This is a Sources Sought Announcement for The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Intramural Research Program for which the agency is seeking interested vendors to provide the requested equipment. The following items are equipment needed by NIH/NIDA/IRP. Qty 1 - SliceScope Pro 2000 with one Control Cube and One PatchPad - English Transmitted Illumination Source 1 - White Light Source Nosepiece and Objectives 1 - Nosepiece with 10x and 20x Objectives Motorised Objective changer with 10x air objective And 20x air objective Oblique Condenser 1 - Long Working Distance (5.7mm) oblique single position Condenser. Fluorescence Turret and Filter Cubes 1 - Fluorescence turret with space for 6 filter cubes. Comes with filter cubes for GFP. Includes fluorescence adaptor kit to mount to SliceScope Fluorescence Illumination Source 1 - X-Cite 120 System with Iris, with 3m LLG Includes: X-Cite 120 unit with iris, X-Cite 120 lamp module 3mm x 3000mm LLG and Microscope Collimating Adapter Trinoc with Eyepieces and Camera Moun 1 - Trinocular Head - Trinocular head with two eyepieces (one Focusable) and camera mount. Camera 1 - SciCam CCD Camera - Firewire Monochrome Camera; 1/3 Sony CCD Progressive Scan Chip; 1024 x 768 pixels; Up to 30 images per Second; trigger input; Simple Acquisition Software. Included is a 6-pin firewire cable and firewire PCI card. Anti-Vibration Table, Perimeter Enclosure + Faraday Cage 1 - Anti-Vibration System - Anti-Vibration table (36" x 30" x 4") With faraday cage and perimeter enclosure; requires air source with regulator. Estimated Shipping Charges The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 333298, All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing. Interested Small Business concerns should respond with a capability statement no later than June 27, 2012 with length no longer than 10 pages. Capability statements must include a list of available products to include prices. Please reference the sources sought number on all related correspondence. No collect calls will be accepted. Please include Notification No. NIHDA20122713 on all submitted correspondence. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. The Government does not intend to award a contract based on responses under this announcement. Any proprietary information should be so marked. This request is not to be construed as a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted as a result of this request. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any cost associated with submission of the information being requested or reimburse expenses incurred to interested parties for responses to this announcement. Interested organizations presenting a capability statement in response to this sources sought announcement must identify their size status and NAICS Codes Certifications. RESPONDENTS MUST SUBMIT CAPABILITY STATEMENT VIA E-MAIL to Carol Lindsay at
[email protected] no later than June 27, 2012 03:30 PM Eastern Time for consideration. Please include Notification No. NIHDA20122713 on all submitted correspondence.