Motorized Stereotaxic System

DESCRIPTION: The National Institutes of Health – NIAAA intends to procure the services of a contractor to provide a motorized stereotaxic system: Automatic control system for in vivo stereotaxic injection of viral vectors into mouse brain for on-going animal model experiments in the laboratory.  The unit comes with a Drill & Nanoinjection Robot including Drill Autostop Function and related components and software.

This proposed procurement is for an equipment for which the government intends to negotiate with one source, NeuroStar located in Tubingen, Germany.   This company, Neurostar, pioneered robot stereotaxy for brain research.  They are the inventor and only manufacturer of this type of equipment. The benefits of the Robot Stereotaxic are the high precision and repeatability of the probe positioning, individual speed options and many more. Atlas integration, intuitive computer control of the stereotaxic frame and alignment correction ensure that all the procedures are precise and efficient. With this system, researchers can minimize some human errors, increase the efficiency and accuracy, reduce the amount of time for learning and operation, which will make the procedures in a high throughput manner.

In order to comply with the requirements in this Special Notice, the responses should be based on our interpretation of the general requirements provided.  Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit quotations. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all quotes received within the time and date of publication of this "Special Notice” will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a future competitive procurement.

HOW TO RESPOND: In order to compete for this project, interested parties must be registered in the Central Contracting Registration/SAM and submit a price quotation by 10:00 am, ET, July  24th  2020. Offerors should submit one copy of the quote to MOE FILALI via email. Electronic transmissions to Moe.Filali@nih.gov are preferable but must be timely. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to ensure the proposal is received by the date and time shown above.

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