DV sCMOS4. 2 upgrade for DV Elite Deconvolution system

Title: DV sCMOS4.2 upgrade for DV Elite Deconvolution system

Document Type: Special Notice
Solicitation Number: 75N91019Q00068
Posted Date: 05/21/2019
Response Date: 05/31/2019
Classification Code: J066 - Maintenance. Repair, Rebuild of Equipment- Instruments and Laboratory Equipment
NAICS Code: 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
Business Size: 1000 Other Than Small

Contracting Office Address:
Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E128, Bethesda, MD 20892, UNITED STATES.

Description:

The Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Cancer Research (CCR) and the Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression (LRBGE) plans to procure on a sole source basis upgrade to an existing DV Elite System from GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences, support and development upgrades, as described below, from GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences, 100 Results Way, Marlborough, MA 01752.

The response close date of this notice for this requirement is in accordance with FAR 5.203(a)(1). This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) using simplified acquisition procedures for commercial acquisitions and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6. The North American Industry Classification System code is 334516 and the business size standard is 1,000, Other Than Small.

This will be awarded as a severable firm fixed price type contract. The award will be in the aggregate.

The period of performance will be twelve (12) months from effective date in the award.

It has been determined there are no opportunities to acquire green products or services for this procurement.

BACKGROUND

NCI/NIH, CCR/LRBGE Optical Microscopy Core (OMC) requires the upgrade to the existing system DV Elite s/n 84829, NIH # 02007816. The upgrade consists of a new generation sCMOS camera head (DV sCMOS 4.2) that will substantially improve the quality of multicolor images stained with specific fluorescent probes, their resolution, their signal to noise ratio and reduce photobleaching and photodamage. The upgrade also includes the software SoftWoRx upgrade to maintain compatibility of the new camera with existing system. The existing DV Elite is a sophisticated wide-field microscope capable of deconvolution, which allows it to acquire images compatible in quality with confocal images, but with less photobleaching and photodamage. As the new camera has significantly higher quantum efficiency (increase from 54% to 82%!), this upgrade will allow users of the OMC to significantly increase image quality, to reduce photodamage and photobleaching further, and because of these improvements to obtain new information about multiple factors and processes involved in cancer development, immune response, infection response, and pathogenesis. This upgrade is essential to the mission of NIH/NCI.

SPECIAL ORDER REQUIREMENTS

PRODUCT FEATURES/SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS

This upgrade has to be compatible with the existing system that is under the service contract from GE Healthcare. First, it has to be compatible with hardware of the DV Elite and thus it has to be a camera tested by GE Healthcare for DV Elite upgrades. Second, as the existing DV Elite system is controlled by proprietary software SoftWoRX, the camera has to be compatible with this software, which is ensured by the proprietary software upgrade included in the upgrade package. The GE Healthcare / Delta Vision is the only company that produces, sells and services the unique deconvolution system DV Elite. This particular camera includes proprietary customer firmware and software to interface with the existing DV microscope. Camera will be installed and aligned by GE Healthcare personnel.
The following product features/characteristics are required for this requirement:

• Image sensor sCMOS
• Chip size 2040 x 2040
• Sensor size 13.3 x 13.3, 18.8 (diagonal)
• Piel size (mkm) 6.5 x 6.5
• Readout speed (MHz) 272.3
• Cooling +5 C air-cooled Peltier
• Dynamic range 16 bit
• Spectral range (nm) 370 to 1100
• Quantum efficiency Up to 82%
• Full well capacity 30 000 e-
• Read out noise (median / rms) 0.9 / 1.4
• Proprietary software and firmware for compatibility with existing DV Elite

This notice is not a request for competitive quotation. However, if any interested party, especially small businesses, believes it can meet the above requirement, it may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The statement of capabilities and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow the NCI to determine if the party can perform the requirement. Responses must be received in the contracting office by 3:00PM EDT, on May 31, 2019. All responses and questions must be in writing and sent to William Neal, Contracting Officer via electronic mail at william.neal@nih.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No collect calls will be accepted. In order to receive an award, Contractors must be registered and have valid, current Entity Record, including current Representations and Certifications, in the System for Award Management (SAM) through SAM.gov. Reference: 75N91019Q00068 on all correspondence.

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