SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Instruments & Laboratory Equipment / Robotic Hotel & Stacker
- Notice Date
- 7/20/2012
- 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-NOI-12125
- Archive Date
- 8/18/2012
- Point of Contact
- Robin A. White, Phone: 301-402-2282, Tonia L Alexander, Phone: 301-402-2282
- E-Mail Address
-
whiterobin@niaid.nih.gov, talexander@niaid.nih.gov
(whiterobin@niaid.nih.gov, talexander@niaid.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined Synopsis/Solicitation/Notice of Intent for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format of FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are not being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued for the solicitation number NIAID-NOI-12076, a Notice of Intent. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC2005-58 and 59 dated May 18, 2012. 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 robotic hotel and stacker on a sole source basis from Beckman Coulter to perform high throughput screening of B-Cell cultures. Item/Description/Quantity: 1) CYTOMAT Microplate Hotel and Workstation Kit (w/Short ALP), #A21753, qty - 1, 2) CYTOMAT Stack, 21 Shelf, #380703, qty-3, 3) CYTOMAT Stack, 7 Shelf, #380701, qty-6, and 4) Installation, #AP040, qty-1. This equipment is to upgrade an existing Beckman Coulter Automated Liquid Handling System located in the lab, which will permit the robot to be unattended to free up staff to perform other task. The equipment must be able to accommodate a variety of sample throughputs in 96-, 384-, and 1536-well formats, have an automated storage system for microplates, Biomek tip boxes, have the storage capacity of 189 shallow well plates with stackers on a carousel, support tip box handling and random access of plates with an access time of less than 30 seconds, and as new tip boxes are need the instrument should be able to return the used tip boxes to the CYTOMAT device and load new tip boxes automatically, and the software should be designed to integrate with the Biomek software and SAMI EX scheduling software. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1) technical capability to meet the required specifications, 2) assembly and installation, 3) warranty, 4) price, and 5) delivery (60 days after receipt of order). The place of delivery Bethesda, Maryland, 20892. The government will award a fixed price purchase order to the responsible contractor. The FOB terms are 'Destination' and Net 30. FAR provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations 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 of Executive Orders - Commercial Items; and FAR 52.232.33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Center Contractor Registration (Oct 2003). In order to be considered for an award, an Offeror must have completed the online electronic Representations and Certifications located at http://orca.bpn.gov/. By submission of an offer, the Offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR at www.ccr.gov 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. [Note: Lack of registration in the Central Contractor Registration will make an Offeror ineligible for award.] All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by the Agency. Requests for information concerning this requirement, and copies of the aforementioned clauses are available upon request by telephone to Robin White at (301) 402-2282. Offers must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDST), August 3, 2012. For delivery through the U.S. Postal Service, the address is NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Road, Room 2NE52D, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4811. Email and fax submissions are not acceptable. Collect calls will not be accepted.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/AMOB/NIAID-NOI-12125/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health, NIAID, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02811027-W 20120722/120721000243-68b9b10f4f72eaa5d885ca48d2627198 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |