75N95019Q00215_Purchase_Description.pdf

Solicitation No. 75N95019Q00215

PURCHASE DESCRIPTION

1. Statement of Need and Purpose: The Stem Cell Translation Laboratory (STCL) in the

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires an Eppendorf epMotion 5073l EasyCon with dispensing tools, or brand-name equal automatic liquid handling workstation, including delivery and installation.

2. Background Information and Objective: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s leading medical research agency and the primary Federal agency whose mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability, conducting, supporting and making medical discoveries that improve people’s health and save lives. The National Center for Advancing Translational

Sciences (NCATS) is a translational science center that prides itself on its tremendously productive pipeline and is innovative in several ways. NCATS brings together a diverse range of scientists, including medicinal chemists, biologists, toxicologists, and engineers, in to ultimately translate basic science into real products and services that help improve people’s lives.

NCATS seeks to further incorporate automation into the research conducted. Acquiring this automated liquid handling system will bring a state-of-the-art technology to the STCL in the form of automation in organic syntheses applications. The instrument will also provide a unique way for many organic reactions in a safer manner and enable overall improvement in productivity and safety.

3. Purchase Description: Eppendorf epMotion 5073l EasyCon with dispensing tools, or brand-name equal automatic liquid handling workstation, including delivery and installation.

The brand-name equipment includes:

Part No. Description Qty

5073007401 epMotion® 5073l EasyCon. Completely contained housing system included. EasyCon, epBlue™ software, mouse, waste box, 100 – 240 V ±10 %/50 – 60 Hz ±5 % (US/TW), 0.2 μL – 1 mL

960001044

Dispensing Tool TM 50-8, 1-50uL 8-channel dispensing tool for volume ranges from 1 to 50 μl

960001061

Dispensing Tool TM 1000-8, 40-1000uL 8-channel dispensing tool for volume ranges from 40 to 1000 μl

960001010

Dispensing Tool TS 50, 1-50uL Single-channel dispensing tool for volume ranges from 1 to 50 μl

960001036

Dispensing Tool TS 1000, 40-1000uL Single-channel dispensing tool for volume ranges from 40 to 1000 μl

Solicitation No. 75N95019Q00215

Brand-name or equal equipment must have the following salient characteristics:

• The automated liquid handling workstation must allow for six (6) American National

Standards Institute/Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (ANSI/SLAS) microplate positions

• The system must have a volume range of 1 to 1,000 microliters (uL)

• It must be compatible with tubes 0.2 to 50 milliliters (mL) and microplates with up to

384 wells

• It must have calibrated 1-channel and 8-channel pipetting tools

• The cooling rate must be no less than 4 Celsius (C) per minute (min)

• The heating rate must be no less than 9 C per min

• The gripper carrying capacity must be no less than 1,200 grams (g)

• The system must have an LCD color display with capacitive touch panel

• It must allow USB compatibility

• It must allow for step-by-step application programing

• It must be fully enclosed with compact housing and a door lock

• There must be an optical sensor to detect liquids, labware and tips

• The dimensions must be no larger than 26 × 24 × 27 in (W x D x H)