Model 533LS-E Sterilizer

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) intends to award a purchase order to Getinge USA Sales, LLC 1150 Emma Oaks Trail Ste 140, Lake Mary FL 32746 for a E Sterilizer with Power Door(s) in lieu of Manual Door(s) [P] & 533 Single Door Cabinet Package.

The current 133LS sterilizer is approaching 20 years of service and it is in varying states of disrepair. And it is obsolete. The manufacturer (Getinge) recently announced that it plans to no longer offer technical support for key components of the sterilizer. Our steam sterilizers provide sterilization for many types of applications in our biomedical research laboratories which are integral and critical to the work we perform. NIDDK labs need to replace the existing sterilizer with a like unit that features a wide range of sterilization cycles that are rigorous and precise enough to meet our exacting needs for laboratory-grade media and reagent preparations and reusable labware processing.

A suitable instrument must meet the following specifications:
1. microcomputer control that offers the option of either pre-vacuum
or gravity displacement cycles.
2. Powered by house steam and water-ejector vacuum.
3. Touch-panel control interface with 19 selectable pre-programmed cycles.
4. Custom named cycles
5. Four cycle-process output data screens:
a. Bar Graph
b. Circle Graph
c. Detail Display
d. Plot Graph.
6. Onboard thermal printer that documents cycle performance.
7. User accessible connection for downloading cycle records to a USB flash drive.
8. Program settings are password protected.
9. Single vertical sliding door - power operated.
10. 21''x21''x38'' chamber.
11. Interior rack & 2 shelves
12. Trade-in value for existing sterilizer

In compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single source. This solicitation is not a Small Business Set-Aside. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however; all responses received, before the closing date, of this announcement will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition is based upon responses to this notice and is solely within the discretion of the Government. It is anticipated that the RFQ 75N94019Q00030 will be available fifteen (15) days after the publication date of this synopsis. Receipt of quotations will be due ten (10) days after the release of the RFQ. All interested parties to this solicitation may request a copy of the RFQ package in writing to the attention of Ms. Verne Griffin at National Institute Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 6710B Rockledge Drive, Room 1155A, Bethesda, MD 20817 or via email verne.griffin@mail.nih.gov. All requests must contain offerors name, address, telephone number and fax number. Email addresses are encouraged but not mandatory.

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