Maintenance and Service for Leica Stellaris 8 Confocal Microscopy System
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 75N95024Q00139
- Agency
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National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- PSC
- Not on record
- Place of performance
- Rockville, Maryland 20852, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This pre-solicitation notice seeks maintenance and repair services for a Leica Stellaris 8 Confocal Microscopy System located at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Molecular Neurobiology Section requires a contractor to provide planned annual maintenance inspections, unlimited on-site repairs, and technical phone support for the critical microscopy system. Responses to the sources sought notice are due by February 8, 2024 and must address all requirements including company and point of contact information.
There is no set-aside designation for this potential award. The primary NAICS code is 541715 and PSC code is J019. The base year of performance will be from February 22, 2024 through February 21, 2025, with four optional one-year renewal periods. Services will include preventative maintenance and on-site repairs for the single microscopy system located at the Porter Neuroscience Research Building. The government estimates an initial award value of $50,000 for the base year.
Notice text
Background:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s leading medical research agency and the primary Federal agency whose mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge. The mission of the NIH also includes enhancing health, lengthening life, reducing illness and disability, conducting, supporting and making medical discoveries that improves and saves people’s health and lives.
The mission of the NINDS Molecular Neurobiology Section (MNS) is to identify the signaling pathways important for neural regeneration after injury. The lab currently uses mouse olfactory epithelium, which has robust regenerative capacity, as a model for neural regeneration. A primary approach to understanding mechanisms of neural regeneration is to observe, using a confocal microscope, the expression and localization of specific genes and proteins labeled with fluorescent tags in sections of animal tissue. The confocal microscope system described here allows the MNS to observe specific genes and proteins in the olfactory epithelium of mice before and after injury. In addition, it will allow for the evaluation of transgenic mice containing fluorescent reporters.
The Leica Stellaris 8 Confocal Microscopy System provides state of the art imaging capabilities that are required for the investigations ongoing in the NINDS Molecular Neurobiology Section, Ngai laboratory. The system requires routine preventative maintenance. This contract will ensure minimal downtime due to hardware and/or software malfunction. Additionally, the contract is required in order to maintain this research equipment in operable condition and prevent costly repairs. The Leica Stellaris 8 Confocal Microscopy System and software in this lab is the critical component in the carrying out the lab’s mission.
Purpose and Objectives:
The purpose of this requisition is a maintenance and service contract that shall cover maintenance of the government owned Leica Stellaris 8 Confocal Microscopy System and software located in the NINDS Molecular Neurobiology Section.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| Sources Sought Notice.pdf |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Maintenance and Service Agreement for Leica Stellaris 8 Confocal Microscopy System | Pre-Solicitation | |
| This notice | Pre-Solicitation |
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