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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 14, 2005 FBO #1388
SOLICITATION NOTICE

66 -- (S) Aktafplc ? Frac950 with Control

Notice Date

9/12/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-1640
 

ZIP Code

20899-1640
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-05-866-2288
 

Response Due

9/22/2005
 

Archive Date

10/7/2005
 

Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with Amersham Biosciences, of Piscataway, New Jersey, for the acquisition of a (S)Aktafplc ? Frac950 with Control; Catalog Number 13443101. *****Sole source determination is based on the need for the equipment to have enhanced levels of system control and routine process monitoring. A FPLC system is required to perform the purification by separating out the various proteins in the sample by a variety of characteristics, such as molecular weight, net surface charge, and hydrophobicity. Amersham Biosciences is the only known vendor capable of supplying the required (S) Aktafplc ? Frac950 with Control. ***Delivery shall be FOB DESTINATION and be completed in accordance with the Contractor?s commercial schedule. *** *** As defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, (FAR), FOB Destination means: The contractor shall pack and mark the shipment in conformance with carrier requirements, deliver the shipment in good order and condition to the point of delivery specified in the purchase order, be responsible for any loss of and/or damage to the goods occurring before receipt and acceptance of the shipment by the consignee at the delivery point specified in the purchase order; and pay all charges to the specified point of delivery. The contractor shall deliver all line items to NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-0001. *** *****The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500 Employees. ******A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. *****No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by September 22, 2005 will be considered by the Government.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Shipping & Receiving, Building 301, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Zip Code: 20899-0001

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00892589-W 20050914/050912211715 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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