PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT NON-COMPETITIVE Solicitation: HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-NOI-17-627 Title: Procurement of Axio Zoom Microscope INTRODUCTION PURSUANT TO FAR Subpart 5.2-Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions, THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT TO ACTION. THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support Contracts and Simplified Acquisitions Branch (SS/SA) on behalf of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) intends to negotiate and award a contract for the Axio Zoom Microscope with Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC, 1 Zeiss Drive Thronwood, NY, 10594-1939. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 333314 - Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing with a Size Standard of 500 Employees. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses of the Federal acquisition Requlation (FAR) in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-95, January 19, 2017. STATUTORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted as non-competitive under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c) under provisions of the statutory authority of FAR Subpart 6.302-1 - Only one response source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Project Description A mission of LCS is to establish a new understanding towards the mechanisms that originate the heart beat and how heart contractility occurs, how they deteriorate with aging or heart diseases, and ultimately to improve the longevity and quality of life of U.S. citizens. To achieve this long-term goal LCS is using rodents and human hearts. Calcium ion plays a pivotal role in insurgence of heart beating and in contraction movements that allow the blood flow throughout the body. A crucial step in this project is to establish a reproducible protocol to make viable human heart preparations suitable for electrophysiological measurements and calcium imaging. High optical resolution stereoscopic microscope is needed to achieve the goals of the project. Purpose and Objectives This acquisition will allow making of a surgical operations that are the key part of the method developed in LCS to make cardiac preparations from human heart as well the recording of intracellular calcium from sinoatrial node of large animals and humans. Delivery Schedule Within 30 days after receipt of order. CLOSING STATEMENT This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this solicitation must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror's capability of fulfilling the requirement as it relates to the technical evaluation criteria. The price proposal must include the labor categories, an estimate of the number of hours required for each labor category, fully loaded fixed hourly rate or each labor category, breakdown and rationale for other direct costs or materials, and the total amount. Purchase Description: Axio ZoomV16 Salient characteristics: Stereo zoom microscope Axio Zoom.V16is the only product in the market that has on Objective slider S/doc Designed to switch between: 1) The stereoscopic observation position and 2) The axial mode position, providing a parallax-free view of the specimen through the stereo microscope's leftor right observation channel. Axio Zoom.V16 achieves a very high numerical aperture in the medium zoom range and allows to get fluorescence brightness in large object fields up to 70 mm, when competitors provide field of view maximum of 37mm in the same optical range. Axio Zoom.V16 is the only stereoscopic microscope that has adapters that adjust the optical performance of microscope lenses to the numerical resolution of the camera. Adapters optimize relationship between resolution and depth of field across the zoom range. See attached Purchase Description (PD) for further information. In addition the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov." A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be received by Monday, September 25, 2017 at 10AM, Eastern Standard Time, and reference number HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-NOI-17-627. Responses may be submitted electronically to Danielle R. Brown, Contract Specialist, at
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+1 (555) 000-0000 with any questions. PURCHASE DESCRIPTION 1. Statement of Need and Purpose: This acquisition will allow making of a surgical operations that are the key part of the method developed in LCS to make cardiac preparations from human heart as well the recording of intracellular calcium from sinoatrial node of large animals and humans. 2. Background Information and Objective: A mission of LCS is to establish a new understanding towards the mechanisms that originate the heart beat and how heart contractility occurs, how they deteriorate with aging or heart diseases, and ultimately to improve the longevity and quality of life of U.S. citizens. To achieve this long-term goal LCS is using rodents and human hearts. Calcium ion plays a pivotal role in insurgence of heart beating and in contraction movements that allow the blood flow throughout the body. A crucial step in this project is to establish a reproducible protocol to make viable human heart preparations suitable for electrophysiological measurements and calcium imaging. High optical resolution stereoscopic microscope is needed to achieve the goals of the project. 3. Generic Name of Product: Microscope 4. Purchase Description: Axio ZoomV16 5. Salient characteristics: Stereo zoom microscope Axio Zoom.V16is the only product in the market that has on Objective slider S/doc Designed to switch between: 1) The stereoscopic observation position and 2) The axial mode position, providing a parallax-free view of the specimen through the stereo microscope's leftor right observation channel. Axio Zoom.V16 achieves a very high numerical aperture in the medium zoom range and allows to get fluorescence brightness in large object fields up to 70 mm, when competitors provide field of view maximum of 37mm in the same optical range. Axio Zoom.V16 is the only stereoscopic microscope that has adapters that adjust the optical performance of microscope lenses to the numerical resolution of the camera. Adapters optimize relationship between resolution and depth of field across the zoom range. 6. Quantity: One (1) 7. Delivery Date: Within 30 days after receipt of order (ARO)
