Attachment 1 Purchase Description.pdf

Version 11-30-2016-1 FAR Part 11—Describing Agency Needs

PURCHASE DESCRIPTION

BRAND NAME OR EQUAL

1. Statement of Need and Purpose:

The Rodent Behavioral Core (RBC) of National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH is a Core laboratory for all of NIMH. This RBC utilzes cutting-edge behavioral analysis equipment to study conditions that drive physiological behavior and psychiatric disorders. The RBC provides to the NIMH research community a shared facility designed to allow researchers with an interest in expanding their behavioral research the opportunity to do so with the assistance of experts in the field. The RBC needs to update and upgrade current legacy infrastuctioral Lafayette Rodent Testing Chamber to meet demands of use.

2. Background Information and Objective:

The RBC is a core facility supporting all of NIMH. It is currently unable to meet the demands of use on its infrastructural animal testing chambers with a computer specifically designed for RBC rodent behavioral chambers. The RBC needs to update the touchscreens and I/O components that allow for computers to control and receive data from 8 touchscreen-based operant conditioning chambers for rats. The requested acquisition must be compatible with preexisting instrumentation, software and operating systems already in place for the insurance of the continuity of scientific research and the seamless comparison of data and results.

3 Generic Name of Product: Upgrades for Lafayette rat operant conditioning chambers with microcomputer controllers and control software

4. Purchase Description:

Vedor shall provide brand name or equal items, as listed below, for the purposes of upgrading existing Rat Testing Chambers of the RBC, Rat Modular Touch Screen Chamber and Accessories and Lafayette Neuroscience Instruments. The following

5. Salient Characteristics:

Vendor shall provide brand-name or equal items to Lafayette Instruments as listed below:

1. ABET Core Intelli-Interface, Model 81430-00-00

2. POWER SUPPLY AND CABLE, Model 81430-01-00

3. MOUSE 12" TOUCHSCREEN WITH USB/HDMI, Model 80614A-01-01

4. ABET COGNITION SINGLE STATION LICENSE, Model 89515-1

Compatibility Requirements:

• Touchscreens Shall be able to be controlled via ABET II software to match existing

1. Rat Modular Chamber w/touch screen (Model: 80004TS; Model 89505)

2. Stimulus Light – Incandescent (Model: 80221A)

3. 45mg Pellet Dispenser for STD MOD (Model: 80209M)

4. Rat Liq/Pellet area with door I/R (Model: 80210LM-R)

5. Peristaltic Pump – for rats (Model: 80204)

6. Sound atten. Cubicle Double Door (Model: 83018DDP)

7. Mini I/O Module, 8 IN / 15 OUT (Model: 81409)

8. ABET 2G IO STARTER - NON-LATCHED (Model: 81501-NL)

9. ABET 2G IO EXPANDER - NON-LATCHED (Model: 81502-NL)

10. ABET 2G FULL IO MOD, 16-IN/30-OUT (Model: 81508) equipment and existing control programs in the RBC. They must connect to other components via USB and HDMI connections.

• Touchscreens Shallbe compatible with the following Lafayette Instrument chambers:

a. RAT Modular Touch sccen Test Chamber Package

b. RAT 9-Hole Test Chamber Package

c. MOUSE 9-Hole Test Chamber Package

• To ensure data fidelity, each touchscreen chamber should be controlled locally and save data locally to a separate on-board microcomputer. That microcomputer must connect via ethernet network connections such that many (>12) microcomputers can connect to a single PC via a network switch.

6. Quantity:

Each necessary item listed above in the Salient characteristics section shall be provided with a quantity of 8.

7. Delivery Requirements:

The Contractor shall deliver the equipment to Building 35A at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland within 30 days after receipt of order. The equipment shall be delivered and installed between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm EST, Monday through Friday. Delivery must be Freight on Board (FOB) Destination and include inside delivery. The equipment shall be delivered and installed in coordination with the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) at the time the equipment is ready to be shipped.

8. Other Requirements:

Warranty - The Contractor shall warrant that all equipment will be free from defects from the date of installation, inspection by the Government, and acceptance. Warranty service shall include trouble-shooting capabilities based on complete knowledge of the entire system. The Contractor shall provide an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) certified technician to perform any necessary work. Warranty shall not include routine or periodic maintenance services.