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66 -- ENHANCED ULTRARAPID MULTISCAN SPECTROMETER (UMS) SOL NHLBI-HL-P-98-240 DUE 033098 POC Livie V. Spearman, III. & Debra C. Hawkins (301) 435 -- 0366 E-MAIL: hawkins@gwgate.nhlbi.nih.gov, spearmal@gwgate.nhlbi.nih.gov. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute intends to purchase an Enhanced UltraRapid Multiscan Spectrometer (UMS) for the National Institutes of Health that meets the Laboratory of Cell Biology goals of safety, security and equitable distribution of data for the NHLBI. The Enhanced UltraRapid Multiscan Spectrometer (UMS) must be able to perform several hundred experiments, with identical parameters, with less than one (1) second separating experiments. The Enhanced UltraRapid Multiscan Spectrometer (UMS) must utilize a Personal Computer (PC) Windows-based user-interface for control of the experiment to provide: [a] Sample rate versus time; [b] Name of data file; [c] Arming of system; [d] Availability of data The Enhanced UltraRapid Multiscan Spectrometer (UMS) must interface with the optics and analog front-end of an existing UltraRapid Multiscan Spectrometer. The new signal acquisition system must be able to sample ninty-six (96) distinct channels simultaneously with sixteen (16) bit A/D conversion resolution at a sampling rate of at least one-hundred (100) kHz, with a minimum of fourteen (14) effective bits. The Enhanced UltraRapid Multiscan Spectrometer (UMS) must also accept a zero (0) -- ten (10) V peak unipolar input signal, have the ability to store at least one-thousand twenty-four (1024) samples per channel, and allow for a dynamically decreasing sampling rate. This decreasing sampling rate is to be configured by the user prior to the experiment. The lowest effective sampling rate will be forty-eight (48) Mhz. All source code will be provided, as well as documentation for all hardware, software & overall system. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 3826, Size Standard 500 Employees will be used for this requirement. This acquisition is a Small Business Set-Aside. Interested parties should request a copy of the Solicitation Number NHLBI-HL-P-98-240, from the below address: Attention: Livie V. Spearman, III., U.S. Department Of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, Division of Extramural Activities, Contracts Operation Branch, Procurement Section, Rockledge II Centre, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6148, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902. Requests for copies of the solicitation must be in writing & may be requested by FAX (301) 480-3345 and will only be accepted if dated & signed by an authorized company representative. The solicitation will be available ten (10) calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis. The solicitation will be released to all offerors who had requested copies. See Numbered Note No. One (1). (0030)

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