The Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 6 Network Contracting Office (NCO) is conducting Market Research on behalf of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Durham, North Carolina through this sources sought notice to help determine the availability of qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), or Small Businesses (SB) to provide the Intellicage System a housing structure for animal testing. The requirement will expand the animal housing and behavioral testing facility. It is a unique animal housing solution that allows for automated monitoring of animals and their cognitive behavior in social groups, a higher level of animal welfare, with minimal levels of stress to the animals, and a reduction of routine work for technicians and scientists. E-290000-IC-1 10300 Main Controller Unit for 4 1 EA Conditioning Corner E-290000-IC-110421 For authorization of Intellicage 1 EA software. Notebook w/RS 422 interface and slot for optional CAN interface. For up to 8 cages / 32 conditioning corners configured and ready for use. E-290000-IC-10411 External Monitor 1 EA E-290000-IC-1 10500 Cabling and tube 1 EA set Mouse containing: 2 data cables, long 2 data cables, short 2 air tubes, short 2 air tubes, long 1 connecting air tube 1 9-pin serial cable Required: 1 Cabling and tube set per cage. E-290000-IC-2 20600 Designer software including: 1 EA Experimental files designs experiments in the IntelliCage. Required: 1 Designer software per system. Including Experimental file "Spatial Learning" complete with tutorial. Experimental file "DRL" (Differential Reinforcement of low Rate) Experimental file "Fixed Ratio" complete with tutorial. e-290000-IC-2 20100 Controller 1 EA software manages IntelliCage experiments. Required: 1 Controller Program per system e-290000-IC-2 20300 Analyzer software 1 EA prepares experimental data for analysis. Required: 1 Analyzer software per system e-290000-IC-550300 50300 Food grid 2 EA e-290000-IC-5 50400 Mouse house, red 8 EA e-290000-IC-5 50500 Drinking bottle with silicone seal Mouse 16 EA e-290000-IC-5 50600 Bottle cap Mouse 16 EA e-290000-IC-5 50100 Cage body, Type 2000 2 EA E-290000-IC-5 50100 Cage body, Type 2000 2 EA E-290000-IC-6 60400 Transponder ISO Yellow 100 EA E-290000-IC-5 50705 Transponder Injector 2 EA E-290000-IC-5 50800 Transponder Hand Reader 2 EA E-290000-IC-5 50900 Conditioning Corner Cleaning set containing: 1 EA cleaning brush wash bottle 2x cleaning stripe E-290000-IC-S SB SocialBox tracks animals passing a tube 1 EA Connecting IntelliCage to an outside compartment, including: acrylic tube w/2 RFID antennas Animal Identification Type 3 cage body with hole and food grid cabling set E-999901-12-0 03 Installation / 1 EA Instruction / initial Training on-site, including all travel costs System installation System instruction Initial training Application training (remote or on-site) can be ordered separate E-999901-12-2 25 Application Training 1 EA Remote 4 hours User oriented training / follow-up training. Requirements: Fast internet connection with access to your system Microphone & speakers or a headset E-290000-IC-1 10200 Conditioning Corner MOUSE including: 4 EA 2 step-motor driven doors 2 lactometers 2 light-beam sensors for nose-poke detection 1 temperature sensor for presence detection 2x3 multicolor LED-indicators 1 air-blow valve 1 RFID antenna Required: 4 Conditioning Corners per cage. All listed items must be 100% compatible with Intellicage Systems in fit and form. The capability statements received from this market research are for planning purposes only and will assist the Government in planning its acquisition strategy. This is strictly market research and the Government will not entertain questions concerning this market research. The Government will not assume any costs incurred by the contractor in the preparation of responses. All responses shall be submitted in writing no later than March 3, 1:00 pm EST to the attention of: Nicole O. Stewart, VA Medical Center, 27 Averill Avenue, Hampton, VA 23667. E-mail address:
[email protected].