Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a vendor to provide a Rodent Behavior System for the Research & Development Service Waddell Laboratory. The system should include sound attenuating chambers, rodent tubes with harnesses, an acoustic startle reflex component, and a fear potential startle accessory. The vendor will be responsible for delivering, installing, and training within 60 days of contract award. The system will be used to test and measure startle reflex and fear conditioning in mice and rats.
• The system must include 4 steel floor sound attuning chambers
• The system must have a db range for noise bursts of 70-120
• The system must have a hertz range for pure tone of 100 Hz-70 kHz
• The system must have watts for electrical stimulation of 0.1 mA-1 mA
• The system must have a high sensitivity load cell of 0-4096 Units, digitized scale
• The system must be capable of handling small, medium, and large animals (mouse to adult rat)
• The vendor must provide a 12-month warranty