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

PURCHASE DESCRIPTION

6-axis Articulated Robotic Arm

Statement of Need and Purpose: The purpose of this acquisition is to acquire a 6-axis articulated robotic arm that functions as a motion control platform that can dispense and stack reagents into plates when conducting high throughput screening (HTS). This will be a brand name or equal requirement.

Background Information and Objective: When using a dispenser in an offline fashion there is often a desire to dispense more than one plate, requiring the integration of a separate stacker that must be purchased to load plates into a dispenser such that a plate can be presented to the dispenser, the dispense can be performed and then the stacker can return the plate to an output stack before presenting the next plate. By using a 6-axis robotic arm to act as the motion control platform while performing the dispense the arm can act as both the dispenser and the stacker;

eliminating the need to load and unload a plate.

Generic Name of Product: 6-axis articulated robotic arm

Purchase Description: Mecademic Meca500 6-axis articulated arm with additional gripper, or its equal.

Salient characteristics:

Contractor shall provide a 6-axis articulated arm, or its equal that has the following characteristics:

• Articulated arm must dimensions must be less than 500 mm× 618 mm × 690mm

• Articulated arm must have a controller embedded in the base of the unit to run the robot and gripper.

• Articulated arm must have an accuracy of 5um velocity range of a typical dispense application, around 80mm/second for a 1uL dispense into a 1536 well plate.

• Articulated arm must have the capability to be used as dispenser and plate stacker for reagents.

Quantity: 2

Delivery Date: Contractor shall deliver equipment within 30 days of receipt of order.

Period of Performance: One (1) year warranty starting from time of equipment being shipped.

Option(s): NA