MRI Compatible Eye Tracker

Federal Business Opportunities (FBO)

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

1. Solicitation Number: 75N95020Q00242
    
2. Title:  MRI Compatible Eye Tracker
    
3. Classification Code: 6640 (LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES)
    
4. NAICS Code: 541330
    
5. Description: 

This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice.

This notice is issued to help determine the availability of qualified companies technically capable of meeting the Government requirement and to determine the method of acquisition.  It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract.  Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes.  No award will be made as a result of this notice.  The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice.  This notice is strictly for research and information purposes only.

Background:  The Neuroimaging Research Branch has the requirement to purchase an MRI compatible eye tracking system. This system must be able to track eye gaze and pupil diameter in an MRI scanner environment and ‘on the bench’ with identical equipment. The ability to perform eye tracking and pupil diameter measurements while within the MRI environment will provide the ability to measure emotional responding, attentional shifting and other measures of stress while functional MRI (fMRI) data are being acquired during our human research fMRI studies. This enhancement to our MRI system will allow multiple investigators to customize novel experimental paradigms to measure, follow or induce stress, a relevant variable in addiction, which has not been feasible with our current MRI equipment. These tasks will also be performed outside the scanner for training and comparison purposes so the same equipment must be usable in both the MRI and non-MRI environments. This is a new piece of equipment and does not replace current available equipment.

Purpose and Objectives: The Neuroimaging Research Branch requires an instrument with the following characteristics:

• • MRI compatible and designed to operate in a 3T Siemens Prisma environment Real-time up sampling
  • Compatible with the Siemens Prisma 20, 32 and 64 channel head coils
  • Include mounting equipment to work with a Cambridge Research Systems BOLDScreen 32 LCD display
  • Battery powered for plug-free operation in an MRI environment
  • Include mounting (and other) equipment to use the same camera in a non-MRI (i.e. desktop) environment
  • Sample eye gaze and pupil size at 2000Hz minimum, 0.15° accuracy and 0.01° RMS resolution
  • Compatible with Psychology Software Tools E-prime
  • Include software for paradigm presentation and analysis of eye tracking data

Quantity: One (1) instrument

Delivery Date:60 days after recipt of order

Delivery made to the following address:

NIH/NIDA

9800 Medical Center Drive, Rm 239A

Rockville, MD  20850

301-217-5217 (tel)

Warranty: Full warranty to include two (2) years full parts and labor. Warranty to commence after installation and instrument is up and running properly.

Capability statement /information sought:

Respondents must provide clear and convincing documentation of their capability of providing the products specificed in this notice. Also, information must be provided in sufficient details of the respondents’ (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and other management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information.

The respondent must also provide their  DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HubZone, etc., pursuant to the applicable NAICS code and any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisition requirements.

Finally, respondents are also encouraged to provide a general overview of the respondent’s opinions about the difficulty and/or feasibility of the potential requirement, and any other information regarding innovative ideas or concepts that may be applicable.

Submission Instructions:

One (1) copy of the response is required and must be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format using 11-point or 12-point font, 8-1/2” x 11” paper size, with 1” top, bottom, left and right margins, and with single or double spacing.

The information submitted must be must be in and outline format that addresses each of the elements of the project requirement and in the capability statement /information sought paragraphs stated herein.  A cover page and an executive summary may be included but is not required.

The response is limited to ten (10) page limit.  The 10-page limit does not include the cover page, executive summary, or references, if requested.

The response must include the respondents’ technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses.

All responses to this notice must be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer.  Facsimile responses are NOT accepted.

The response must be submitted to Scott Duernberger, Contracting Specialist, NIH/NIDA at scott.duernberger@nih.gov and Tracy Cain, Contracting Officer, NIH/NIDA at tracy.cain@nih.gov.  

The response must be received on or before August 18, 2020 at 12:00PM Eastern Time.

 Disclaimer and Important Notes:  This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a presolicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).”