SOLICITATION NOTICE
68 -- Chemical and chemical products
- Notice Date
- 6/3/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, MSC 4811, Bethesda, MD, 20817
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- NOI3054
- Response Due
- 6/18/2003
- Archive Date
- 7/3/2003
- Point of Contact
- Linda Taylor, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-402-6089, Fax 301-480-3695, - Carolyn Sentz, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-402-6107, Fax 301-480-3695,
- E-Mail Address
-
ltaylor@niaid.nih.gov, csentz@niaid.nih.gov
- Description
- 17. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation notice of intent for a commercial item prepared in accordance with the Format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation: proposals are not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is issued as a Notice of Intent (NOI3054). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-14. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) intends to procure on a sole source basis using Simplified Acquisition Procedures Fetal Bovine Serum USA Origin, qty. of 201 500ml bottles from Sigma-Aldrich Inc. This new lot of fetal bovine serum (FBS) has been tested in tissue culture in our laboratory. It has been proven to support production of proteins and viruses that are required for our protocols. We found its quality to be equivalent to our previous lot from Sigma. Sigma is the only company who can provide the serum-matching program, which provides lots of FBS of same consistency and quality. We must maintain reagent standards to insure experimental results are not influenced by other variables. Any other source of FBS will require extensive testing and delay our production of materials of Vaccine development and trials. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 422690 and the Small Business Standard Size is 100 employees. The purpose of this requirement is to develop vaccines for HIV, Ebola and potentially, other viral diseases. Project# Z5002, Title: HIV Vaccine Research, ?Clinical research protocol application, immunology effect of HAART +/-Remune in HIV-1 infection?. A firm fixed-priced purchase order is anticipated to result from the award of this solicitation. Place of delivery and FOB Point is Bethesda, MD. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercials Items; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; FAR 52-212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Status or Executive Orders-Commercial Items; and FAR 52.225-3 Buy American Act. A completed copy of provisions at FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items must be included. Copies of the aforementioned clauses are available upon request. Any response to this NOI must be mailed to the Point of Contact indicated below. Offers must be submitted not later than 5:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), June 18, 2003. For delivery through the Postal Service, the address is NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Room/2NE52F, MSC/4812, Bethesda Maryland 20817-4811. Electronic submission will not be accepted. Requests for information concerning this requirement are to be addressed to Linda Taylor at (301) 402-2282. Collect calls will not be accepted. All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by the Agency.
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
- Zip Code: 20892
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN00338489-W 20030605/030603213350 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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