Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small businesses, including 8(a) small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, woman-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses or HUBZone small businesses capable of providing the following products and service necessary for an upgrade to an existing Carl Zeiss LSM confocal microscope:

Incubation for LSM 800

1. Product# 411857-9020-000 - Incubator PM S1 - Quantity (1) PC
2. Product# 411860-9025-000 - Heating insert P Lab-TekTM S1 - Quantity (1) PC
3. Product# 411860-9010-000 - Temp Module S1 - Quantity (1) PC
4. Product# 411857-9010-000 - CO2 Module S1 - Quantity (1) PC
5. Product# 411857-9050-000 - Heating Device Humidity S1 (D) - Quantity (1) PC
6. Product# 411860-9062-000 - Objective Heater 17.5/25 S1 with oil - Quantity (1) PC
7. Product# 432339-9050-000 - Stage insert Z PIEZO WSB Heating inserts - Quantity (1) PC

Objective for Super Resolution
8. Product# 420782-9900-799 - Plan-Apochromat 63x/1.40 Oil DIC f/ELYRA - Quantity (1) PC
Definite Focus Upgrade
9. Product# 424533-9013-000 - Nosepiece 6x mot H DIC s/Def Foc.2 Upgrade - Quantity (1) PC
10. Product# 000000-1491-298 - Installation Charges
Streaming Computer

11. Product# 000000-2195-723 - Storage and Data Analysis PC 36 TB

Interested small business firms with the capability of providing all of the required products and service shall submit a capability statement to assist the Government in determining in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.502-2(b)whether or not this procurement will be set-aside for any of the programs described above.
The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) code 334516 with a size standard of 1000 employees. All respondents are requested to identify their firm's size and type of business. Interested firms responding to this market survey must provide (a) capability statement demonstrating their experience, skills and capability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. The capability statement shall be in sufficient enough detail, so that the Government can determine the experience and capability of your firm to provide the products above A copy of the capability statement must be received at the contracting office address/designated location: 6710B Rockledge Drive, 1159B, Bethesda, MD 20892 - ATTN: Tina Robinson or sent via email to [email protected] prior to 10:00 a.m. eastern standard time on August 9, 2017. Capability statement must reference solicitation# NICHD-17-137. Submission by email must also reference solicitation # NICHD-17-137 on the subject line of the email. Capability statement/responses by fax will not be accepted. Any questions must be sent via email to [email protected] and must include solicitation# NICHD-17-137 on the subject line of email. Capability statements, etc will not be returned to firm/sender. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information solicited.

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