[Hplusroadmap] Equipment acquisition for homebrewers

[Jim Hardy]

And the big problem is that I am very well connected in the NIH and NCI
protocol, yet no one I have ever talked to can tell me how to actually make
a bid on these things.  It's always "You need to talk to so-and-so" and we
go talk to them and they are like "Oh, but you need to talk to ...."
perpetually. I am afraid to report that the register is just another "Good
Old Boy" network and you need to know people (and grease their palms) to
even have a bid considered (let alone get the real info on how to place a
bid).

Sorry for being realistic,  J Hardy 

-----Original Message-----
From: hplusroadmap-bounces at heybryan.org
[mailto:hplusroadmap-bounces at heybryan.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Bishop
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 9:24 PM
To: Transhumanist Technical Roadmap
Subject: Re: [Hplusroadmap] Equipment acquisition for homebrewers

On Sunday 29 June 2008, Jim Hardy wrote:
>  I have a network of people in the area who have access to the people
> in cast off gear for $1000 or so a "lot" . A "lot my include a flow
> cytometer, protein synthesizer, microscope, incubator, lyophilizer
> etc. I am also trying to figure out how to bid on lots of gear coming
> out of Ft Detrick & the NIH. They have warehouses (literally,
> warehouses) full of cast off equipment.  Most will be donated to
> Universities (which is why I dismiss trying to procure anything
> useful from Universities because most of it is already 20 years old
> before anyone has a shot at it). The common thread on most of these
> bargains is that you need to be able to haul the crap away in short
> order (we have a 24 ft box truck for this purpose) and then a place
> to triage the good from the bad which will require a warehouse of at
> least 2500 sq ft (which we also have, have meaning we paid good money
> to obtain).

I suspect that many of these government (like NIH) auctions are being 
announced in the Federal Register, but I'm not entirely certain. It 
looks like there are many websites that are supposedly providing 
information on gov auctions, but they must be receiving their data from 
somewhere. I'm also subscribed to a few NIH mailing lists. I know 
there's not much in terms of NIH medical centers in my area, but it'd 
be nice to at least keep tabs on the upcoming auctions.

- Bryan
________________________________________
http://heybryan.org/
_______________________________________________
Hplusroadmap mailing list
Hplusroadmap at heybryan.org
http://heybryan.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hplusroadmap