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66 -- LIGHT CYCLER SOL RFQ80214(NR) DUE 092298 POC Marsha Gorham, Purchasing Agent, (301)402-4509 & Todd Cole, Contracting Officer The National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to procure PCR detection equipment from Boehringer Mannheim Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana, in accordance with the simplified acquisition procedures authorized in FAR Part 13. This announcement constitutes a combined synopsis/solicitation, and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation includes all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAR FAC 97-05. A. Requirement The Pediatrics Branch, NCI, uses polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection equipment to identify and characterize a variety of PCR products, and requires the fastest and most advanced equipment available to expand its research studies. Accordingly, it plans to procure a Light Cycler Instrument System from Boehringer Mannheim Corporation that includes the following features: 1) LightCycler instrument; 2) Sample carousel: premounted, removable, with plug-in positions for 32 capillaries; 3) Capillaries: 1.5mm outer diam., 3 cm long, capable of holding 5—20 ul of sample; 4) Microvolume fluorimeter: Rodenstock optics, 3 detection channels of 530, 640, and 710 mm, Stepper motor; 5) LED Light Source; 6) Heating Chamber with heating coil, high speed fan, and cooling body; 7) Specialized software: application-specific with macros; 8) Computer: 266 MHZ Pentium II PC with 32 MB of RAM, 2 MB of VRAM, 4.0 GB hard drive, 3.5", 1.4 MB floppy disk drive, CD-ROM drive, sound card, internal speakers, HP Laser Jet 6P printer with 600 dpi resolution, and MS-DOS and Windows NT systems; 9) Motor: low-maintenance, positions samples over optics; 10)Three-year extended warranty service. The brand/models listed above establish a standard of quality, and NCI will consider offers for these systems and components or their equals. The selected system must also meet the following performance characteristics: 1)Perform amplification and quantification in closed glass capillaries; 2)Perform typical PCR experiments in 30 minutes; 3)Permit data to be monitored through the PC workstation. B. Planned Source Boehringer Mannheim Corporation is the only source known to NCI that can meet these requirements, and this notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, if any interested party believes it can meet the above requirements, it may submit a statement of capabilities. Information must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NCI to determine if the party can fully meet the requirement. Capability statements must be received in the contracting office by 3:00 p.m., EST, on September 22,1998. The Government will exercise its sole discretion to compete or not compete the requirement based upon the responses to this notice. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 09/03/98 (W-SN245371). (0246)

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