SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Two Robotic Arm Liquid Handlers
- Notice Date
- 6/10/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory 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
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-14-284
- Archive Date
- 7/2/2014
- Point of Contact
- Megan Ault,
- E-Mail Address
-
megan.ault@nih.gov
(megan.ault@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institutes on Drug Abuse, Station Support Simplified Acquisitions, Introduction: This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this potential requirement is the acquisition of two (2) robotic arms for handling liquid to be used by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Molecular Imaging Branch (MIB). Project requirements: Specifically, the NIMH requires the following: 1. A robot arm must be compact. The desired dimension should be smaller than 16 x 20 x 19 inches (W x D x H). The robotic device must be used inside the lead shielded confined space. Therefore, the smaller the size of the robotic equipment, the better. 2. The robot must be able to communicate stream of data bytes using modern communication protocols. The RS232 communication protocol is preferred. Alternatively, the device must supply other modern communication port to the host computer using either Ethernet protocol (TCP/IP) or USB. 3. Complete suite of instruction set for robot arm must be provided to NIMH scientists and engineers. 4. Telephone support for programming must be provided by the manufacturer of the robotic device. 5. Software package such as DLL (dynamically linked library), header files, and documentation must be supplied to the Government to expedite the programming the robot arm. 6. The DLL and software package must be compatible with Labview programming language. 7. The robot should move with ca. 0.1 mm precision in x direction and y direction and z direction in a three dimensional space. 8. The robot arm needle must be able to pierce silicon septum (2 ~ 3 mm in thickness). 9. The robot must come with syringe pump for liquid handling. 10. The robot must be used with a syringe pump that allows transport of a bolus of liquid (0.1 mL to 10 mL in volume) from one location to another. The syringe pump must have 3 way valve and 10 mL syringe. 11. The robotic device must have a HPLC injection port where the injection needle can inject 0.1 mL to 10 mL of liquid. 12. The robotic device that has digitally encoded position sensor is highly preferred over the one with analog position sensor. 13. The robot must move along x, y, and z axis with adjustable speed. 14. The space that the robotic needle can reach should be large enough for general radiochemistry. Anticipated Period of Performance: It is expected that delivery and installation will be completed within four (4) weeks after receipt of order. Capability statement /information sought: Interested organizations must provide clear and convincing documentation of their capability of providing the item(s) specified in this notice. Interested organizations that believe they possess the ability to provide the required must submit specific documentation of their ability to meet each of the project requirements to the Contract Specialist. Interested organizations must provide their Company Name, DUNS number, Physical Address, and Point of Contact Information. Interested organizations are required to identify their type of business, applicable North American Industry Classification System Code, and size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration. The Government requests that no proprietary or confidential business data be submitted in a response to this notice. However, responses that indicate the information therein is proprietary will be properly safeguarded for Government use only. Capability statements must include the name and telephone number of a point of contact having authority and knowledge to discuss responses with Government representatives. Capability statements in response to this market survey that do not provide sufficient information for evaluation will be considered non-responsive. When submitting this information, please reference the solicitation notice number. All responses to this notice must be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer. Facsimile responses are NOT accepted. All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Megan Ault, Contract Specialist, at megan.ault@nih.gov in MS Word format by or before the closing date of this announcement. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. The response must be received on or before June 17, 2014 by11:00 AM (EDT). Note: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a presolicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. The solicitation release date is pending. The Government intends to negotiate a fixed-price purchase order. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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