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This document is a purchase description for a vibratome from Leica to be acquired by the National Institute of Mental Health. The vibratome will replace a unit damaged in a 2022 flood and is needed to prepare ex vivo brain slices for experiments in the Laboratory on Neurobiology of Compulsive Behavior. The purchase description specifies acquiring one Leica VT1200 S vibratome with manufacturer's standard one year warranty and power cord, to be delivered within 4-6 weeks of order receipt to the provided address. The vibratome must provide automatic feeding, specimen retraction, a cutting window to minimize sectioning time, storage for up to 8 user settings, ensure vertical blade deflection below 1 um, and include additional and magnetic specimen holders for reproducible specimen orientation and handling.
The related federal contract opportunity is solicitation number 75N95023Q00420 from the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse to acquire the specified Leica VT1200 S vibratome.
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PURCHASE DESCRIPTION
1. Statement of Need and Purpose
Laboratory on Neurobiology of Compulsive Behavior performs various experiments using ex vivo brain slices. In order to prepare slices, we need vibratomes.
2. Background Information and Objective
Performance of vibratome is very crucial in obtaining ex vivo brain slices in healthy condition, which will affect the outcome of our experiments. Vibratome will be used for various experimental protocols pursued in the Laboratory on Neurobiology of Compulsive Behavior. We used to have three vibratomes all manufactured by Leica, one of which got affected by the flood in 2022 and retired as damaged property. We are replacing this unit via the flood CAN.
3. Generic Name of Product
Vibratome
4. Purchase Description
(1) Trade name: Vibratome
(2) Brand name: Leica VT1200 S Config. (Brand Name Only)
(3) Manufacturer’s name: Leica
(4) Part number: Leica 1491200S001
(5) Warranty: Manufacturer’s standard 1 year warranty
5. Salient characteristics
Vibratome needs to provide automatic feeding, specimen retraction and the use of a cutting window help to minimize sectioning time and should be able to be used by multi-user with both the semi-automated and fully automated. Built-in software remembering individual operational parameter settings for up to 8 users should be provided.
To achieve sections that retain viable cells on the section surface, the vertical deflection of the blade should be able to be checked and maintained, which minimizes specimen damage during sectioning and results in more viable cells on the section surface.
It should provide safer blade handling for various blade types including double edged razor, injector or sapphire blades. It should also provide an additional blade holder to avoid contamination of specimens.
It should provide magnetic specimen holders to support easy specimen handling and reproducible orientation.
The vibratome by Leica provides robust and stable sectioning with the vertical deflection of the blade below 1 um along with the specification mentioned above.
6. Quantity:
1 Leica VT1200 S Config. (part no. Leica 1491200S001) (Brand Name Only) 1 Power Cord various NEMA5 15 (part no. Leica 14041157009) (Brand Name Only)
7. Delivery Date:
4-6 weeks after receipt of order Shipped to address:
Jung Hoon Shin National Institute of Mental Health 35 Convent Drive Building 35, 1B-215 Bethesda, MD 20892
8. Option(s): N/A
Version 11-30-2016-1 FAR Part 11—Describing Agency Needs
| 1. Statement of Need and Purpose |
| 2. Background Information and Objective |
| 3. Generic Name of Product |
| 4. Purchase Description |
| (3) Manufacturer’s name: Leica |
| 6. Quantity: |
| 8. Option(s): N/A |
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