# Equipment - OLYMPUS BX51WI MICROSCOPE

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/36c24224q0743

- Solicitation number: 36C24224Q0743
- Notice type: Solicitation (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Alliant Enterprises, LLC
- Department: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Contracting office: 242-Network Contract Office 02 (36C242)
- NAICS: 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 6515 Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies
- County: Erie County (FIPS 36029). https://abierto.us/counties/erie-county-ny-36029
- City: Buffalo. https://abierto.us/cities/buffalo-ny-3611000
- First posted: June 20, 2024
- Last posted: July 1, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f64b284701664ed09fd6304eeb3340e2/view

## Description

This effort is required to accomplish Specific Aims of a VA Merit Award (BLRD) to the Principal Investigator (Zhen Yan, PhD). This system will be used to perform electrophysiological recordings of synaptic transmission in brain slices in the Yan lab. The BX51WI electrophysiology fixed stage microscope is a microscope particularly suitable for imaging of single cells in thick tissues during electrophysiology experiments from brightfield to IRDIC fluorescence.

The BX51WI was specifically designed to suppress electrical noise generated by the frame during critical recording and viewing. The MP-285 micromanipulator offers the precise control of electrode used in patch-clamp recording system. Without this system, it is impossible to perform brain slice recordings for the measurement of neuronal activity.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Alliant Enterprises, LLC (UEI RM64EJ3CJ7Z5)
- Contract: 36C24224P1506, purchase order
- Obligated: $62,115.82
- Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 36C24224Q0743 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 36C242 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_36C24224P1506_3600_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- June 20, 2024: Presolicitation, due June 27, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice 36b156a007954f319cb40f9d76cd7128. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/36b156a007954f319cb40f9d76cd7128/view
- July 1, 2024: Solicitation, due July 8, 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT. Notice f64b284701664ed09fd6304eeb3340e2. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/f64b284701664ed09fd6304eeb3340e2/view

## Points of contact

- Lee T Kern (Contractor), Contractor Support, Lee.Kern@va.gov

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