Brain Coil Array Upgrade for the Siemens Terra 7T MRI Scanner including additional three-year service contract
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 75N95024Q00527
- Agency
-
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Awarded
- to Skope MR Inc.
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 75N95024P00565 Federal contract award
- Place of performance
- Bethesda, Maryland, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Award Notice is for a contract with SKOPE MR INC to provide an upgrade to the National Institute on Drug Abuse's existing Siemens Terra 7T MRI scanner, including a three-year service contract. The contract, valued at $531,219, is for a 64-channel brain coil array that will dramatically increase signal sensitivity compared to the current 32-channel head coil. The upgrade is required due to the proprietary and specialized nature of the components needed, which can only be provided by the sole-source vendor SKOPE MR INC.
Notice text
This contract action was not awarded competitively as only one source was available. It was awarded as a fixed price contract.
Pursuant to FAR Subpart 13.501(a)(1)(iv) the brand-name justification is made publicly available as an attachment with this solicitation. The rationale for the brand-name justification is that he acquisition is to provide an upgrade to NINDS existing Siemens Terra 7T MRI scanner. The new component will be incorporated into the existing Siemens Terra 7T MRI scanner. Skope is the exclusive manufacturer and vendor of the brain coil. The coil will consist of 64 small densely packed receive coil elements that will dramatically increase signal sensitivity at brain locations closer to the coil elements compared to the whole-brain 32-channel head coil currently in use. The instrument is part of a complicated system with multiple intricate hardware and software interactions
that must function flawlessly. The details of many of the parts and interactions are proprietary. Only Skope can provide and fully integrate the required component.
Awarded contract 75N95024P00565 to SKOPE MR INC for 531219.00 on 2024-09-18.
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| This notice | Award Notice | |
| Brain Coil Array Upgrade for the Siemens Terra 7T MRI Scanner including additional three-year service contract | Solicitation |
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