Cryostat

This solicitation is being issued on an unrestricted basis to allow for full and open competition. The associated NAICS code is 333912. Offerors must be registered in Systems for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov per FAR 52.212.1. All offers must also have a Unique Entity Identification Number at (SAM) at www.sam.gov and be able to submit invoices through Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF). Lack of registration in SAM will qualify contractor as ineligible for award. All responsible sources may submit a quotation in response to this solicitation which shall be considered. The solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) for a firm fixed type contract based on the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable. The Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) intends to award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror. No third party vendors (foreign or domestic) are accepted with NMRC unless otherwise stated.

Description of Equipment

The NTD has a critical need to install a cryostat for tissue sectioning in brain injury studies. The cryostat shall deliver high quality routine results efficiently and shall have features including the following:

Ergonomic/Safety features

•Mechanical handwheel lock

•Optional UV disinfection

•Automatic specimen retraction on return stroke

•Touch screen operation with intuitive software to accommodate multiple users

Cryochamber features

•Chamber cooling to -35°C

•27 cryobar storage positions including 4 quick freeze locations

•Integrated peltier fast freezing device rapidly cools to -57°C ± 3°C

•Programmable and immediate defrost options

Microtome features

•Manual light touch rotary flywheel

•Section thickness from 1μm to 500μm

•Memory function for rapid advance and specimen positioning

•Vertical stroke length of 60mm28mm horizontal feed range

•40μm specimen retraction on return stroke

•XY specimen orientation with 360° z axis rotation