THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES - THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND INFORMATION SUBMITTED WILL BE USED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY.

The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) is the Nation's federal health sciences university and is committed to excellence in military medicine and public health during peace and war. We provide the Nation with health professionals dedicated to career service in the Department of Defense and the United States Public Health Service and with scientists who serve the common good. We serve the uniformed services and the Nation as an outstanding academic health sciences center with a worldwide perspective for education, research, service, and consultation; we are unique in relating these activities to military medicine, disaster medicine, and military medical readiness. USU is located in Bethesda, MD on the grounds of the Naval Support Activity Bethesda.

Additional information regarding USU can be found on our website: www.usuhs.mil.

USU has a requirement for a Capillary-Based Nano-Immunoassay Platform

DESIRED SPECIFICATIONS:
•Instrument enables detection and characterization of proteins from complex samples either by size- or charge-analysis
•Provides critical change heterogeneity (for post-translational modification analysis) and size (molecular weight) information.
•Collects up to 96 data points and can sample eight times from the same 5uL sample.
•Provides true quantitation of results upon completion of an experiment.
•In charged-based separation mode, instrument can detect proteins at the low pictogram level and enables the unique detection of protein isoforms utilizing only nanoliter amounts of tests materials.
•Ability to detect multiple protein isoforms using either total or pan-specific antibodies to the target protein.
•A single cycle simultaneously testing 12 samples at a time on the instrument takes between 3-5 hours and a full 8 cycle experiment which takes between 11-19 hours with fully 8 cycle experiment which takes between 11-19 hours with fully analyzed data is available upon completion of the experiment.

If you are interested in this requirement, please answer the following questions:

1. Are the specifications listed above clear?
2. Are you able to quote a capillary-based nano-immunoassay platform that will meet the specifications identified above?
3. If no, what specifications could you not meet?
4. What is the brand name and model number of the equipment you would quote?
5. Is the equipment manufactured by yourself or another company?
6. If the equipment is manufactured by another company, what is the name of the manufacturer?
7. What type of warranty is provided (duration)?
8. Are you able to provide extended warranties? If yes, for how many additional years?
9. Are you able to provide firm-fixed pricing for future maintenance periods (option years)?
10. If yes, how many option years are you able to quote firm-fixed pricing for?
Please provide the following with your submission:
1. Company name and address
2. DUNS Number
3. Socio-Economic Status (Small, SDVOSB, etc.) - Socio-economic status will be verified in SAM.gov.
4. Point of Contact (Name, Email and Phone Number)

All responses are due April 19th and must be emailed to [email protected]. You will receive confirmation that your submission was received by COB April 19th. If you do not receive confirmation, please follow up with the contract specialist.