SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- MEG System Full Service Maintenance Contract
- Notice Date
- 7/13/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- 2166037
- Archive Date
- 8/4/2011
- Point of Contact
- Jasmine D Snoddy, Phone: 301 594 1571
- E-Mail Address
-
snoddyj@mail.nih.gov
(snoddyj@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Station Support/Simplified Acquisition (SS/SA) Branch, on behalf of the National Institute Mental Health (NIMH) intends to negotiate and award on a non-competitive basis purchase order to MEG International Services Ltd., 1850 Hartley Avenue, Coquitlam, BC, V3K 7A1, Canada for MEG System Full Service Maintenance Contract. The NIMH Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Core Facility operates a 275 channel whole head CTF MEG system as a shared resource for the Intramural Research Programs (IRP) of NIMH and NINDS. MEG is a sophisticated technique allowing high resolution recording of brain activity and as such forms a vital part of the neuroimaging research program. The instrument is in full time use by over 40 investigators as part of the program mission of the institutes. In order to insure availability of the system and reliability of patient data a full time maintenance contract is essential. The period of performance for this maintenance contract is August 8, 2011 through August 7, 2012. The existing CTF MEG system was previously purchased from VSM MedTech System, Inc. and installed in 2002. MEG International Services, Inc is the successor company to VSM MedTech and as such hold all the proprietary knowledge of the CTF MEG system as well as the only known source of highly specialized and proprietary spare parts. To avoid disruption and delay to the many ongoing studies at the NIMH and NINDS, it is crucial to renew maintenance service for the 275-channel whole head CTF MEG through MEG International Services Ltd. It is determined that MEG International Services is the only source to provide the required service and no other sources would satisfy the agency’s requirement. The acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition using FAR Part 12 procedures and exempt from the requirement of FAR Part 6, Competition Requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based responses to this notice solely with the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing synopsis number 2166037 may be submitted to the NIDA, Station Support/Simplified Acquisition Branch, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2080 and Attention: Jasmine Snoddy, Contract Specialist or email at Snoddyj@mail.nih.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIDA-2/2166037/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02497266-W 20110715/110713234902-6d144c7189503bee85d00ee8d81ebf02 (fbodaily.com)
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