This Sources Sought Notice is to determine sources for providing PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc | Tri-Carb LSC 4810TR 110 V (equipment) and Extended Warranty Preventative Maintenance services. Refer to items below for information. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement only. The purpose of this notice is to conduct market research and obtain information from qualified businesses. This is not a request for bids, quotes, or proposals. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency. The responses to this announcement will assist in determining the socio-economic set aside if feasible. The Veterans Administration is required by Public Law 109-461 to give first/priority to SDVOSB and VOSB concerns if there should be sufficient firms available to compete under a set aside. If insufficient veteran owned and small business response is received to establish the basis for setting this action aside for other than large business participation then the action will be advertised as full and open competition, in which case, all interested parties responding shall be eligible to bid. Items Item No. Description A481000 Tri-Carb LSC 4810TR Tri-Carb 4810TR standard features include: - SpectraWorks 2: Spectral analysis package that determines optimal counting regions and calculates figure of merit (FOM) - Patented Programmable TR-LSC (Time-Resolved Liquid Scintillation Counting), Background reduction - Auxiliary Spectrum Memory stores rejected counts for analysis - Luminescence detection - QuantaSmart 5.2 software for the Win 10 OS with on-line help - Dynamic Color Correction ensures accuracy of tracking lower energy sample spectra over a wide quench range - 408 large (20 mL) or 720 small (4-7 mL) vial capacity - Cassette loading bi-directional conveyor - Linear 4000 Channel Spectralyzer Multi-Channel Analyzer (MCA) - Electrostatic controller - Group PrioStat interrupt mode allows priority samples to be added on the- fly - Automatic single label Direct Disintegrations Per Minute (DPM) with Ba-133 External Standard - Built-in computer with Win 10 64-bit OS 4 GB RAM and 250 GB hard disk 3 high speed USB Ports and Dual Gigabit Ethernet support Power Requirements: 100-240 V, 50/60 Hz, 3-prong grounded plug Dimensions: Width 103 cm, Depth 81 cm, Height 47 cm Product Weight: 217 kg Warranty: Includes PerkinElmer 1 Year Warranty (extended warranties available) 7005451 4810TR S-D Labeled DPM Features and Benefits: Varisette: Provides the ability (both through Hardware and Software) to use small vials and large vials even within the same protocol The Varisette Starter Kit is composed of: - 1 bottle of ULTIMA Gold 1L, 25x glass 20mL vials with foil-lined caps + 25x plastic 20mL vials with PE caps 2 mixed trays, 40x glass 7mL vials with caps + 40x plastic 7ml vials with caps. 1 mixed tray. Total = 50x glass and plastic capped 20mL vials and 40x glass and plastic capped mini-vials - 4 Boxes of cassettes (2 boxes large vial, 2 boxes small vial, including the stickers for identifying the type and number of cassette) - 1 large vial cassette - 1 small vial cassette Dynamic color-corrected single and dual label DPM: Corrects for differential quenching effects in multi-labeled samples Luminescence Detection and Correction: Removes interference from luminescence by detecting and recording only the chance coincidence (unwanted luminescence) events. These luminescence events are then subtracted from the total counts Item is an open market item 6008500 Unquenched LSC standards, 20ml vials 7009002 New Instrument Online Training & Support N0209810 Installation I REGDELRRD Regular Delivery RRDA481000POS1 Extd Wty+1PM-TRI-CARB 4810TR This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. Interested parties submitting a response to this inquiry must include the following information: name and address of company; business size (large or small); identify applicable socioeconomic categories and any pertinent information which demonstrates firms ability to meet the above requirement. All responses shall be submitted no later than July 17th, 2018 at 4:30 PM EST. Responses shall be emailed to: [email protected].

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