Attch 1 - Purchase Description.pdf

PURCHASE DESCRIPTION

256-Channel EEG system

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, EEG Section and SNB/FRNU

1. Statement of Need and Purpose:

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Electroencephalography (EEG) Section requires a brand name or equal Micromed Brain Quick LTM PLUS Line - 256 Channel EEG system both for its use and that of the NINDS Surgical Neurology Branch’s (SNB) Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery Unit (FRNU).

The EEG recording system that the EEG Section and FRNU currently use for clinical and research intracranial EEG recordings was manufactured by a company (Cervello) that no longer provides clinical and technical support. To continue their collaborative clinical and research activities, the EEG Section and FRNU need to purchase another recording system that will integrate with existing BlackRock hardware used for the FRNU’s research recordings. The system must use Brain Quick, the FRNU’s existing clinical review software.

2. Background Information and Objective:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Federal focal point for health research. Its mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and apply that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability.

The NINDS, which is an Institute within the NIH, seeks to reduce the burden of neurological disease through supporting and conducting basic, translational, and clinical research on the healthy and diseased nervous system, fostering the training of investigators in the basic and clinical neurosciences, and seeking better understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders.

The EEG Section engages in collaborative research to better understand the pathophysiology of epilepsy and to advance the evaluation and treatment of patients with medically refractory epilepsy. This section uses neurophysiologic and neuroimaging techniques in close collaboration with the Clinical Epilepsy Section and the SNB to improve its ability to localize epileptic foci in preparation for possible surgical resection.

The FRNU is a part of the SNB and exploits the unique investigative opportunities provided by intracranial EEG recordings performed by the EEG

Section. Through use of recordings captured from epilepsy patients who are implanted with subdural and depth electrodes, the FRNU investigates the activation of cortical networks during memory encoding and recall.

The EEG Section will use the required EEG system to evaluate electrical signals within the brain of patients undergoing invasive (intracranial) monitoring for epilepsy surgery evaluation. The EEG Section will also use this system for clinical neurophysiological recordings of patients undergoing epilepsy surgery evaluation at the NIH Clinical Center.

It is essential that this system integrate with the FRNU’s existing BlackRock hardware so that it can concurrently record data for ongoing research activity. To ensure that the system meets all of the EEG Section and FRNU’s requirements, it must include, at a minimum, all of the salient characteristics listed below.

4. Brand Name or Equal Product Information:

1) Generic name: 256-Channel EEG system

2) Brand name benchmark: Micromed Brain Quick LTM PLUS 256-Channel cart-based LTM EEG system

3) Manufacturer’s name: Micromed LLC

4) Catalog number:

a. 900-0031 - Brain Quick LTM PLUS Line - 256 Channel Cart

b. 100-0018 - Cortical Stimulator

c. 101-0021 - JB DSUB PLUS

d. 103-0039 - CB SER RCA EXT

e. 104-0022 - BQ STAND LTM 256

5. Salient characteristics:

Any quoted 256-Channel EEG system must include, at a minimum, the following characteristics:

• Must interface and communicate with the existing BlackRock recording hardware used by the FRNU for research recordings

• Must provide direct connection from the EEG recording system input boxes to the BlackRock input boxes to streamline the concurrent use of research and clinical machines

• Must use same Brain Quick review software as the current system, which will improve seizure monitoring workflow and consistency across patients

• Must provide seamless communication with existing review and recording stations to access, retrieve, transfer, review, and archive patient data in an IT-approved operating platform

6. Quantity: One system – with all hardware and software, including HD video, full cart, cables, input boxes and amp stand

7. Delivery Terms:

The Contractor shall deliver and install all equipment within 60 days after receipt of order in coordination with the Contracting Officer’s Representative.

The equipment shall be delivered to the NIH Main Campus Building 10 CRC Room 7-3686, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda MD 20814 between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), Monday through Friday.

Delivery must be Freight on Board (FOB) Destination and include inside delivery.

Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) certified service technician must setup and install all equipment and conduct an on-site training session within two (2) weeks of installation.

8. Warranties:

Equipment must be warranted to be free from material defects in workmanship or material under normal use and service for a period of at least a one (1) year.

Contractor shall provide repairs if necessary during the warranty period and will cover all parts, labor, and associated travel costs.

Contractor shall also provide technical support service. Technical support service for the setup and establishment of the system shall be on-site and/or virtual and include technical assistance and training on all service-related issues.

PURCHASE DESCRIPTION