SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- TIME CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING (TCSPC) IMAGING MODULE WITH SCAN CONTROL
- Notice Date
- 5/28/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 334418
— Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571
- ZIP Code
- 20899-3571
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-04-Q-0578
- Response Due
- 6/11/2004
- Archive Date
- 6/26/2004
- Point of Contact
- Randy Schroyer, Purchasing Agent, Phone (301) 975-6314, Fax (301) 975-6273, - Anita Tolliver, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 975-6308, Fax (301) 975-8884,
- E-Mail Address
-
randy.schroyer@nist.gov, anita.tolliver@nist.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN F.A.R. SUBPART 12.6-STREAMLINED PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION AND SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS ? AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-22. ****The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334418 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This procurement is 100% set-aside for small business. ****This is a brand name or equal procurement. Brand name or equal description is intended to be descriptive, but not restrictive, and is to indicate the quality and characteristic of products that will be considered satisfactory to meet the agency requirement. ****The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has a requirement for one (1) Becker-Hickl TCSPC Imaging Module with related hardware (e.g., 2-channel detector head and photon counting circuitry, routing unit, amplifier, shutter, and power box)/software for FRET, FLIM, and FCS; to be used by the Polymers Division to obtain information regarding transport coefficients, chemical environment, and bio-molecular interactions of proteins, cells and tissue scaffolds important to tissue engineering efforts; with all of the following salient characteristics: (1) the detector head must: a) mount to a non-descanned detector (NDD) port of a Zeiss LSM 510 microscope; b) have built-in overload immunity (a shutter to protect against excessive light flux); c) have a minimum 200 ps response time; (2) the photon counting circuitry must: a) be capable of time-correlated single photon counting with a temporal resolution of at least 10 ps; b) have a time-to-amplitude converter with 50 ns to 2 us range; c) be capable of 4096 X 4096 image resolution with a single detector channel; d) have dead time of no more than 150 ns; e) be compatible with 76 MHz laser repetition rate; f) have at least 12 bit resolution; (3) the software must: a) be capable of operating in the following modes: fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) imaging, fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM), and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). ****All interested offers shall provide a quote for the following brand name or equal specific components: ****LINE ITEM 0001: Quantity one (1) each SPC-830TCSPC Imaging Module, up to 262,144 curves, scan control, dual memory, histogram ****LINE ITEM 0002: Quantity one (1) each HRT-41 4-Channel TCSPC Routing Unit ****LINE ITEM 0003: Quantity two (2) each PMH-100-1 High Speed PMT Detector Head for Photon Counting (12V supply, 300-820nm) ****LINE ITEM 0004: Quantity two (2) each HFAC-26db-01 Wide Band Amplifier for PMT?s, current mon. output, 5 kHz?.1.6 GHz overload current setting 0.1ua ****LINE ITEM 0005: Quantity one (1) Scan Control Cable for scan Control Signals for ZEISS ****LINE ITEM 0006: Quantity two (2) M-SHUT-Z-NDD Shutter Assembly for 1 detector, including cables and adaptors, for Zeiss, includes A-SMA-905 ****LINE ITEM 0007: Quantity one (1) P-BOX Shutter Power Box ****LINE ITEM 0008: Quantity one (1) SPC-IMAGE Data Analysis Software for Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging ****LINE ITEM 0009: 2-Year Warranty ****DELIVERY SHALL BE F.O.B. DESTINATION and shall be completed not later than four (4) weeks after receipt of order. The contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified delivery point. The Contractor shall deliver to NIST, Building 301, Shipping and Receiving, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001 ****Award shall be made to the offeror whose quote offers the best value to the Government, technical capability and price considered. The Government will evaluate quotes based on the following evaluation criteria: 1) technical capability factor ?meeting or exceeding the requirement?, and 2) price. Technical capability shall be considered more important than price. Evaluation of technical capability will be based on the information provided in the quotation. ****Offerors shall include the manufacturer or brand name, make and model of the products, manufacturer sales literature or other product literature which addresses all salient characteristics, which clearly documents that the offered products meet or exceed the specifications stated herein and meet the needs of the Government in essentially the same manner as the brand name. ****The following provisions apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors ? Commercial Items; and 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items ****The following clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions ? Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders ? Commercial Items, including subparagraphs: (5)(i) 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; (14) 52.222-19, Child Labor ? Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; (15) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; (16) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; (17) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; (18) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; (19) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; (22)(i) 52.225-3, Buy American Act ? Free Trade Agreements ? Israeli Trade Act; (24) 52.225-13, Restriction on Certain Foreign Purchases; (29) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer ? Central Contractor Registration. Department of Commerce Agency-Level Protest Procedures Level above the Contracting Officer is also incorporated. It can be downloaded at www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/agency.htm. ****All offerors shall submit the following: 1) an original and one (1) copy of a quotation which addresses all line items; 2) technical description and/or product literature; 3) description of commercial warranty; 4) two (2) copies of the most recent published price list(s); and 5) a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications ? Commercial Items, which may be downloaded at www.arnet.gov/far. ***All quotes should be sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Acquisition and Logistics Division, Attn.: Randy Schroyer, Building 301, Room B129, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3571 ****Submission shall be received by 3:00 pm local time on June 11, 2004. FAXED AND E-MAILED QUOTATIONS SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED. See numbered note 1.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD
- Zip Code: 20899-0001
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20899-0001
- Record
- SN00594331-W 20040530/040528211723 (fbodaily.com)
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