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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MARCH 25, 2016 FBO #5236
SPECIAL NOTICE

66 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Opera QEHS High Throughput Confocal Imaging, PerkinElmer - Minimum Essential Characteristics

Notice Date

3/23/2016
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Attn: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014, Maryland, 21702-5014, United States
 

ZIP Code

21702-5014
 

Solicitation Number

W81XWH16-T-0135
 

Archive Date

4/12/2016
 

Point of Contact

Lisa M. Zarick, Phone: 3016192336
 

E-Mail Address

lisa.m.zarick.civ@mail.mil
(lisa.m.zarick.civ@mail.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This attachment includes the Minimum Essential Characteristics for the required imaging system This notice announces the intent by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) in support of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) to negotiate solely (as prescribed in FAR 13.106(b)(1)(i)) with PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., 710 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT 06484-4794, for the award of a firm-fixed price commercial Purchase Order for brand-specific items that represent an upgrade to an existing Opera Excitation High Sensitivity (QEHS) High Throughput Confocal Imaging reader from 1.8 to Opera 2.0, which the Government already owns. The existing Opera Imaging system utilized by the Molecular Translational Sciences (MTS) at USAMRIID is six (6) years old and is currently screening 28-42 96-well Plates/day (while running 24/7) both fixed and pseudo-type live assays. This is the maximum throughput of the system and is only achieved by simultaneous and parallel acquisition of up to 4 colors. While the current system is interfaced to a robot feeding the Opera, the researchers at USAMRIID sometimes fall behind by as much as two (2) weeks. Another bottle-neck is inadequate data storage; the current system has limitations in acquiring large number of images per well. As screening for small molecules against the viruses/bacteria has become top priority for the MTS department, the current Opera imaging system requires upgrading to screen large libraries for antiviral/bacterial compounds. The specific PerkinElmer product required for this upgrade is unique among high content screening devices in its ability to perform all of the tasks required. Although a variety of high content screening devices are available on the market, only the PerkinElmer product offers the level of image resolution (250 nM and pixel size of 110 nM). This is achieved through the use of an automated water immersion system for objective lenses up to 60X, which increases resolution substantially by avoiding index of refraction mismatch. Based on the market research completed by USAMRIID, all other vendors offer only air-interface objective lenses with a maximum magnification of 60X. The PerkinElmer product is also the only product of its kind to utilize semi-conductor laser illumination with spinning disk-type confocal image acquisition via simultaneous detection by three separate high quality CCD cameras. This equipment is required to screen large numbers of plates for several currently funded projects. A delay in acquiring this equipment will put these projects significantly behind schedule. See the attached document for the complete list of Minimum Essential Characteristics for this acquisition. Therefore, for the reasons cited above, the required QEHS High Throughput Confocal Imaging system manufactured by Perkin Elmer is the only item that will meet the Government's need. Furthermore, market research and direct communication with manufacturer has revealed that the items included in the list below are only available from the manufacturer directly. Therefore, the Government intends to purchase these items directly from PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., on a sole source basis. (Catalog Number/ Description) HH10001109: Opera 2.0 Hard/Software upgrade for QEHS (qty: 1) HH10000913: Opera LED Transmission Upgrade (qty: 1) HH10111012: Camera Lens Opera QEHS Lx Cam 1+2 Lens (qty: 1) HH10010008: Mechanical shipping lock CCD 2+3 (qty: 1) HH10111016: Z Adjustment Adapter Camera (qty:1) HH10111017: Retaining ring (qty: 1) HH10900206: ASSY Opera detection Dichro (510/568) (qty: 1) HH10031068: Grundplatte Cube 405_640-V2 (qty:1) HH10140013: Cable set LBC cube405 (qty: 1) HH10031136: MODT laser CUBE 405-100C (qty: 1) HH10031006: Eccentric Shutter Assembly (qty: 1) HH10140006: Cable set LBC Non-configuration specific (qty: 1) HH10120001: Filter positioner Nipkow-sliderTPD7 MODA (qty: 1) HH10000301: Opera Primary Dichroic 405 488 (qty: 1) HH10000303: Opera Primary Dichroic 405 561 640 (qty: 1) HH10000304: Opera Primary Dichroic 405 488 561 640 (qty: 1) HH10031145: Sapphire 561-150 CW OEM Laser Head (qty: 1) HH10031142: Sapphire OEM USB Controller LP (qty: 1) HH10031043: Adapter Controller Sapphire + OPS (qty: 1) HH10031139: Sapphire561 mounting parts (qty: 1) HH10000402: Opera Filter CCD 1 450 50 (qty: 1) HH10000404: Opera Filter CCD 1 520 35 (qty: 1) HH10000406: Opera Filter CCD 1 543 22 (qty: 1) HH10000408: Opera Filter CCD 1 565 40 (qty: 1) HH10000506: Opera Filter CCD 2 543 22 (qty: 1) HH10000511: Opera Filter CCD 2 650 40 (qty: 1) HH10031134: Laser Cube 640-100C (qty: 1) HH10030009: 640nm Laser clean up Upgrade set (qty: 1) HH10000608: Magnification Unit OPERA 4 A (qty: 1) The following installation services are also required for this acquisition: HH10910023: Opera 2.0 Instr Softwr Upgr Installation HH10910024: Opera 2.0 Transmission Upgr Installation The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 334516 and the size standard is 1,000 employees. This announcement constitutes the only notice by the government; a written solicitation will not be issued. All sources that believe they are eligible to provide these items must respond in writing. Responses must be supported with clear and convincing evidence to clearly articulate the ability to provide the items outlined above. A request for documentation will not be considered an affirmative response. This Special Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government. If no written responses are received by the date listed below, which reflects 5 calendar days after the publication of this notice, the purchase will be awarded without further remark. All questions and responses concerning this notice shall be emailed to Ms. Lisa Zarick at lisa.m.zarick.civ@mail.mil. Interested concerns must identify their capability in writing to the above e-mail address or by mail to the address listed below no later than 9:00 am ET, Monday, 28 March 2016. Contracting Office Address: US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, ATTN: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014 Point of Contact: Lisa Zarick
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/USAMRAA/DAMD17/W81XWH16-T-0135/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), BLDG 1425 Porter Street, Fort Detrick, Maryland, 21702, United States

Zip Code: 21702
 

Record

SN04060403-W 20160325/160323235857-683128e757e95adc103637a98752ef72 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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