SOURCES SOUGHT
K -- Clinical Neurophysiology Device (CNPD)
- Notice Date
- 2/22/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423450
— Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- RFI60001
- Response Due
- 3/8/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/23/2006
- Description
- This is a request for information (RFI) only, as defined in FAR 15.201(e), not a request for a proposal. A solicitation document will not be issued. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions (SS/SA) Branch, on behalf of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) seeks to obtain information on an experimental control and data acquisition device for use in a variety of studies. The unit will be called the Clinical Neurophysiology Device (CNPD). A full copy of the draft Statement of Work (SOW)is available upon request to the Contract Specialist via e-mail. NINDS conducts and supports research, both basic and clinical, on brain and nervous system disorders. The main techniques employed in clinical research include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), electromyography (EMG), electroencephalography (EEG), sensory evoked potentials, back averaging of EEG, magnetoencephalography (MEG), behavioral and kinesiologic studies, neuroimaging with positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Both normal volunteers and patients participate in experiments involving one or more of the above techniques. Typically, an experiment consists of presenting the subject with a set of stimuli and measuring his/her responses. The stimuli may be visual, auditory, tactile, or magnetic. The responses may be in the form of electrophysiological signals, voluntary or involuntary movements, voice response, or medical imaging data. The experiment can be as simple as monitoring the subject for a prolonged period of time without any stimulus presentation, or be as complex as having different types of stimuli presented in a randomized sequence, with real-time display and evaluation of the responses in order to provide feedback to the subject and/or the investigator (for example during training), or in case the investigator needs to alter the pattern of stimulation based on the subject?s responses. Once the experiment is completed, the response data must be displayed, processed, and evaluated. There is currently existing commercial equipment as well as systems built in-house that perform certain functions mentioned above and are suitable for the more simple experiments. However, there is no single system available from any source that can perform all the functions required. Hence, for a complex experiment, our researchers have to interconnect a number of these machines in order to accomplish what they need to do. Sometimes the interface between various machines is not available and an intermediary ?box? (with electronic circuits) has to be built to allow the machines to communicate. This leads to space crowding in the lab, cable plugging and unplugging when switching between different types of experiments, potential errors resulting from possible timing delays between the machines, and more time spent in setting up and manual intervention during the experiment to ensure the correct order of events. This also complicates data analysis as we often have to export and import data from one machine to another to use the appropriate data processing software. A system which is user-friendly, powerful and flexible enough to handle a variety of experimental setups is required. NIH has a medical imaging facility to acquire imaging data, so this function is not part of the system design; however, some experiments have to be performed inside the MRI scanning room, so portability and MRI-compatibility also need to be taken into consideration. The specific objective of this acquisition is for the design, development, and delivery of two complete hardware and software systems meeting the requirements detailed in the Supplier Requirements section to collect and analyze data, and two data processing stations that will be used off-line to display and analyze the collected data. These systems will allow researchers in clinical neurophysiology at NIH to perform a variety of experiments with ease and reliability. While delivery of two systems is the goal of this contract, it is anticipated that at least 8 systems will be desired at NIH if the product is satisfactory. Please submit (3) copies of your response and provide comments on this requirement as if the period of performance is 1-2 years. Comments to this announcement, referencing synopsis number RFI60001 may be submitted to the NIDA, SS/SA Branch, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD 20892, Attention: Roshawn Simpson. Facsimile and electronic mail will not be accepted. No marketing/capability statements unless it is in addition to the comments on the draft SOW. The Government is not establishing meetings with contractors nor is there intent for a pre-proposal conference. Information provided may or may not be included in a formal solicitation. NIDA will not release any information marked with a proprietary legend received in response to this RFI to any firms, agencies or individuals outside of NIH without written permission in accordance with the legend.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD,
- Zip Code: 20892
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN00992322-W 20060224/060222211757 (fbodaily.com)
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