Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is issuing a notice of intent to sole source a contract for a Spinning Disk Confocal imaging equipment. The equipment is required for the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System's existing Nikon Ti Microscope System. The contractor must provide a compact, high-performance widefield and spinning disk confocal imaging system designed for advanced fluorescence microscopy, live-cell imaging, and high-resolution optical research. The system must be compatible with the current existing microscope operating via Nikon's proprietary NIS-Elements software.
• The equipment must have a field of view of up to 22mm, bypass mode, LED and multimode laser light source, and spectral range of 390-750 nm for excitation and 430-850 nm for emission.
• The equipment must be compatible with C-mount cameras and have a resolution of ~230 nm (100X NA 1.45) laterally and ~600 nm (100X NA 1.45) axially.
• The equipment must be compatible with upright and inverted microscopes and have a weight of 7.65Kg | 16.8 lbs and dimensions of 166.20 (W) x 234 (L) x 228.60 (H) mm.
• The contractor must provide the equipment with the following part numbers: CICERO, 50/250UM WITH CELESTA 5CH (99899) and A1 TI INTERLOCK CABLE (MXA22094).