Contracting Officer (90C), Department of Veterans Affairs, North Texas Health Care System, 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX 75216

66 -- FACSCAN FLOW CYTOMETER UPGRADE SOL 549-157-97 DUE 091697 POC David Hill, Contracting Officer, (214) 302-7522This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for the purchase of a commercial item. This notice is prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The announcement constitutes the only solicitation and is issued as an Invitation for Bids (IFB). A written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. This VA Medical Center contemplates a sole source award to Becton Dickinson (BD) Immunocytomety Systems for the purchase -- to include FOB destination delivery, applicable installation, minimum one year warranty, and one day on-site operator training -- for the following: (1) One each FACSloader for FACSCalibur flow cytometry system, part number 34013300, to include: (a) FACStation compatible worklist manager software, (b) 4 loader carousels (40 tube capacity per This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for the purchase of a commercial item. This notice is prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The announcement constitutes the only solicitation and is issued as an Invitation for Bids (IFB). A written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 90-46. This VA Medical Center contemplates a sole source award to Becton Dickinson (BD) Immunocytomety Systems for the purchase -- to include FOB destination delivery, applicable installation, minimum one year warranty, and one day on-site operator training -- for the following: (1) One each FACSloader for FACSCalibur flow cytometry system, part number 34013300, to include: (a) FACStation compatible worklist manager software, (b) 4 loader carousels (40 tube capacity per carousel -- 12x 75mm tubes), (c) 8MB RAM for Macintosh keypad control, (d) Safety Interlock cover, (e) On-Site support; (2) One each FACScan Flow Cytometer upgrade, part number 34014050, consisting of: (a) Power PC Macintosh 7600 with 40MB RAM, 2MB VRAM, 256K Level 2 Cache, 1.2GB Hard-Drive, 4X Internal CD-ROM, built-in 10-BaseT Ethernet and thin-coax transceiver, (b) 17 inch Multisynch Color Display, (c) Postscript Level 2 Ethernet Laser printer, (d) CellQuest ModFit LT FACSComp and FACSConvert Software, (e) FACStation CD-ROM tutorial, (f) DNA Application Upgrade Kit and Modem kit, (g) BD PAC Interface and Software drivers and BD Design Mouse Pad; (3) One each FACScan Interface Kit, part number 34010680; (4) One each CONSORT File Exchange file translation software, part number 34010730, (5) One each FACStation for Offline Analysis, part number 34014070, to include: (a) CD-ROM self tutorial, (b) Power PC Macintosh 7600 with 40MB RAM, 2MB VRAM, 256K Level 2 Cache, 1.2GB Hard Disk and 4x Internal CD-ROM Drive, built-in 10BaseT Ethernet and thin-coax transceiver, (c) 20 inch Multisynch Trinitron Color Display, (d) Postscript Ethernet Color printer, (e) CellQuest ModFit LT and FACSConvert Software, (f) FACStation CD-ROM tutorial, (g) DNA Application Upgrade Kit, (h) BD Design Mouse Pad, and (i) On-Site Support; (6) Three each FWB 230MB Magneto-Optical Drive with seek time of 35 msec and transfer rate of 1.8MB/sec, part number 34010591, to include: (a) Half Height 230MB Mechanism, (b) Optical Disk Cartridge, (c) HDT Software Terminator and all manuals and cables; (7) Three each Attractors Software, part number 340140220 for batch analysis and classification of multi-color data; (8) Three each SimulSet Software for automated lymphocyte phenotyping, part number 34014150, cleared for in-vitro diagnostic use; and (9) Three each Paint-A-Gate Software for FACStation, part number 34014230, for off-line multidimensional data analysis; (10) Two each MultiSet Software for color analysis, product number 34014361. All products contained herein shall be year 2000 compliant or if non-compliant, shall be upgraded to year 2000 compliant prior to the earlier of (i) the earliest date on which the information technology may be required to perform date/time processing involving dates later than December 31, 1999 or (ii) December 31, 1999. Delivery date of the items will be 60 days from the date of receipt of an awarded delivery order. Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions at 52.212-1, 52.212-2, and 52.212-3 apply to receipt of offers and are hereby incorporated by reference. Further, FAR clauses 52.212-4 and 52.212-5, as applicable, will apply to an awarded contract and are also included in this notice by reference. FAR clause 52.227-19, Commercial Computer Software -- Restricted Rights and 52.249-8, Default are added as addenda and are hereby incorporated by reference. These provisions and clauses are available on the Internet Web at http://www.arnet.gov/far or may be obtained from the Contracting Officer by faxed request through (214) 372-7066. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Those interested parties who are able to supply the requested items are encouraged to submit their sealed bids along with FAR 52.212-3, "Offeror Representations and Certifications." Since this is not a request for proposals, only written offers for the specified products will be accepted. Offers must be sealed, must reference the solicitation number and must be sent to the attention of the Contracting Officer to be received prior to September 16, at 2:00 p.m. local time for Dallas Texas. (0248)

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