SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Mouse Breeding Services
- Notice Date
- 4/1/2011
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- National Institutes of HealthNational Library of Medicine6707 Democracy Blvd.Rm. 770BBethesdaMD20817
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM2011136
- Response Due
- 4/15/2011
- Archive Date
- 5/15/2011
- Point of Contact
- JOSEPHOWITZ, LISA S +1 301 594 7725, josephol@mail.nih.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
JOSEPHOWITZ, LISA S
(josephol@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number is NIHLM2011136 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation/contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-48. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 541380 and the business size standard is 10M. This solicitation is being conducted using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Library of Medicine (NLM), NIDDK Acquisitions Branch would like to procure a mouse breeding service contract. Our lab has generated mutant mouse strains lacking M1-M5 muscarinic receptors (M1-M5 single KO mice) as well as several muscarinic receptor double KO mice. Analysis of these animals should clarify the physiological and pathophysiological roles that the individual muscaranic receptors play in vivo. Given the potential roles of these receptors subtypes in human disease including diabetes and obesity, these mouse lines are of great potential therapeutic relevance. This ongoing service is to be set-up as a base year with two option years and is needed to maintain small colonies of mice, to include: breeding cages, replacement breeder cages, biopsy collection and PCR genotyping. The offeror must include a completed copy of the following provisions: FAR Clause 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial; As stated in FAR Clause 52.212-2 (a), The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Evaluation, Price, and Past Performance. The offeror must include a completed copy of the provision of FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items; FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Items, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; and FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items Deviation for Simplified Acquisitions. Vendors must submit a listing of the most recent contracts/awards (minimum of 3) in which similar apparatus or equipment was purchased. Contracts/awards may include those entered within the Federal Government, state and local governments and commercial concerns. Include the following information for each contract or subcontract: 1.Name of Contracting Organization,2.Contract Number (for subcontracts provide the prime contract number and the subcontract number,3.Contract Type,4.Total Contract Value, 5.Description of Requirement to include Statement of Work,6.Contracting Officers Name and Telephone Number, and7.Program Managers Name and Telephone Number. * If past performance questionnaire is available, please submit. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations however; all responses received within 15 days from the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition is based upon responses to this notice and is solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive acquisition. The offeror must include in their quotation, the unit price, the list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. The clauses are available in full text at http://www.arnet.gov/far. Interested vendors capable of furnishing the government with the item specified in this synopsis should submit their quotation to the below address. Quotations will be due fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis on April 15, 2011. The quotation must reference Solicitation number NIHLM2011136. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. Quotations must be submitted in writing to the National Library of Medicine, NIDDK Acquisitions Office, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Room 770B, Bethesda, Maryland 20817, Attention: Lisa Josephowitz. Faxed copies will not be accepted.
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