Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a contractor to provide an nCounter Pro Analysis System, including instrument and related components, reagents, supplies, and consumables, as well as technical support, service, and training. The system will be used for in-house robust tumor testing and will provide actionable tumor information to guide therapy management and potential clinical trial enrollment for veterans. The contractor will be responsible for delivering, installing, and setting up the instrument and components, providing test validation guidance, and performing instrument repairs and scheduled preventive maintenance. The contract also includes a maintenance agreement with technical support and on-site repairs.
Key features of the nCounter Pro Analysis System include:
• Single tube multiplexing up to 800 genes or regions, quantitative analysis
• Fully automated, intuitive user interface
• Flexible sample requirements, including small samples from a variety of sources
• Comprehensive content with off-the-shelf gene expression panels for human, mouse, non-human primate, and canine
• Flexible experimental design with the ability to add up to 55 user-defined targets
• Expandable throughput with the ability to increase sample capacity by adding a second Prep Station and multiplex up to 96 samples in one cartridge