SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- DIATOME US JOINT VENTURE 3VIEW DIAMOND KNIVES
- Notice Date
- 1/12/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 339112
— Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- 2402765
- Archive Date
- 2/2/2012
- Point of Contact
- Hunter A. Tjugum, Phone: 3014358780
- E-Mail Address
-
hunter.tjugum@nih.gov
(hunter.tjugum@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for a proposal. A solicitation document will not be issued and proposals will not be requested. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions (SS/SA) Branch, on behalf of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive basis to Diatome US Joint Venture, 1560 Industry Road, Hatfield, PA, 19440, for the purchase of new 3View Diatome Diamond Knife, 1.5mm (6); Ultra Trim 45 (2); Ultra Diamond Knife, 35deg, 3mm (1); Ultra Diamond Knife, 45deg, 3mm (1); 8.0mm Histo Knife (2); and Ultrasonic 3.0mm Oscillating Diamond (1). NINDS has a requirement to perform Electron Microscopy (EM) to resolve the ultrastructural anatomy of neuronal circuits in order to understand how they perform computations. Because neuronal axon and dendrite morphologies are intertwined in three dimensions, serial block-face scanning electron microscopy (SBEM) is used to repeatedly image the face of a tissue block and then remove the surface of the block with a diamond knife, thereby building up a series of images of the three-dimensional structure of the tissue sample. Ultrathin sectioning using diamond knives is a necessary step along the path to acquiring high-resolution datasets using SBEM. The EM samples will be gathered to perform large-volume 3D reconstructions of neuronal circuits using SBEM. The atomic sharpness of diamond knives acquired by Diatome US Joint Venture will be critical to achieve a repeatable target width of section thicknesses less than 30 nanometers. Diatome US is the sole manufacturer of the 3View diamond knives and has developed a proprietary coating for the surfaces of these knives for use in high vacuum environments. Diatome US Joint Venture is the only reliable source that will satisfy agency requirements. This acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition procedures using FAR Part 12 and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competition Requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing synopsis number 2402765, may be submitted to the NIDA SS/SA Branch electronically to the attention of Hunter A. Tjugum, at hunter.tjugum@nih.gov.
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