SOURCES SOUGHT
42 -- EyeLink® 1000 Plus System - Draft Statement of Work
- Notice Date
- 6/6/2017
- 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 Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E128, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- HHSNIHNCISBSSTSB7702-C16
- Archive Date
- 7/1/2017
- Point of Contact
- Mary E. Muir, Phone: 3016248764, C. Timothy Crilley, Phone: (301) 624-8743
- E-Mail Address
-
mary.muir@nih.gov, tcrilley@mail.nih.gov
(mary.muir@nih.gov, tcrilley@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Draft Statement of Work for EyeLink® 1000 Plus System Synopsis: Small Business Sources Sought Notice Number: HHS-NIH-NCI-SBSS-TSB- 77022-C16 Title: - EyeLink® 1000 Plus System This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. This requirement is assigned a code of 423450 in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), and the size standard for such requirements is 200 employees. Your response to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement as a set-aside based upon responses to this Notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties are expected to review this Notice and the draft Statement of Work to familiarize themselves with the requirements of this project; failure to do so will be at your firm's own risk. Background: The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science; educating and training researchers; and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals. To fulfill its mission, NCCIH supports a broad-based portfolio of research, research training, and educational grants and contracts, as well as various outreach mechanisms to disseminate information. In NCCIH's clinical program, they need to be able to monitor physiological arousal and attention, which can be measured with pupillometry and eye tracking. This will allow the investigator to know the exact physiological recording corresponding to each particular stimulus or other input. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is anticipating awarding a fixed-price non-competitive purchase order to SR Research Ltd. of Ontario, Canada for the purchase of an EyeLink® 1000 Plus system as this equipment is the only one found that can be used both remotely and via desktop mounted head stabilization while still meeting the speed and accuracy requirements. Purpose and Objectives: NCCIH requires systems for monitoring, collecting, and analyzing high quality physiological data in response to pain, emotion, and arousal. Pupil dilation is an important physiological measure that can index arousal, attention, and cognitive effort. Pupil and eye tracking data must be collected in a reliable manner and must be simultaneously synched with stimulus presentation. The EyeLink® 1000 Plus is the most flexible video based eye tracker available with its two distinct eye trackers operating with the same software. As a result, accuracy is 0.25-0.5 degrees' average error. The EyeLink® 1000 Plus uses the same hardware in different ways. This will allow NCCAM to conduct flexible experiments that maximize patient comfort without reducing data quality. The EyeLink® 1000 Plus system is completely non-invasive, and is not head-mounted, unlike other eye tracking/pupillometry systems. This will allow NCCIH researchers to record eye data while simultaneously applying pain stimuli. The recording is unobtrusive which will allow NCCIH to measure additional physiological recordings, such as electromyography, electrocardiography, and electrodermal activity, without disrupting eye data and while maximizing patient mobility. The purpose of this Small Business Sources Sought Notice (SBSS) is to identify qualified small business concerns that are interested in and capable of performing the work described herein. On behalf of NCCIH, the NCI does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses received nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted. As a result of this SBSS Notice, the NCI may issue a Request for Quote (RFQ). THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. However, should such a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against NCI shall arise as a result of a response to this Small Business Sources Sought Notice or the NCI's use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement. Project Requirements: The contractor will provide the EyeLink® 1000 Plus system which meets the following specifications:  EyeLink® 1000 Plus Core unit, High Speed Camera, Host PC/Monitor, cabling, 24-month warranty, perpetual technical support - Regional PC power cord: North American.  EyeLink® 1000 Plus - Desktop Mount with 35mm lens and 890 nm Illuminator.  SR Research Head Support, to be used as Chin and/or forehead Rest.  EyeLink® 1000 Plus - Remote Mode Camera Upgrade  SR Research Experiment Builder and Data Viewer Software Bundle with Single USB License Key.  Ultra-Performance Display PC supplied without Monitor (running windows 7 professional 64-bit), Version 4. Regional PC power cord: North American.  Beng 24-inch LED 144 Hz Monitor.  EyeLink® 1000 Plus Installation and Training (including travel expense)  Shipping, Handling, and Insurance. To be deemed capable of satisfying these requirements, offerors must submit a written capability statement that demonstrates it has an eye tracking system capable of meeting the following specifications:  Noninvasive physiological (eye-tracking and pupillometry) monitoring system  Have high-speed eye tracking systems  Completely non-invasive, and is not head-mounted  Ability to record both remotely (increased patient comfort, ease of movement +/- 30 mm horizontally or vertically) and with head stabilization (fine grained precision) without compromising data quality.  Contains two distinct eye trackers operating with the same hardware  Includes a full-featured experiment delivery system that can synchronize stimulus delivery and eye-gaze, visualize data with eye position data overlaid on visual stimuli, and format data easily for statistical analysis. The system can send and receive TTL pulses to synchronize with other experimental apparatus (e.g. pain stimuli or visual stimuli from other software packages. This will allow the researcher to synchronize data presentation with eye gaze and analyze data as a function of the stimulus being presented.  Accuracy is 0.25-0.5 degrees average error  Ability to synchronize stimulus delivery and eye-gaze, visualize data with eye position data overlaid on visual stimuli, and format data easily for statistical analysis. The system can send and receive TTL pulses to synchronize with other experimental apparatus (e.g. pain stimuli or visual stimuli from other software packages).  Sampling rates at 2000 Hz monocular and 1000 Hz Binocular.  System should include the necessary hardware, cables, and stimulus delivery systems for each function. Delivery: Delivery of this purchase is estimated 30 days after award. Other Important Considerations:  Draft Statement of Work: A copy of the draft Statement of Work (SOW), which is subject to revisions, is attached.  Include taxes, shipping and handling/customs fees and special handling instructions.  Include descriptive literature, warranties, and /or other information that demonstrates the ability to meet the above specifications. Capability Statement/Information Sought: Respondents must be qualified and prepare tailored capability statements for all areas in the attached draft Statement of Work. The capability statements will be evaluated based on the information provided in relation to the project requirement and current capability. Information Submission Instructions: 1. Page Limitations: Interested qualified small business organizations should submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement not to exceed ten (10) single sided pages including all attachments, resumes, charts, etc. (single spaced, 12 point font minimum) that clearly details the firm's ability to perform the aspects of the notice described above and in the draft SOW. Statements should also include an indication of current certified small business status; this indication should be clearly marked on the first page of your capability statement, as well as the eligible small business concern's name, point of contact, address and DUNS number. 2. Number of Copies: One (1) electronic copy of the capability statement submitted electronically (via e-mail) to Mary Muir, Contracting Officer. 3. Delivery Point: All capability statements sent in response to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Mary Muir, Contracting Officer, at mary.muir@nih.gov in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by June 16, 2017 at 12:00PM, EST. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. No calls or facsimile transmissions will be accepted. CAPABILITY STATEMENTS RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE AND TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in this 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). Contracting Office Address: 8490 Progress Drive, Suite 400 Riverside Five Frederick, MD 21701 Primary Point of Contact: Mary Muir Contracting Officer mary.muir@nih.gov Phone: 301-624-8764 Secondary Point of Contact: C. Timothy Crilley Contracting Officer tcrilley@mail.nih.gov Phone: 301-624-8743
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 8490 Progress Drive, Riverside 5, Frederick, Maryland, 21701-4998, United States
- Zip Code: 21701-4998
- Zip Code: 21701-4998
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