QS6-Pro

This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.

The Government intends to award a fixed price purchase order to Fisher Scientific, Hanover Park, IL 60133-5491.

The Department of Transfusion Medicine (DTM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center (CC), Bethesda, MD has a requirement to procure the item listed below:

QuantStudio 6 Pro; PCR System; Laptop Catalog Number A-42166
Quantity: 1 each.

This equipment will be used in support of the Next Generation Sequencing methodology that is currently in use in the HLA Lab. This equipment will also be used for other methods whichwill be established in the HLA Lab. NIH, CC, has biological clean rooms and there are requirements for computers to be located in these clean roome to be used for standard operating procedure document reference by technicians. High end computers are necessary for processing the quantity of date produced by NGS with very specific requirements. In order to utilize the NGS system to its fullest capability it is necessary to have a 64 bit multi-core CPU with 64 bit operating system, at least 8 GB memory (16GB is recommended). Each run generates approximately 5 GB of data which will need to be processedby the downstream analysis package of the vendor which is utilized for HLA NGS testing. These PC specifications utilized by the Dell precision tower 7810 are integral to the implementation of NGS in the HLA laboratory for patient support. Current PC platforms employed by the NIH, CC, do not meet these requirements. PCI Tec is an information technology provider covering a wide variety of manufacturers and able to fulfill all the needs. PCI has the ability to integrate systems for our section and their expertise ranges from personal systems.

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