SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- Maintenance Agreement
- Notice Date
- 9/28/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- National Institutes of HealthNational Institute on Drug AbuseBaltimoreMD21224-2186
- ZIP Code
- 21224-2186
- E-Mail Address
-
JOHNSON, JOHN R
(johnsonjr@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for a proposal. A solicitation document will not be issued and proposals will not be requested. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Intramural Research Program (IRP) intends to solicit, negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive basis with Affymetrix, Inc., 3420 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051. National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Division of Intramural Research in Baltimore, Maryland maintenance on the following instruments: GCS serial 74900234 640 serial 12386 auto serial A13720 FS450 serial 60123080 FS450U serial FS0290 GC30007G serial 50209150 WS-SYS serial F4RLFG1 Currently in the lab is a Affymetrix GeneChip Analysis system used to look at chromosomal regions for potential involvement with drug abuse. A maintenance contract is required for this instrument. In accordance with FAR6.302-1, the supplies required by the agency are available from only one responsible source, Affymetrix, Inc. and no other supplier will satisfy the agency requirements. There are no licensed systems or instruments offered by third party providers that are able to use any components of the Affymetrix, Gene Chip System, including arrays. The highest SNP density commercially available is needed to identify drug abuse vulnerability loci and prove or disprove the idea of polygenic contributions of common allelic variants to drug abuse vulnerability. The acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition FAR 13 and is exempt from the requirements 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 upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing notification number NIHDA2011234 must be submitted by October 8, 2011 to NIH, NIDA, IRP, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 200, BRC Bldg., Rm 04A326, Baltimore, MD 21224, ATTN: John Johnson
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