum requirements section. Are “AiryScan” and/or “multiphoton” a requirement of this proposal?

Both Airyscan and Multi-photon are part of the LSM 800 system, so systems that meet or exceed what they provide would be required.