6640--Intent to sole source: SLICE SCOPE PRO6000
Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 36C24E21Q0163
- Agency
- Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6640 Laboratory Equipment And Supplies
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs, San Diego VA Medical Center published a Special Notice regarding intent to negotiate solely with Scientifica for the acquisition of a SliceScope 6000 microscope system. The Notice states the Medical Center's intention to negotiate pursuant to FAR 6.302-1 with Scientifica for a SliceScope 6000 composed of a microscope, antivibration table, electrophysiology toolbox including amplifier, and 2-photon laser system.
The Special Notice provides details on the Medical Center's objective to acquire a complete SliceScope 6000 package from Scientifica as the only known vendor that offers this specific integrated patch clamp rig. This particular system is compatible for patch-seq experiments at the Allen Brain Institute without separate calibration of individual components. Interested parties may submit a capability statement by July 5th at 12PM EST to the identified contracting officer to be considered for the opportunity, though the decision to pursue competition is at the Government's discretion given Scientifica as the sole known source.
Notice text
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The Department of Veterans Affairs, San Diego VA Medical Center, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, with Scientifica for the SliceScope 6000 composed of a microscope, antivibration table, electrophysiology toolbox (including amplifier) with 2-photon laser system. Scientifica is the only known vendor who provides a complete package of the patch clamp rig which is specifically used for Patch-seq in Allen Brain Institute. These components are all compatible to each other and it is ready to use for the Patch-seq experiments without requiring researchers to calibrate each component separately. This is a notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than July 5th, 12PM, EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Lynn Portman at lynn.portman@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C24E21Q0163.docx | DOCX document |
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