Upgrade to currently installed BIOMEK-FXP machines.

Added: May 28, 2015 12:29 pm The Veteran's Administration Office of Research and Development, Program Contracting Office - East in Pittsburgh, PA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Beckman Coulter of California. The requirement is to provide a system upgrade for Beckman Coulter equipment that is currently installed at the Jamaica Plain Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Boston, MA. The sole source is pursuant to FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however; any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement may submit a capability statement to the contracting office no later than Wednesday, June 3, 2015, (10:00 AM, EST). Interest/capability statements may be sent to the Contracting Officer Michael Haydo at Michael.haydo@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The equipment falls under NAICS code 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. The equipment and accessories required to upgrade the currently installed system is:

Quantity

1 Biomek FXP single, multichannel 2

2 BFX 96-channel disposable tip pipette head, 200 l 2

3 Tip wash, 96-channel ALP, single position, 110v 2

4 Packaged Tip Loader 2

5 Biomek FX-Device controllerI/O/Box 2

6 Biomek Win7 new installation kit with Biomek software 4.1 support 2

7 Orbital shaker ALP 4

8 PKG Static ALP platform 16

9 Air compressor/bimek FX 1

10 4 x3 ALP kit 2

11 Thermo visionmate 2D-BCR-1 device 2

12 VisionMate 2D BCR FXp MC v4.1 integration - 1 unit 2

13 Method-Genfind v2 96MC 2

14 Fly-By BCR kit, BFX 2

15 Biomek FXp Windows 7 controller kit 1