SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- RECOVERY/Instruments and Laboratory Equipment
- Notice Date
- 7/23/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- 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, Maryland, 20817
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- NIAID-RFQ-10088
- Archive Date
- 8/24/2010
- Point of Contact
- Terry M Knight, Phone: 301-402-2282, John - Foley, Phone: 301-402-2284
- E-Mail Address
-
knightte@niaid.nih.gov, jfoley@niaid.nih.gov
(knightte@niaid.nih.gov, jfoley@niaid.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation Request for Quotes for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format of FAR Subpart 12.6, in conjunction with FAR Part 13.5 as applicable, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is being issued as a request for quotation. Submit offers on NIAID-RFQ-10088. The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC2005-44 dated July 8, 2010. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is not a small business set-aside. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 334516, which has a size standard of 500. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) intends to procure a flow cytometer cell sorting laser system that will be used to increase productivity of researchers in the laboratory for the advancement of vaccine products and testing for potential clinical products. The laser system must be able to comply with the following specifications: 488 nm 628nm, 532nm and 405nm lasers; detection of 20 parameters: Forward Scatter, Side Scatter, 2 fluorescent detectors off 488 nm laser (100mw) plus side scatter, 3 fluorescent detectors off 628nm laser (200mw), 5 fluorescent detectors off the 532nm green laser (150mw) and 8 fluorescent detectors off the 405nm laser (100mw); Laser Control Software allow the adjustment of power settings for the following Coherent lasers in the system (Blue, Red, Violet, Green) as well as monitoring key performance parameters of the Coherent lasers; Fluidics cart: includes sheath, waste, and cleaning containers; 70-, 85-, 100-micron nozzle tips; Extra nozzles: 70um Qty 1 (643940), 85um Qty 1 (643941), 100um Qty 1 (643942), 130um Qty1 (643943); Two-way and four-way sorting into microtubes, 12 x 75-mm, and 15 mL tubes; Sample injection chamber for various sample input tubes, including microtubes, 12 x 75-mm, and 15 mL tubes. Includes sample agitation and temperature control; Automated Cell Deposition Unit (ACDU) allows for multiwell plate and slide sorting. Optical filters to detect the following fluorophores: (1) Blue Laser: SSC, FITC(505LP; 515/20, 535/633/785rb), PerCP Cy5.5 (690LP; 710/50); (2) Red Laser: APC (660/20), APC Cy5.5 (685LP; 710/50) - High Performance PMT, APC CY7 (740LP; 780/60) - High Performance PMT; (3) Green Laser: PE (575/25), PE Texas Red (600LP; 610/20), PE Cy5 (635LP; 660/40), PE Cy5.5 (685LP; 710/50), PE CY 7 (740LP; 780/40); (4) Violet Laser: Pacific Blue/Alexa 405 (450/50), AmCyan (505LP; 515/20), Qdot 565 (535LP; 560/40), Qdot 585 (570LP; 585/42), Qdot 605 (595LP; 605/20, 605/30), Qdot 655 (630LP; 660/40), Qdot 705 (685LP; 710/50) - High Performance PMT, Qdot 800 (755LP; 780/60) - High Performance PMT. The system must have a temperature control option with a water recirculator bath for cooling of the sort collection device for tubes and multiwall plates. The following factors will be used to evaluate offers: 1) technical acceptability for meeting the required specifications, 2) price, 3) warranty, and 4) delivery. Warranty information to include period and coverage, shall be stated. Inside delivery shall be 30 days after receipt of order (ARO). Delivery will be made to Bethesda, Maryland 20892. The FOB point shall be Destination. This will be a firm-fixed price contract. The following Federal Acquisition Regulations provisions and clauses apply to the acquisition: FAR 52.203-15 Whistleblower Protections Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; FAR 52.204-11 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-Reporting Requirements; FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items; Far 52.212-3 Offeror Representation and Certifications Commercial Items; Far 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; Far 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items; and FAR 52.406-7 Central Contractor Registration (2003). A completed copy of provisions at FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representation and Certifications Commercial Items must be included with submission and can be found at Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) https://orca.bpn.gov. By submission of an offer, the Offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. The CCR website is http://www/ccr.gov. Copies of the aforementioned clauses are available upon request by telephone to Terry Knight at (301) 402-2282. All responsible sources may submit offers that will be considered by this agency. Offers may be mailed or faxed to the POC indicated above (Fax 301-480-8720). Offers must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDST), August 9, 2010. For delivery through the U.S. Postal Service, the address is NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Road, Room 2NE52E, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4811. Requests for information concerning this requirement are to be addressed to Terry Knight at 301-402-2282. Collect calls will not be accepted.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institues of Health, NIAID, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02216548-W 20100725/100723235713-2f7fec50184d185db4f33811e4df6b95 (fbodaily.com)
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