This is a pre-solicitation, not a request for a proposal. A solicitation document will not be issued and proposals will not be requested. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Intramural Research Program (IRP) intends to solicit, negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive basis with Coulbourn Instruments 5583 Roosevelt Street Whitehall, PA 18052. The National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Division of Intramural Research in Baltimore, Maryland. The NIDA/Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch, Neurobiology of Relapse Section will implement behavioral testing protocols via a single automated control system. This configurable, modular system meets all behavioral research requirements and complements an existing system in the lab. The system will be used for data acquisition, recording, stimulus presentation, and test sequence and/or experiment control in research related to oribofrontal function. The research in Dr. Schoenbaum lab has been conducted using equipment from Coulbourn Instruments over the past several years. Procuring these additional items will allow us to complement existing equipment already in use. Staff is experienced end-users of this equipment and can train inexperience users to operate it quickly, expanding the number of experiments that can be performed.

1) PCI-3 INTERFACE 1.0 CARD & CABLE
2) SYSTEM CONTROLLER 7
3) HABITEST POWER BASE
4) HABITEST LINC
5) ENVIRONMENT CONTROL BOARD
6) MODULAR TEST CAGE - RAT
7) SHOCK FLOOR FOR H10-11R-TC
8) ASSORTED BLANK PANEL SET- RAT
9) IR CEILING MOUNT ACTIVITY MON
10) Video Surveillance System: SYSTEM CONTROLLER 7 1,495.00 1,495.00 For PC-based DVR/DVS. Includes 2TB Storage Drive
11) DVR 16 CHANNEL COMPUTER BRD
12) DVR 16 CHANNEL INTERFACE
13) 249-249 RC2 72 INCH CABLE AS
14) ULTRA MIN TV CAMERA Includes ONE consolidated 16-channel power supplies

 

The acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition FAR 13 and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competition Requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing Notification No. NIHDA20123996 may be submitted no later than 12:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on July 20, 2012 to NIDA/IRP, Biomedical Research Center, Suite 200, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Room 4A326, Baltimore, MD 21224, ATTN: John Johnson, [email protected].

 

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