Intent to Sole Source 36C26325Q0993 IonOptix Calcium and Contractility System.pdf
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This Notice of Intent to Sole Source outlines the Department of Veterans Affairs' plan to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase Order to IonOptix LLC for a specialized Calcium and Contractility System. The system is designed for advanced cardiac research, capable of simultaneously recording primary cardiomyocyte calcium, contractility, intracellular calcium concentration changes, and cardiac myocyte dimensions at high-frequency sampling rates. The complete system includes multiple hardware components such as an LED light source, optics package, interface and acquisition core, high-speed CMOS video system, cell framing adapter, photomultiplier tube sub-system, stimulation chamber, and microscope, along with comprehensive software modules for data acquisition and analysis.
The solicitation provides vendors an opportunity to demonstrate capability to meet the requirement, with responses due by 3:00 pm CST on July 22, 2025, to Joseph.Bennett@va.gov. The government anticipates awarding the contract on July 31, 2025, with a performance period of 8 weeks. Respondents must include company details, SAM UEI number, business size/type classification, and information about schedule contracts. The procurement is classified under NAICS 334516 with a size standard of 1,000 employees, and the government reserves the right to determine whether to conduct a competitive or small business set-aside procurement based on responses received.
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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE
ID: 36C26325Q0993
The Department of Veterans Affairs (the Government) intends to issue a Firm-Fixed-Price Purchase
Order to a Single Source, IonOptix LLC 396 University Ave., Westwood, Massachusetts 02090-2311, using Simplified Acquisition Procedures and under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 3305(a)(1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b) – Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.
This Notice of Intent is published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.101(a)(1) requiring the dissemination of information regarding proposed contract actions. The Government anticipates awarding the contract July 31, 2025; the period of performance shall be 8 weeks ARO. There are no Option Years.
PSC: 6640
NAICS: 334516
Size Standard: 1000 employees
Description of Requirement:
The Department of Veterans Affairs requires a system that records primary cardiomyocyte calcium and contractility; one which permits the researcher to simultaneously record the dynamics of intracellular calcium concentration changes and the dimensions of the cardiac myocyte during stimulated contractions and one that also allows acquisition of both the length of the contracting cell as well as sarcomere length at >1000 Hz sampling while simultaneously recording cellular calcium. Currently, equipment produced by IonOptix LLC is the only equipment known to meet these requirements.
IonOptix Calcium and Contractility System:
-[LED100D-340/385] Compact, optimized, stable LED light source for 340nm / 385nm ratiometric Fura-2 fluorescence illumination, includes mechanical assembly with filters and lenses, light guide, epi-fl illuminator and microscope adaptor, microscope cube and dye optics.
-[OP-Fura-HS] Fura-2 optics package for HyperSwitch/LED System
-[IAC100M] Interface and acquisition core includes system interface w/ field-programmable gate array
(FPGA) circuit and acquisition-configured workstation (includes PCIe-I/O card) with single monitor
-[MCS300] MyoCam-S3™ high-speed CMOS video system.
-[CFA300] Cell Framing Adapter with dichroic, lenses and rectangular aperature.
-[PMT400] Bialkali photomultiplier tube sub-system.
-[SPC100] IonOptix rapid change stimulation and perfusion chamber (uses
25mm sq coverslips).
-[TEMPC2] Cell MicroControls® mTC3 w/ HPRE2 inline heater.
-[Z-OC-ZAX/01] Zeiss Axio Imager with tilted emission filter
SOFTWARE:
-[IONWIZ] IonWizard™ core data acquisition and analysis software
-[SARACQ] SarcLen™ sarcomere length measurement software module
-[EDGACQ] SoftEdge™ Edge-Detection data acquisition software module
-[PMTACQ] PMT acquisition software module
-[CYTMOT] CYTMOT -- CytoMotion™ Pixel Intensity and Correlation data acquisition software module
SERVICES:
-[INST] Installation / Training
-[TRAV] Travel Costs - charged at cost
-[SIH] Shipping/Handling charge
NOTICE:
While this synopsis does not constitute a solicitation, interested vendors may identify their interest and capability to satisfy the requirement. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the Government. The Government will consider responses received by the closing date of this notice. The information received will be reviewed solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a full and open competitive procurement or a small business set-aside competitive procurement. A determination to not compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this announcement. If the Government decides to compete this requirement, a synopsis shall be issued utilizing the combined synopsis/solicitation procedure identified in FAR 12.603.
RESPONDENTS SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR RESPONSE:
1. Company name, address, primary contact(s), e-mail address & phone number.
2. SAM UEI number.
3. State if your firm is a large business, small business, service-disabled-veteran-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, HUB zone 8(a), women-owned small business or a small-disadvantaged business.
4. State if your firm has required items on Schedule (FSS, GSA, other…).
How to Respond:
All responses must have the VA Identifier: 36C26325Q0993 in the subject line of the email.
All responses must be received no later than: 3:00 pm CST, Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
All responses must be submitted to this email address: Joseph.Bennett@va.gov
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