Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking a pipetting robot for the Translational Analytical Core. The robot should be a fully automated liquid handling system using electronic pipettes and have a wide portfolio of adaptable devices for automated heating, shaking, etc. The system will be used to automate ELISA immunoassays for multiple users/groups at NIDA-IRP. The contract will be a firm fixed-price award, and the Government intends to award the contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government.
Some key features of the required system include:
• Fully automated liquid handling system using electronic pipettes
• Benchtop friendly, with maximum dimensions: 108cm W X 61cm H X 27cm D
• Liquid handling capabilities with a dynamic range of 0.2 μL to 10 mL for single and multi-channel pipettes
• Can incorporate up to 11 modules for holding lab consumables and devices to complete specific lab tasks
• Supports over 350 commercially available labware and consumables with machine-readable consumable holders
• Can incorporate tasks such as shaking, flow-through extractions, magnetic bead separations, heat shaking, and heating/cooling to the automated workflow by the addition of device modules
• Uses software platform that controls protocol design, management, and execution of liquid handling experiments, with user profiles, permissions, version tracking, audit trails, and full experiment reports.