SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- ABI 7500 Real-Time PCR machines
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- 2013-55840
- Archive Date
- 8/27/2013
- Point of Contact
- Tonya S. Justice, Phone: 770-488-3282, ,
- E-Mail Address
-
TJustice@cdc.gov,
(TJustice@cdc.gov, /div)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source purchase order and is not a request for competitive proposals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NCEZID hereby announces its intent to solicit and enter into a contract with Life Technologies, 5791 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008 for the procurement of the ABI 7500 Real-Time PCR system. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as cited in FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). Life Technologies' ABI 7500 Real-Time PCR system is the only machine that meets our need for accurate real-time Taqman PCR. Our molecular diagnostic assays for hemorrhagic fever viruses have been optimized and validated on these machines only. Our assays are only CLIA validated on the ABI systems. They are field compatible and personnel at our field stations have been trained on our protocols using these machines only. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 334516 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures found in FAR Part 13. Interested parties who feel they possess the expertise, experience and ability should submit a capabilities statement to Tonya S. Justice, Contract Specialist, via email at TJustice@cdc.gov or to Centers for Disease Control, Procurement and Grants Office, MS K-94, 2877 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341. Reference #2013-55840. Vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to an award of a federal contract. The website is: www.sam.gov. The Government will review any/all capabilities statements and pricing information submitted and determine if other qualified sources do exist that could provide this requirement. Information received in response to this announcement will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement for these services and/or supplies in the future. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however, the Government shall consider all responses received within three (3) days of this posting, in accordance with FAR 5.203 (A)(1). If no affirmative responses are received within three (3) days, negotiations will be conducted with the Life Technologies, as the only source and a contract will be issued without any additional notices being posted. A determination by the CDC not to compete this proposed contract, based upon responses to this notification, is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/CDCP/PGOA/2013-55840/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 5791 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, California, 92008, United States
- Zip Code: 92008
- Zip Code: 92008
- Record
- SN03140020-W 20130809/130807235242-df013bf952a48f0d7d8666b44cc5bf17 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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