SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Carl Zeiss AxioExaminer D1 Fixed Stage Upright Microscope.
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 333314
— Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211 - MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- SS3031866
- Point of Contact
- Mario D. Gray, Phone: 3014352238
- E-Mail Address
-
Mario.Gray@nih.hhs.gov
(Mario.Gray@nih.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- I. Introduction and Purpose: This is a ‘Notice for Sources Sought' for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10-Market Research, and, is supplemented with additional information. This is not a solicitation and request for proposals, proposal abstracts, and quotations. This is not an invitation for bids. This Government Issuing Agency and Contracting Office, on behalf of the Government Requiring Agency, seeks to obtain information regarding the interest and capability of any qualified business source to successfully meet the Government's requirements described in this notice. II. Business Interest and Capability: The purpose of this ‘Sources Sought Notice' is to allow any interested and capable business to identify itself and its capabilities. Thus, the Government is seeking capability statements from capable businesses including, but not limited to, the following types: 8(a), Veteran-Owned Small Business, Services-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business and Large Business. A business shall use its capability statement to demonstrate that: 1. The business possesses the capabilities to successfully meet the Government's requirements described in this notice; and, 2. The business is competitive in terms of quality, delivery, and market prices. Based on the business responses received, or not received, to this notice, the Government's requirements may be solicited as a 100% Full-and-Open Competition or a type of set-aside. III. Background: The Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology uses high-power microscope systems to conduct scientific research. High-power microscope systems allow for the control elements for focus drive, stage drive and condenser drive, selection of visible or infrared light, for adjusting the field iris diaphragm, the regulation of light intensity and for all contrast techniques in transmitted-light are positioned at the very front of the stand to minimize vibration and easy access to preserve manipulators and patch equipment. IV. Scope: The Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology requires a Carl Zeiss AxioExaminer D1 Fixed Stage Upright Microscope to Conduct Scientific Research. The aforementioned Carl Zeiss Microscope allows for the control elements for focus drive, stage drive and condenser drive, selection of visible or infrared light, for adjusting the field iris diaphragm, the regulation of light intensity and for all contrast techniques in transmitted-light are positioned at the very front of the stand to minimize vibration and easy access to preserve manipulators and patch equipment. V. Specification Requirements and Item Description: The business shall demonstrate detailed knowledge, skill and abilities regarding the specification requirements as follows: - Carl Zeiss AxioExaminer D1 Fixed Stage Upright Microscope to Conduct Scientific Research: Fixed Stage MicroScope Axio Examiner D1 for Brightfield, Oblique Illumination IR/VIS DIC, EPI Fluorescence. The business shall be able to provide the items according to the specification requirements: salient physical, functional, and performance characteristics, as follows: - Stand Equipment: Axio Examiner.D1 Upper Bdy Axio Examiner Lower Body Manual BP 750-790; DMR 32mm Objective Turret 2x M27 DIC Eyepiece PL 10x/23 Br foc Condsr Carrier f/ Axio Examiner Dust protection set for Axio Examiner - Epi-Fluorescence Equipment: FL Light Train man 5x f/Examiner D1 Z1 Shutter Manual f/Examiner Diaphragm Slider man w/ Luminous Field Illumination system Colibri.2 LED module 470nm Colibri.2 LED-module 540-580nm Colibri.2 Beam combiner 490 nm Holder for beam combiner FL Filter Set 56 HE GFP+DsRed Shift Free Reflector Module FL EC P&C 12V 100W halogen illuminator Lamphousing 12V/100W w/ Collector Extension cable 2m for HAL 100/ LED Halogen lamp 12V 100W GY6.35 Power supply, external - Optical Equipment: Condsr Achr Apl 0.9 H/DIC oblique illum Condsr Prism DIC II/0.9 Polarizer Senarmont DIC VIS/IR Analyzer Module P&C D f/ IR-DIC 770mm W Plan-Apo 20x/1.0 DIC VIS-IR WD=1.8 M27 DIC Slider W PA 20x/1.0 III 75 Senarmont C-Mount Adapter 60N C 1" 1.0x Binoc phototube 20/20 zoom 0.5-4x - X,Y Translator for Microscope: MXMS-125CR-40-K5, XY Translator VI. Period of Performance: Delivery Within: 30 Days After Receipt of Order. VII. Response: 1. Any interested and capable business shall submit its capabilities statement tailored to this ‘Sources Sought Notice'. The capabilities statement shall clearly define the interested business' capabilities using an Adobe PDF or Microsoft Office document which limited to 15 pages total. Any interested and capable business shall ensure that its response is accurate, complete, and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to assess the business' capabilities. The interested business' capabilities statement shall include the interested business' accurate and complete DUNS Number, Legal Business Name, "Doing Business as Name", Physical Address, Point of Contact Information, applicable North American Industry Classification System Code, Type of Business, and Business Size. Responses shall be submitted ONLY to Mario.Gray@nih.hhs.gov by the closing date of this ‘Sources Sought Notice'. 2. Respondents who believe that they are manufacturers or authorized resellers of the items specified in this announcement must provide as part of their response: 1. product, catalog, model, and/or part number(s); 2. product description(s); 3. all relevant information and documentation that the item(s) offered meet(s) the specification requirements: salient physical, functional, and performance characteristics, as specified in the specification requirements and item description section; 4. quantity; 5. estimated price or cost; 6. shipping, handling, and/or installation charges; and, 7. delivery date after receipt of order. VIII. Legal Considerations: The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of a response or to provide feedback to a response to this ‘Sources Sought Notice". This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or order to a respondent to this notice or pay for the information provided by a respondent to this notice. A respondent whom provides classified, confidential, proprietary, or/and sensitive information, does so entirely at its own risk and without the Government being subject to liability. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by any respondent for any purpose the Government deems appropriate and lawful. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by any respondent for any later announcement, notice, solicitation or/and synopsis.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
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