SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- 400 MHZ NARROW BORE NMR SYSTEM
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2008
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 2129, Rockville, Maryland, 20857-0001
- ZIP Code
- 20857-0001
- Solicitation Number
- FDA-SOL-08-1046530
- Point of Contact
- Karen R. Petty,, Phone: 301-827-8774
- E-Mail Address
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karen.petty@fda.hhs.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 FAR Subpart 12.6, simplified acquisition procedures and the resultant purchase order will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular 05-26. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; a written solicitation document will not be issued. This synopsis, NAICS code 334516, is to notify contractors that the government is seeking competition in accordance with FAR Part 13.106 for the following specification, under the simplified acquisition procedures. Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading the solicitation and any amendments. It is the offeror’s responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps website for the release of any amendments to this solicitation. The Government reserves the right to award a contract without discussions, if the Contracting Officer determines that the initial offer(s) is/are providing the Best Value and discussions are not necessary. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking competition for vendors capable of providing the following: a 400 MHz Narrow Bore NMR System. SPECIFICATIONS: 400 MHZ NARROW BORE NMR SYSTEM GENERAL: •PROVIDES THE OPTIMUM CONSOLE CONFIGURATION AND PERIPHERALS FOR A TWO CHANNEL SOLID AND SOLUTION-STATE NMR SPECTROMETER •SUPPORTS A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUIDS, SOLIDS AND MICROIMAGING •PROVIDES TOTAL PULSE SEQUENCE CONTROL AND DELIVERS PRECISELY TIMED RF AND GRADIENT EVENTS ON ANY AND ALL CHANNELS. •COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ALL CONTROLLERS IS BY HIGH SPEED ETHERNET LINK •DIGITAL RECEIVER ENSURE FAST ACCURATE EXECUTION OF ALL RF, GRADIENT AND ACQUISITION EVENTS, PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY NMR DATA FOR LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS APPLICATIONS. RF SYSTEM: •LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS CONFIGURATION PACKAGE EQUIPPED WITH 2 RF CHANNELS WITH PARALLEL CONTROLLERS TO EXECUTE NMR PULSE SEQUENCES WITH PRECISE TIMING ACCURACY •EACH RF CHANNEL CONTROLLER PROVIDES ADVANCED PHASE AND AMPLITUDE PULSE SHAPING CAPABILITY FOR RF AND GRADIENT PULSES. •EACH RF CHANNEL CONTROLLER DELIVERS A TIMING RESOLUTION OF 12.5 NS WITH A 50 NS MINIMUM EVENT TIME FOR RF AMPLITUDE, PHASE AND FREQUENCY MODULATION •PHASE AND AMPLITUDE MODULATED PULSES AND SPINLOCKS CAN BE EXECUTED BACK-TO-BACK WITH NO DELAY BETWEEN THEM •RF GENERATION THROUGH FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZERS •CHANNEL 1 IS HIGHBAND, WITH 1H/19F OBSERVE, SPINLOCK AND DECOUPLE CAPABILITY (AT LEAST 100 W) •CHANNEL 2 IS BROADBAND WITH OBSERVE, SPINLOCK AND DECOUPLE CAPABILITY (AT LEAST 300 W) RECEIVER: •DIGITAL RECEIVER THAT UTILIZES DIGITAL FILTERING TO DELIVER THE HIGHEST SENSITIVITY AND DYNAMIC RANGE WITH UNCOMPROMISED DATA QUALITY ASSURING ARTIFACT-FREE DATA AND FLAT BASELINES UP TO 5 MHZ FEATURES: •SOLIDS/LIQUIDS VARIABLE TEMPERATURE UNIT PROVIDING COMPUTER-CONTROLLED SAMPLE TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT •PNEUMATICS MANAGER THAT MONITORS ALL CRITICAL PNEUMATIC SYSTEMS AND SAFELY SHUTS DOWN WHEN PNEUMATIC PARAMETERS ARE OUTSIDE THE CUSTOMER SELECTED OPERATING RANGE •SPIN SPEED CONTROLLER •REMOTE STATUS MODULE THAT DISPLAYS TEMPERATURE, PULSE, DECOUPLING, ACQUISITION SETTINGS •CAROUSEL AUTOSAMPLER (AT LEAST 9 SAMPLES, INCLUDES ACTUATOR, AND CONTROLLER) HOST COMPUTER AND OPERATING SYSTEM: •DESKTOP PC •CORE2DUO PROCESSOR, AT LEAST 2GHZ •LINUX WS OR WINDOWS XP •AT LEAST 2.0 GB SDRAM MEMORY •19 INCH FLAT PANEL MONITOR •AT LEAST 160GB HARD DRIVE •DVD+/-RW/CD/RW DEVICE SOFTWARE: •PROVIDES ALL DATA ACQUISITION, PROCESSING & PRINTING/PLOTTING CAPABILITIES FOR ALL TYPES OF NMR SPECTROSCOPY: LIQUID PHASE; SOLID PHASE; HYPHENATED FLOW TECHNIQUES; BIOMOLECULAR SOLUTIONS; MICRO-IMAGING; HORIZONTAL IMAGING. •MODERN FULLY FEATURED PULSE SEQUENCES •MACRO SCRIPTING LANGUAGE THAT ALLOWS THE USER TO CREATE CUSTOM COMMANDS, ANALYSES, AND EXPERIMENTS; EVEN TO THE LEVEL OF FULL APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT. NMR MAGNET, 400 MHZ, 54-MM BORE: •PREMIUM SHIELDED PERFORMANCE - PROVIDES REDUCED STRAY FIELD COMPARED TO 'SHIELDED' MAGNETS (5G FIELD AT MINIMUM 60 CM RADIAL AND 120 CM AXIAL FROM MAGNET CENTER) •MODERN FULLY FEATURED PULSE SEQUENCES •SHIM SET DELIVERING OPTIMAL LINESHAPE, ANTIVIBRATION LEGS, HELIUM AND NITROGEN LEVEL METERS MAS SPEED CONTROLLER: •PROVIDES AUTOMATED MAS SPEED CONTROL INCLUDING START, STOP AND ROTOR SYNCHRONIZATION •OPTIONAL MANUAL SPINNING CONTROL, USER SELECTABLE 5MM MULTINUCLEAR BROADBAND OBSERVE PROBE: •DIGITAL TUNING COVERING RANGE OF 15N-31P WITH 1H DECOUPLING •ACTIVELY SHIELDED Z-AXIS GRADIENT •AUTOMATIC TUNING AND MATCHING 3.2MM DOUBLE RESONANCE MAS SOLIDS PROBE: •TUNING RANGE OF 15N-31P, SINGLE COIL, DOUBLY TUNED FOR 1H •24000 HZ MAS 3.2 MM KEL-F SPINNING MODULE •SPIN SENSOR •KIT (INCLUDING: WRENCHES, EXTRACTION TOOLS, SAMPLE PACKING TOOLS, ZIRCONIA ROTOR SLEEVES) ON-SITE TRAINING OFF-SITE TRAINING COMPLETE SYSTEM INSTALLATION, INCLUDING MAGNET ONE-YEAR WARRANTY, PARTS AND LABOR Exact Brand or Equal. FOB: Destination-10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20993. EVALUATION AND AWARD: Award. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and, if necessary conduct discussions with all responsible offerors within the competitive range. The award will be made to the offeror whose proposal conforms to the terms and conditions of the solicitation and award may be made to other than the lowest priced or the highest technically rated offer. Relative importance and trade-offs. The Government will base the determination of best value on performance, and the other evaluation factors identified elsewhere in this solicitation. The determination of best value also considers the relative importance of the evaluation factors. All evaluation factors when combined are approximately equal to cost and price. CCR: Vendors must be registered in the Central Contractor Register (CCR) prior to the award of a contract. You may register by going to www.ccr.gov. You will need your Dun & Bradstreet number and banking information. QUESTIONS DEADLINE: All questions are to be submitted via email to Karen.Petty@fda.hhs.gov. No later than Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 5:00pm EST. QUOTATIONS DUE: All quotations are due, via email to: karen.petty@fda.hhs.gov, No later than 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, August 26, 2008. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The Provision at FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items applies to this solicitation. The following agenda has been attached to this provision: None. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions, Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following agenda has been attached to the clause: None. The clause at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders, Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The following FAR clauses cited are applicable: FAR 52.217-8, FAR 52.222-26, FAR 52.222-35, FAR 52.222-36, and FAR 52.232-33. Clauses and provisions are incorporated by reference and apply to this acquisition. Responses to this notice must be sent via email to Karen.petty@fda.hhs.gov. No phone calls will be accepted.
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