Nanion Orbit Mini Complete Lipid Bilayer Recording Station
Waiver type - Procurement: Nonavailability
Agency: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (7529) • Product Service Code (PSC) : 6640 | Last Modified: 03/06/2024
Procurement Summary
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Cancer Research (CCR), Laboratory of Cell Biology (LCB), Crystallography Section intends to purchase one (1) commercially available Nanion Orbit Mini Complete Lipid Bilayer Recording Station to measure changes in electrical signals that are typical for transport events. This equipment will enable quantitative and qualitative studies of small or large, positively, or negatively charged molecules as they are moved across the membrane.
Waiver Rationale Summary
The results of the market research and Request for Quote (RFQ) demonstrate that there are no known commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) lipid bilayer recording stations available from domestic manufacturers that have equal measurement capabilities of the Nanion Orbit Mini Complete Lipid Bilayer Recording Station, which is a foreign end-product. The brand-name Nanion Orbit Mini Complete Lipid Bilayer Recording Station is the only known COTS product that will satisfy the Government’s requirement at this time. The Orbit Mini is a highly specialized piece of equipment that is proprietary to Nanion Technologies, Inc. The Nanion Orbit Mini Complete Lipid Bilayer Recording Station is manufactured in Munich, Germany. The required device is not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities or of a satisfactory quality.
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LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
03/01/2024
75N91024Q00015
75N91024Q00015
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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH