Varioskan LUX

Added: Sep 02, 2015 2:36 pm This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is VA257-15-Q-1540. This acquisition is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-83, effective August 21, 2015. The associated North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this procurement is 334516 with a small business standard of 500 employees. This acquisition is solicited as a set-aside for small business.
Contractor shall provide items identified listed. This is a brand name or equal requirement. When providing a quotation on an equal product, contractor must specify the item being quoted. Along with your quote, contractor shall provide sufficient product detail to accomplish a proper determination of said equal product. Failure to provide sufficient product detail may render said quote unresponsive.

REQUIREMENT
1. Purchase of Varioskan OR EQUAL for Research Service at the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX.

2. Background. The reading plates after the Eliza assay. Has florescent reader to read from the top and bottom of plate.

3. Scope.
Dual Excitation monochromators and dual Emission monochromators for fluorescence applications using a Photomultiplier tube as the detector.
2. Instrument must perform an autocalibration at assay start and offer the user the option of Auto range, High, Medium or Low dynamic range setting.
3. Instrument provides spectral scanning in fluorescence intensity, time-resolved fluorescence(TRF), luminescence, and absorbance modes.
4. Instrument provides Excitation from 200-1000nm and Emission from 270 - 840nm and supports Tryptophan fluorescence assays.
5. Selectable Excitation bandwidths of 5 and 12nm, Emission bandwidth of 12nm with Wavelength resolution of 1nm.
6. Reads plate formats of 6- to 1536-wells for fluorescence intensity, luminescence, TRF, and AlphaScreen.
7. Theoretical sensitivity of 6 decades in 384 well black plate
8. Instrument must offer dedicated "LAT" optics system for high sensitivity luminescence, TRF, and AlphaScreen capability.
9. Luminescence sensitivity 10. Instrument uses 2 monochromators for photometric (UV and Vis) reading and a photodiode detector.
11. Instrument reads 6- to 384-well plates in absorbance mode.
12. Photometric operational range of 200-1000nm with linearity of 0-4Abs in 96-well plate and 0-3Abs in a 384-well plate
13. Instrument has on board pathlength correction for direct quantitation of nucleic acids, proteins and other molecules
14. Instrument comes standard with a Universal Plate Carrier for all plate types. Optional carrier inserts must be available for reading plates with lids on.
15. On board incubator must function by preventing condensation on a microplate lid to enable support cell based applications where sterility of the sample must be maintained.
16. Instrument has automatic plate check mode and priming vessel check mode to prevent accidental dispensing of reagent inside the instrument.
17. Instrument must offer up to 2 on-board dispensers as an option. The dispenser enables simultaneous dispense and measure assays such as, flash luminescence, Ion flux measurements and Ultra Fast Kinetic Assays
18. Dispenser must be available with 2 dispenser tip options for accurate and precise dispensing in the ranges of 1-20uL and >5uL.
19. Instrument must offer a reference channel detector to compensate for variability in the Xenon lamp from flash to flash.
20. Instrument has an option for bottom reading
21. The instrument must use an LED as the light source for AlphaScreen.
22. The instrument has an optional gas control module for CO2 and O2 regulation. The gas concentration is recorded during the experiment and can be seen from the Results log.
23. The instrument is controlled by SkanIt PC software and is available in Research or Drug
Discovery versions (21 CFR part 11).

All components purchased are those of the Department of Veterans Affairs. This system will not connect to the VA intranet/internet for any reason. The computer included is solely to assist with sample readings. There will be no patient information of any kind affiliated or stored on this computer or equipment.

Network Contracting Office 17 requests responses from qualified sources capable of providing the following item(s):
LINE ITEM 0001:
Item Number: MISC-TECHSERV
Description: 5250040INST/INSTALLATION AND TRAINING
Qty:1 EACH Unit Price: $_______ Extended Amount $____________


LINE ITEM 0002:
Item Number: MISC-LIFESCI
Description: VLBL0TD0/VARIOSKAN LUX, TOP&BOT F,ABS/EA
Qty:1 EACH Unit Price: $_______ Extended Amount $____________

LINE ITEM 0003:
Item Number: MISC-LIFESCI
Description: 333-10001/Desktop instrument control/EA
Desktop instrument control computer; Intel® Core# i5 Quad core
processor, 8GB RAM, 500GB hard drive, Windows 7
Qty:1 EACH Unit Price: $_______ Extended Amount $____________

LINE ITEM 0004:
Item Number: MISC-LIFESCI
Description: P1913-D3/19 inch Widescreen monitor
19 inch Widescreen monitor
Qty:1 EACH Unit Price: $_______ Extended Amount $____________


TOTAL AMOUNT $____________

Delivery: ________Days after award

Delivery to:
Central Texas Veterans Health Care System
1901 S 1st Street Bldg 44
Temple, TX 76504

Company name:___________
Company DUNS number:___________
Point of contact:___________
Telephone:___________
The following FAR and VAAR Clauses and provisions in their latest editions apply to this solicitation.
52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items.
52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items. Technical acceptability to meet the Governments requirement, Past performance, delivery and price. Technical and past performance, when combined are less important than price.
52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. Offerors must include a completed copy of Representations and Certifications with their offer.
52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items.
52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration
52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside
52.219-13, Notice of Set-Aside Orders
52.222-50 Combatting Trafficking in Persons
52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving
52.233-3 Protest After Award
52.233-4 Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim

The following clauses will be incorporated in full text.
52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items
The following clauses shall be considered marked within 52.212-5
52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards
52.209-6 Protecting the Governments Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment.
52.222-3, Convict Labor
52.222-19, Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies
52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities
52.222-22 Previous Contracts Compliance Report
52.222-25 Affirmative Action Compliance
52.222-26 Equal Opportunity
52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities
52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases
52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--Central Contractor Registration
52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation
52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference
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52.252-2, Clauses Provisions Incorporated by Reference
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852.203-70, Commercial Advertising
852.211-70 Service Data Manuals
852.237-70 Contractor Responsibilities
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852.246-70 Guarantee
852.273-74, Awards Without Exchanges

The Government intends to award a firm fixed price contract resulting from this combined synopsis/solicitation. All offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award (www.sam.gov). Quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued and telephone requests or fax requests for the solicitation will not be accepted.
Quotes must include company name, company DUNS number, and point of contact information.
All responsible sources should submit quotes to Karon Martin via e-mail: karon.martin@va.gov by Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 11:00AM CST.