SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Request for Information - EVO200
- Notice Date
- 8/28/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- EVO200
- Archive Date
- 8/27/2016
- Point of Contact
- Wanda Harper, 301-619-8094
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
(wanda.harper@amedd.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- General Information: This is an RFI as defined in FAR 15.201(e) to ascertain whether a commercial item exists that provides the capabilities described herein. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI will be treated as business confidential information. Nonetheless, submitters should properly mark their responses if the information is confidential. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expense associated with responding to this RFI. RFI Response and due date: 4 Sep 2015, by 12:00 P.M. EST. Instructions to Responders: Responses from all capable and qualified sources are encourgaged to respond to this request. White papers should adhere to the following formatting and outline instructions: 1. All submissions shall be made electronically and be in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF. 2. Cover Page (1page) Title Organization Responders technical and administrative points of contact (names, addresses, phone, fax number and email addresses) Topic area(s) addressed 3. Completed Attachment 1, and Attachment 2. Please note that the response shall provide sufficient technical data to determine how you fully meet the requriements as specified in Attachment 2. Please note that responses are due no later than 4 Sep 2015, 12:00 PM EST. The preferred method of submission is via email. The point of contact for this action is Wanda Harper, Contracting Officer, Email: wanda.g.harper2.civ@mail.mil. Only electronic responses are requested. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. It is the responsibility of any potential offeror to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Background/Overview: The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) Department of Discovery, Experimental Therapeutics Branch, Military Malaria Research Program in Silver Spring, MD, is responsible for performing six high-throughput in vitro assays for drug discovery against malaria, drug-resistant bacteria, and leishmaniasis. Drug discovery and development for antiparasitic disease requires automation to find the few compounds that meet the needs for drug development. WRAIR is seeking to purchase two Tecan Freedom EVO Liquid Handling platforms from Tecan US. Tecan U.S.is the sole distributor of the Tecan Freedom EVO 200 Liquid Handling platform, and this is the only model that can process all six in vitro assays. ET has conducted research over the past seven years and has established and validated all six in vitro assays on the Tecan Freedom EVO 150. The Tecan Freedom EVO 200 is the next generation platform and it shares the same highly-specialized software (EVOware) as the Tecan Freedom EVO 150. Since both platforms utilize the same software, ET can easily transfer all of its programs with little or no interruption. The only difference between the Tecan Freedom EVO 150, and the Fredom EVO 200 is that the 200 model has a much larger platform, which will greatly increase the throughput of every assay.
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