SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Automated Slide Scanner
- Notice Date
- 11/17/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- NB643020-18-00265
- Archive Date
- 12/13/2017
- Point of Contact
- Latish Walker, Phone: 3019750474, Grace H. Parker, Phone: 3019752345
- E-Mail Address
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latish.walker@nist.gov, grace.parker@nist.gov
(latish.walker@nist.gov, grace.parker@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FBO ANNOUNCEMENT: PRESOLICITATION NOTICE, NOTICE OF INTENT ACTION CODE: SPECIAL NOTICE CLASSIFICATION CODE: 66 - Instruments and Laboratory Equipment SUBJECT: Carl Zeiss AxioScan ZI, Automated Slide Scanner System SOLICITATION NUMBER: NB643020-18-00265 RESPONSE DATE: November 28, 2017 DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Carl Zeiss, LLC located in Thornwood, NY for an Automated Slide Scanner System Software and Hardware. Sole Source justification is based on the following: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Group (MMRG) conducts research on the development of innovative metrologies and measurement protocols for micro/nano-scale heterosystems analysis. Measurement techniques are used to determine sample composition as well as structural, electronic, and chemical properties of a wide variety of organic, inorganic, and biomolecular systems. To meet mission requirements in support of an inter-agency collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the MMRG needs to replicate an automated particle discovery and particle analysis system that was developed as a pre-prototype proof-of-concept scientific testbed by the DOE. The goal of this effort is to purchase a commercial automated scanner to perform the automated microscopic scanning and image acquisition of the samples under analysis. Specifically, a Carl Zeiss AxioScan ZI will be used in NIST's duplication of the DOE-developed system. Because of the complexity of the overall control system, an exact duplicate of the slide used by NIST-DOE collaborators is needed to ensure proper operation of the entire particle analysis system. DOE has built and tested technology components of the analysis system. However, to ensure validity and quality of data, NIST needs to procure the exact hardware component to assemble a system for NIST use. These requirements are based directly on the capabilities and components known to function with the pre-existing DOE-developed automated particle system. The system consists of the following: AxioScan brightfield system with 5x, 10x, 20x, 40x cover slip corrected objectives and 10x, 20x, and 50x epi-plan Apochromat objectives; a one hundred slide holder magazine with twenty-five, four slide mounting frames for 26x76 mm slides with associated loading tools; a Hitachi HV-F202 camera set, tube module, and c-mount adapter; a Zeiss 55A R2 workstation, Firewire PCIe card, 8 ea. 32 GB of memory, 512 GB SSD, 2 ea. 10 GB PCIe Network adapter, Windows 7, and 27" monitor; ZEN 2.3 SlideScan Hardware License Key; ZEN Software Hitachi License; ZEN Image Analysis License Key; ZEN Advanced Processing Analysis License Key; ZEN Macro Enviroment License Key; ZEN 2.3 Desk License Key; A set of brightfield samples, and calibration slides; and five days of advanced On-Site Training. The system used at DOE is manufactured by Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC and contains hardware and proprietary software components. Since NIST and DOE will be sharing data through collaboration efforts, it is essential that the system purchased is entirely compatible with the DOE system software interface to ensure successful replication of the particle discovery and analysis system based on DOE design. Market research has shown that Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC is the sole company that can provide this equipment and compatible proprietary software to NIST. Given these facts, Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC is the only source reasonably available to provide the required equipment and proprietary software. The resulting purchase order will be a Firm Fixed Price purchase order. The NAICS Code is 334516 with a size standard of 1,000 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties who regard themselves as capable of fulfilling these requirements are invited to submit responses to the Government for consideration. Responses received by 11:00 am EST 11/28/2017, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiry POCs: Latish.walker@nist.gov Primary Grace.Parker@nist.gov Secondary National Institutes of Standards and Technologies NIST Acquisition Management Division (AMD) 100 Bureau Dr. Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, MD. 20899-1640
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