SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Inductively-coupled plasma analyzer
- Notice Date
- 9/9/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NHLBI-SS-CSB-EB-2013-290-JES
- Archive Date
- 9/27/2013
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Swift, Phone: 3014350358
- E-Mail Address
-
Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov
(Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. 1. Background: The Trans-NIH Biomedical Engineering and Physical Science (BEPS) Shared Resource supports NIH intramural scientists through the development and application of advanced technologies for basic and clinical research. BEPS requires a sensitive, inductively-couple-plasma optical-emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) analyzer to quantify trace metals in specimens, such as excised cancerous tissues. This is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic metal-containing molecules and nano-materials to the tissues, in order to develop more effective methods. 2. Purpose and Objectives: The Biomedical Engineering and Physical Shared (BEPS) Resource provides collaborative scientific support to scientists throughout the NIH IRP. To further this work BEPS requires an inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) analyzer to detect trace metals in materials and specimens, and in particular in nano-materials where sample volumes are very small and some metals are present in very low concentrations. Therefore, the highest possible sensitivity (lowest detection limit) for trace metals is required. 3. Project Requirements: General Specifications: • ICP axial viewed optical emission spectroscopy (OES) • mass flow control (MFC) nebulizer gas • 5 channel pump • true simultaneous measurement of analytes with full wavelength coverage • concentric glass nebulizer • nitrogen purge pump • water chiller • autosampler with metal-free liquid flow path • software providing fitted background correction, the ability to monitor results at two or more wavelengths for each element, ability to measure the full Echelle spectrum in less than 1 second Specific Requirements: • axial only ICP design (i.e., not dual axial-radial) • sealed CCD detector with 1 million pixels • detector able to read over 30,000 wavelengths • simultaneous (rather than sequential) measurements of all wavelengths in one exposure • no moving optical parts with one focal plane, one grating, one cross-dispersing CaF prsim • cooled cone plasma interface with argon counter flow that does not require shear gases • fast warm up (achieves detection limit performance within 10 minutes) • continuous wavelength coverage from at least 167 nm to 785 nm • analytical linearity of at least 5-6 orders of magnitude (without requiring the sample to be analyzed twice) and with the ability to use alternate wavelengths that are measured simultaneously • concentric glass nebulizer design • fitted background correction • time resolved data collection, allowing simultaneous analysis of hundreds of wavelengths across the entire spectrum at one point in time • method detection limits (MDLs) of 1 ppb for As, Se, Tl, Pb, and Sb using less than 3 mls of sample 4. Anticipated delivery date: Delivery within 30 days of award. 5. Other important considerations: None 6. Capability statement/Information sought: Responses must directly demonstrate the company's capability, experience, and ability to provide resources to effectively and efficiently perform the objectives described above and include an outline of previous or similar projects so that the Government can perform a proper evaluation of the company's capability. Information regarding respondents': (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information; The written response to this notice should consist of the following items: a. Company Name. b. Company DUNS number. c. Company point of contact, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and website address d. Name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a company point of contact who has the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with government representatives e. Date submitted. f. Applicable company GSA Schedule number or other available procurement vehicle. g. Do you have a Government approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved the system. h. Type of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.) as validated via the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). All respondents must register in the System for Award Management located at http://www.sam.gov. i. Not to exceed 20 singled-sided pages (including all attachments, resumes, charts, etc.) presented in single-space and using a 12 point font sized minimum, that clearly details the ability to perform the aspects of the notice described above. All proprietary information should be marked as such. Statements should also include an indication of current certified business status; this indication should be clearly marked on the first page of your capability statement (preferably placed under the eligible business concern's name and address). Responses will be reviewed only by NIH personnel and will be held in a confidential manner. 7. Information Submission Instructions: Submit 1 electronic copy to Jennifer Swift, Contract Specialist at Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov by 3:30PM EST on September 12, 2013 Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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