TopScan Software

This document is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued



The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit competitive offers. Interested persons may submit offers, and all eligible offers received prior to August 29, 2012 4:00 PM PDT will be considered by the Government. The NAICS code is 334611 and the size standard is 500 Employees.



This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-56 effective, 02 Mar 2012.



Only emailed requests received directly from the requester are acceptable.



The list of contract line item number(s) and items, quantities and units of measure, (including option(s), if applicable). Please note, all of the line items are designated Brand Name or Equal:



CLIN w/DESCRIPTION/QTY/UNIT/UNIT PRICE/TOTAL AMOUNT





0001 1 EA $___________________ $____________________



Product: TopScan LITE System



Description: Turnkey System including LocoScan, MazeScan, and

WatermazeScan



Manufacturer name _____________________________________

Brand _________________________________________________

Part/Model No. ________________________________________



0002 1 EA $___________________ $____________________



Product: TopScan LITE Software HR



Description: Multiple Devices/Animals and Realtime version,

Educational Perpetual License



Manufacturer name _____________________________________

Brand _________________________________________________

Part/Model No. ________________________________________





GRAND TOTAL --- $_______________________



Delivery, acceptance, and FOB Destination Point:



ITEMS ALL

QUANTITY ALL





Delivery Date: ____ Days ARO



Requested Delivery Date: 30 Days ARO





SHIP TO: VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM (VAPAHCS)

3801 Miranda Ave.

Palo Alto, CA 94304



DELIVER TO: TBD









INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS



Only electronic offer will be accepted. Offers are due by 4:00 PM PDT August 29, 2012.



FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999)

(a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government's needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation.

(b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must-

(1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation;

(2) Clearly identify the item by-

(i) Brand name, if any; and

(ii) Make or model number;

(3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and

(4) Clearly describe any modification the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modification.

(c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.

(d) To the maximum extent practicable, offerors are encouraged to respond to this solicitation using pre-existing materials (such as brochures, catalogs, marketing documents) rather than creating new documents.

(e) Offerors shall annotate the salient characteristics listed above to indicate the location of the relevant information used to meet the specification (document name and page number).

(f) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation.

(End of provision)

Salient Characteristics:

Offerors will be evaluated to the extent they can provide the items (or equal) listed in the price schedule in Section B. The Government will award to the lowest priced, responsible, technically acceptable offeror.

The device must have the following characteristics equal to the TopScan LITE Software HR.

" Must perform lab animal behavior analysis automatically

" Must have top-view based video tracking software

" Must have high-throughput capability up to 32 simultaneously

" Must have application for open field, Novel Object Recognition, maze analysis, Morris Water Maze and Place Preference

" Must allow automated analysis of locomotor activity

" Must operate in real-time or offline

" Must have lengthy recording capability and analysis

" Must have detailed statistics about events during experiment

" Must have automated binned data outputs

" Must have automatic graphing and charting capabilities

" Must have full color analysis

" Must have automatic adaptation to changing environment

" Must have experiment database management

FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION--COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factor shall be used to evaluate offers:

1. Meeting the salient characteristics listed above.

The Government will award to the lowest price, technically acceptable offeror.

(b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award.

(End of Provision)



ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION PROVISIONS/CONTRACT CLAUSES:



FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) For the purpose of this clause, the fill-ins are

http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html and http://www1.va.gov/oamm/oa/ars/policyreg/vaar/index.cfm, respectively.



FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (FEB 2012).



FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (JUL 2012) For the purposes of this clause, items (b) 4, 23, 26-29, 31, 38, 40(ii), 42, and 48 are considered checked and apply.



VAAR 852.203-70 Commercial Advertising (Jan 2008)



VAAR 852.211-70 Service Data Manuals (NOV 1984)



VAAR 852.211-73 Brand Name or Equal (Jan 2008)



VAAR 852.273-76 Electronic Invoice Submission (Interim - October 2008)



FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998) For the purpose of this provision, the fill-ins are http://www.acquisition.gov/far/index.html and http://www1.va.gov/oamm/oa/ars/policyreg/vaar/index.cfm, respectively.



FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items (Feb 2012).



FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (Apr 2012): Offerors must return this provision with their proposal. They may either (1)complete all relevant portions of the provision or (2) complete paragraph (b) of the provision and indicate that it has completed official representations and certifications online at https://orca.bpn.gov/login.aspx.



FAR 52.232-38 Submission of Electronic Funds Transfer Information with Offer (May 1999)