NIH-NINDS - 22-012297 - Notice of Intent

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Post Date/ Solicitation Issue Date
Closing Response Date
Proposed Award Date
Project Title
MRI-compatible EEG caps
Contracting Office
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Contact Points

Primary Contract Specialist

Valerie
Gregorio
valerie.gregorio@nih.gov
NAICS Code Number
334516
Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
Small Business Size Standard
1,000 employees
FPDS Classification Code
N/A
Estimated Period of Performance
N/A
Delivery of Goods
BLDG10 RM B1D106
Set-Aside Status
Not Set Aside
Competition Status
Brand Name Only
Vendor Name
Brain Vision
Address
2700 Gateway Centre Blvd Ste 600
Morrisville, NC 27560-6202
United States
Single-Sole Source Determination
I spoke with staff of the Functional MRI Facility, who purchased similar equipment in the past. I spoke with scientists around the world who conduct similar research. I searched the Internet by keyword. I have surveyed the literature to see which caps are the most successful scientifically and technically. I have tried on myself the Brain Vision caps and others. The only realistic competitor is "EGI." These caps are extremely uncomfortable (painful) for sleep recordings, are not compatible with our existing hardware and software, and unfortunately require custom software for data analysis. It could also be argued that their sponge electrodes provide worse signal compared to the gel-based method of the Brain Vision caps.


Background/Description of Requirement

The National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) has as its mission to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system, and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease.
        The NINDS Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging (LFMI) was founded in 1999 with the major goal of goal of developing imaging techniques that provide anatomical, functional and molecular information about tissue function. The specific emphasis is on advancing MRI techniques for analysis of the brain. MRI has grown into a critical imaging tool for anatomical characterization of normal and pathophysiological states in human and animal models. Over the past ten years progress in sensitizing MRI to parameters related to regional blood flow has opened the area of functional MRI (fMRI). FMRI studies are having a large impact on understanding the localization of neural function in the brain. Scientists in LFMI played an early role in developing fMRI techniques and presently are pushing these techniques to higher spatial and temporal resolution. A feature of this work is to identify new patterns of brain activity and functional connectivity and categorize these patterns into reproducible sleep stages that occur across the night and across different subjects.

Interested parties may identify in writing their interest and capability in response to this requirement. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

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