SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
- Notice Date
- 6/4/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, 88 CONS/PK, 1940 ALLBROOK DRIVE, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 45433-5309, United States
- ZIP Code
- 45433-5309
- Solicitation Number
- FA8601-10-P-0379
- Point of Contact
- Jessica L. Morgan, Phone: 9375224594
- E-Mail Address
-
jessica.morgan@wpafb.af.mil
(jessica.morgan@wpafb.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Air Force, 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-5344 is preparing to solicit for a firm-fixed price contract for one (each) laser scanning confocal microscope. The contract line items will be firm-fixed price. Proposal equipment shall meet the requirements contained in the specifications below: The instrument supplied should be a laser scanning confocal microscope with maximum ability to filter out noise from samples being imaged. It should include: • at minimum 3 laser lines (405, 488, and 555 nm) • halogen and fluorescent light sources • 2 PMT detectors • a main beam splitter • a variable beam splitter • long pass filters (505, 560, and 585 nm) • at least 5 objectives including: o 10X and 50X air objectives o 20X and 40X water immersion objectives with working distances of at least 2.5 mm, the 40X having a numerical aperture of 1.0 and a working distance of 2.5 mm o 63X oil immersion objective with numerical aperture of 1.4 and a working distance of 0.19 • a motorized Z drive with 25 nm reproducibility that can be fitted with a piezo device for reproducibility down to 1 nm • a touch screen display to control the microscope • motorized 7-objective turret • a stage that automatically lowers when the magnification is changed and returns to the original position once the new objective is in place • true optical zoom, with up to 1500X magnification with no loss in optical resolution • bright field, DIC, and fluorescence optics • user-intuitive software, including ability to do 3D reconstruction and void analysis • PC and monitor • vibration table Delivery for this equipment should be 3-4 months after receipt of order (ARO). FOB Destination. We intend to award this contract sole source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered. The sole source is: Carl Zeiss Microimaging, Inc.One Zeiss Drive Thornwood, NY 10594 At this time no small business set-aside is expected. NAICS Code 333314, Size Standard 500 employees. Refer all questions concerning this synopsis to Jessica Morgan, Contract Specialist, at 937-522-4594, fax at 937-656-1412, or email at jessica.morgan@wpafb.af.mil. An Ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors or potential offerors during the proposal development. The purpose of the Ombudsman is to communicate contractor concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations to the appropriate director or contracting officer. Accordingly, the Ombudsman does not participate in the preparation of solicitations, the evaluation of the proposals, or the source selection process. Therefore, for routine matters on individual solicitations, please contact Jessica Morgan at the above number. When requested, the Ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The Department of Defense (DoD) has determined the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) to be the single DoD registration for contractors who conduct business or who are interested in conducting business with the DoD. Contractors must be registered in CCR prior to award for solicitations issued after 21 May 1998. You may contact CCR at 1-888-CCR-2423, fax at 1-703-696-0213. DUNS/CCR website: http://ccr.edi.disa.mil/ccr/cgi-bin/query.pl.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/88 CONS/FA8601-10-P-0379/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: WPAFB, Ohio, 45433, United States
- Zip Code: 45433
- Zip Code: 45433
- Record
- SN02169380-W 20100606/100604235347-92571592fcbcb3a90ad7cc7c85b66148 (fbodaily.com)
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