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6640--Intent to sole source: SLICE SCOPE PRO6000 Federal contract opportunity
Solicitation number
36C24E21Q0163
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Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 4

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This document is a special notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding intent to sole source the SliceScope 6000 microscope system from Scientifica. The San Diego VA Medical Center intends to negotiate solely with Scientifica to acquire a SliceScope 6000 composed of a microscope, antivibration table, electrophysiology toolbox including amplifier, and 2-photon laser system. These components from Scientifica are compatible with each other and can be used together for patch-seq experiments at the Allen Brain Institute without requiring separate calibration of individual components. Interested parties may submit a capability statement by July 5th at 12PM EST to Lynn Portman at lynn.portman@va.gov to be considered, but the decision to compete the requirement is at the Government's discretion. Scientifica is stated to be the only known vendor that offers this specific integrated patch clamp rig.

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SUBJECT*

Intent to sole source: SLICE SCOPE PRO6000

GENERAL INFORMATION

CONTRACTING OFFICE’S ZIP CODE*
15212-5319
SOLICITATION NUMBER*
36C24E21Q0163
ARCHIVE
99 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE
RECOVERY ACT FUNDS
N
PRODUCT SERVICE CODE*
6640
NAICS CODE*
334516
CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS
US Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administration Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East 323 North Shore Drive, Suite 500 Pittsburgh PA 15212-5319

POINT OF CONTACT*

lynn.portman@va.gov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AGENCY’S URL

URL DESCRIPTION

AGENCY CONTACT’S EMAIL ADDRESS

EMAIL DESCRIPTION

Special Notice Special Notice

DESCRIPTION

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Special Notice

Special Notice

The Department of Veterans Affairs, San Diego VA Medical Center, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Scientifica for the SliceScope 6000 composed of a microscope, antivibration table, electrophysiology toolbox (including amplifier) with 2-photon laser system. Scientifica is the only known vendor who provides a complete package of the patch clamp rig which is specifically used for Patch-seq in Allen Brain Institute. These components are all compatible to each other and it is ready to use for the Patch-seq experiments without requiring researchers to calibrate each component separately. This is a notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than July 5th, 12PM, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Lynn Portman at lynn.portman@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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