SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCIENTIST
- Notice Date
- 8/4/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Contracts Management Branch, 6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 7A07, MSC7510, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7510
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7510
- Solicitation Number
- NICHD2009056-R
- Archive Date
- 8/19/2009
- Point of Contact
- Tina Robinson, Phone: 301-443-7796
- E-Mail Address
-
tr207f@nih.gov
(tr207f@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) have a requirement to procure professional services of a Magnetic Resonance (MR) Scientist who has an expertise in the areas of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) physics as applied to the characterization of porous media, polymers and soft tissues primarily brain and spinal cord tissues. This is a Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541990 and the small business size is $6.5M. The contractor will develop advanced multiple pulsed-field gradient (PFG) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) sequences designed to run on our Bruker MRI scanner. Sequences will be developed and used on a variety of specimen, including fixed brain and spinal cord tissues, organotypic cultured tissue and synthetic biomimetic MR phantoms, such as packs of cylinders and spheres, gel-based systems and polymer phantoms. The object of these experiments will be to vary the length scale probed and the diffusion times in predictable ways to provide sufficient information with which to extract new and useful microstructural features from these various specimens. These data will generally be provided to other staff for mathematical and computer modeling purposes. The contractor will also be required to perform general maintenance on our Bruker 7T scanner, such as ordering and replacing cryogens, periodically testing the hardware, software and pulse sequences, perform software patches and upgrades and other tests and procedures to ensure that the scanner is operating to its specifications. The contractor will also install and test upgrades to console software and firmware and ensure operability. The Contractor will be collaborating and training other members of the NICHD as well as NICHD collaborators in the use of the Bruker 7T scanner. The Contractor may be asked to work collaboratively with others users in performing quantitative displacement MRI. Contractor must be an MR scientist familiar with methods of MR physics and chemistry related to the characterization and measurement of material properties using MR methods. In particular, the contractor should have experience in developing MR pulse sequences and in performing multiple PFG, NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) and MRI experiments in complex media. The contractor must have sufficient qualifications and have performed advanced scientific research in this or related areas. A PhD in chemistry, MR Physics or Applied Physics is a minimum requirement along with significant experience developing pulse sequences and performing MR and/or NMR diffusion weighted MR experiments using Bruker MRI scanners. Contractor should be familiar with the Paravision 4 environment for MRI pulse sequence programming on Bruker scanners. Contractor should be familiar with advance displacement NMR and MRI methods used in materials sciences and porous media applications and this application in biology and potentially in medicine. Basis for Award: The contract will be awarded to the responsible offeror whose offer fully meets the requirements of the solicitation and provides the best value to the Government. Offerors may request a copy of the Request for Quotation (RFQ) in writing to the Contracting Office Address listed or via email to:robinsti@mail.nih.gov prior to the closing date of this notice or before August 18, 2009 @ 3:00 pm EST. It is anticipated that RFQ NICHD2009056-R will be available fifteen (15) days after the publication date of this synopsis. Receipt of quotations will be due seven (7) days after the release of the RFQ. All requests for quotations must have a valid email address. Email quotations must contain offerors name, address, telephone number and an authorized company representative signature. If you have any question regarding this announcement, please contact Tina Robinson via email. PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive an award, contractor must be registered and have valid certification in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) http://www.ccr.gov
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