SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Delivery of Liquid Helium, Liquid Nitrogen and Helium Gas.
- Notice Date
- 6/10/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 325120
— Industrial Gas Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211 - MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- SOSO2929602
- Point of Contact
- Mario D. Gray, Phone: 3014352238
- E-Mail Address
-
Mario.Gray@nih.hhs.gov
(Mario.Gray@nih.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- I. Introduction and Purpose: This is a ‘Notice for Sources Sought' for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) SubPart 19.5-Set-Asides for Small Business, and, is supplemented with additional information. This is not a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. This Government Issuing Agency and Contracting Office, on behalf of the Government Requiring Agency, seeks to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified small business sources to successfully meet the Government's requirements described in this notice. II. Small Business Interest: The purpose of this ‘Sources Sought Notice' is to allow any interested and capable small business to identify itself and its capabilities. Thus, the Government is seeking capability statements from capable small businesses including, but not limited to, the following types: 8(a), Veteran-Owned Small Business, Services-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, or Women-Owned Small Business. A small business shall use its capability statement to demonstrate that: 1. The small business possesses the capabilities to successfully meet the Government's requirements described in this notice; and, 2. The small business is competitive in terms of quality, delivery, and market prices. Based on the small business responses received, or not received, to this notice, the Government's requirements may be solicited as a 100% or Total Small Business Set-Aside. III. Background and Scope: This purchase is part of a multi-million dollar project to install the strongest magnet built to date for human MRI at the NIH. An unfortunate mishap during early testing of this custom-built one-off machine requires this additional Helium order (the Helium originally used at time of installation in 2011 was part of the magnet purchase.) In an agreement with the manufacturer of the magnet, the NIH will purchase the necessary quantity of liquid Helium to cool down and fill the magnet after re-installation; the magnet is currently (as of march 2013) under repair in the factory in Oxford, Great Britain. The magnet is still under repair and to be tested in the factory early May 2013. If the test is successful, the magnet will be transported back to NIH late august 2013. The liquid helium delivery would then start about the first of October. From the start on, the first 20,000 liters would be required spread over two weeks, in four to six batches; the remainder spread out over the next 4 to 6 weeks. This schedule is subject to change, as specified by the magnet manufacturer. Also the starting date will be dependent on the testing and installation of the magnet and so may chance as well. IV. Requirement Description: The small business shall demonstrate detailed knowledge, skill and abilities regarding the following work requirements: The contractor shall deliver the supplies for the 11.7T magnet according to the specification requirements as follows: Liquid Helium 30,000 liters Liquid Nitrogen 10,000 liters Helium Gas 12 cylinders of 49 liters (type 300 non-magnetic The contractor shall deliver supplies for the 11.7T magnet according to the specification requirements. The contractor shall successfully plan, schedule and maintain an adequate stock of supplies, and, shall safely and carefully deliver supplies for the 11.7T magnet according to the Government Deliverables Schedule without interruption to the Government Deliverables Schedule. The Government shall provide the contractor a schedule directly from the magnet supplier detailing the magnet supplier's schedule to perform the magnet installation. Therefore, the magnet supplier's schedule is effectively the Government Deliverables Schedule. The contractor shall supply the Helium and Nitrogen Liquids, and, the Helium Gases needed for the magnet supplier to perform the magnet installation. The contractor shall delivery supplies for approximately 96 day span. The contractor shall possess flexibility for the time for delivery and the amount for delivery. Thus, the contractor capabilities must allow it to work with the Government to deliver at changing times and to deliver changing amounts according to the Government's instruction. For example, the contractor shall possess the capabilities to deliver on a daily basis, if needed, and to deliver slightly smaller or larger quantities to accommodate changes to the Government Deliverables Schedule. The contractor shall be aware that Liquid Helium evaporates steadily while in storage, and, the contractor shall demonstrate practices which indicate the contractor's awareness. V. Response: Any interested and capable small business shall submit its capabilities statement tailored to this ‘Sources Sought Notice'. The capabilities statement shall clearly define the interested small business' capabilities using an Adobe PDF or Microsoft Office document which limited to 15 pages total. Any interested and capable small business shall ensure that its response is accurate, complete, and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to assess the small business' capabilities. The interested small business' capabilities statement shall include the interested small business' accurate and complete DUNS Number, Legal Business Name, the "Doing Business as Name", Physical Address, Point of Contact Information, applicable North American Industry Classification System Code, and the Type of Small Business. Responses shall be submitted ONLY to Mario.Gray@nih.hhs.gov by the closing date of this ‘Sources Sought Notice'. VI. Legal Considerations: The Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of a response or provide feedback to a response to this ‘Sources Sought Notice". This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or order to a respondent to this notice or pay for the information provided by a respondent to this notice. A respondent whom provides proprietary, classified, confidential, or/and sensitive information, does so entirely at its own risk and without the Government being subject to liability. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by any respondent for any purpose the Government deems appropriate and lawful. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by any respondent for any later announcement, notice, synopsis, or/and solicitation.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03085052-W 20130612/130611000428-35b0dc990d832d8bb2e4644670bcdef2 (fbodaily.com)
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