IntelliCages

Added: Feb 28, 2017 5:10 pm The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 6 Network Contracting Office (NCO) is conducting Market Research on behalf of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Durham, North Carolina through this sources sought notice to help determine the availability of qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), or Small Businesses (SB) to provide the Intellicage System a housing structure for animal testing. The requirement will expand the animal housing and behavioral testing facility. It is a unique animal housing solution that allows for automated monitoring of animals and their cognitive behavior in social groups, a higher level of animal welfare, with minimal levels of stress to the animals, and a reduction of routine work for technicians and scientists.





E-290000-IC-1

10300 Main Controller Unit for 4 1 EA

Conditioning Corner





E-290000-IC-110421

For authorization of Intellicage 1 EA

software. Notebook w/RS 422 interface

and slot for optional CAN interface.

For up to 8 cages / 32 conditioning corners

configured and ready for use.



E-290000-IC-10411

External Monitor 1 EA





E-290000-IC-1

10500 Cabling and tube 1 EA set Mouse containing: 2 data cables,

long 2 data cables, short 2 air tubes,

short 2 air tubes, long 1 connecting

air tube 1 9-pin serial cable

Required: 1 Cabling and tube set per

cage.





E-290000-IC-2

20600 Designer software including: 1 EA Experimental files designs

experiments in the IntelliCage.

Required: 1 Designer software per

system. Including Experimental file

"Spatial Learning" complete with

tutorial. Experimental file "DRL"

(Differential Reinforcement of low

Rate) Experimental file "Fixed Ratio"

complete with tutorial.





e-290000-IC-2

20100 Controller 1 EA

software manages IntelliCage

experiments. Required: 1 Controller

Program per system





e-290000-IC-2

20300 Analyzer software 1 EA

prepares experimental data for

analysis. Required: 1 Analyzer

software per system





e-290000-IC-550300

50300 Food grid 2 EA





e-290000-IC-5

50400 Mouse house, red 8 EA





e-290000-IC-5

50500 Drinking bottle

with silicone seal Mouse 16 EA





e-290000-IC-5

50600 Bottle cap Mouse 16 EA





e-290000-IC-5

50100 Cage body, Type 2000 2 EA







E-290000-IC-5

50100 Cage body, Type 2000 2 EA





E-290000-IC-6

60400 Transponder ISO Yellow 100 EA





E-290000-IC-5

50705 Transponder Injector 2 EA









E-290000-IC-5

50800 Transponder Hand Reader 2 EA







E-290000-IC-5

50900 Conditioning

Corner Cleaning set containing: 1 EA

cleaning brush wash bottle 2x cleaning

stripe







E-290000-IC-S

SB SocialBox tracks animals passing a tube 1 EA

Connecting IntelliCage to an outside

compartment, including: acrylic tube w/2 RFID

antennas Animal Identification Type 3

cage body with hole and food grid

cabling set







E-999901-12-0

03 Installation / 1 EA

Instruction / initial Training

on-site, including all travel costs

System installation System instruction

Initial training Application training

(remote or on-site) can be ordered

separate





E-999901-12-2

25 Application Training 1 EA

Remote 4 hours User oriented training

/ follow-up training. Requirements:

Fast internet connection with access

to your system Microphone & speakers

or a headset





E-290000-IC-1

10200 Conditioning Corner MOUSE including: 4 EA

2 step-motor driven doors 2 lactometers 2

light-beam sensors for nose-poke

detection 1 temperature sensor for

presence detection 2x3 multicolor

LED-indicators 1 air-blow valve 1 RFID

antenna Required: 4 Conditioning

Corners per cage.





All listed items must be 100% compatible with Intellicage Systems in fit and form. The capability statements received from this market research are for planning purposes only and will assist the Government in planning its acquisition strategy. This is strictly market research and the Government will not entertain questions concerning this market research. The Government will not assume any costs incurred by the contractor in the preparation of responses. All responses shall be submitted in writing no later than March 3, 1:00 pm EST to the attention of: Nicole O. Stewart, VA Medical Center, 27 Averill Avenue, Hampton, VA 23667. E-mail address: nicole.stewart3@va.gov.