SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Integrate Two ATS100 Acoustic Transfer Devices
- Notice Date
- 9/3/2013
- 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 Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E128, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- NCI-130155-TG
- Archive Date
- 10/3/2013
- Point of Contact
- Terry Galloway, Phone: 240-276-5384, Seena Ninan, Phone: 240-276-5419
- E-Mail Address
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gallowaytl@mail.nih.gov, ninans@mail.nih.gov
(gallowaytl@mail.nih.gov, ninans@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E136, Bethesda, MD 20892, UNITED STATES Description The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Cancer Research (CCR) plans to procure on a sole source basis the integration of two ATS100 Acoustic Transfer Devices on the existing High Throughput Screening System with Wako Automation USA, Inc. (Parent Company: Wako Chemicals) 11575 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, CA 92121. This acquisition will be processed in accordance with simplified acquisition procedures as stated in FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1) and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6. The North American Industry Classification System code is 811219 and the business size standard is $19.0 Million. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm fixed price type contract. Contractor shall complete the integration within thirty (30) days after award. It has been determined there are no opportunities to acquire green products or services for this procurement. The standards of care for many diseases involve drug combinations including therapies for multiple types of cancer. Many of these therapies are the result of long and painstaking clinical trial-and-error. The identification of useful combination therapies in this way is untenable and methods to discovery useful drug combination in high-throughput, preclinical settings are urgently needed. The NCI CCR has developed a platform for screening drugs in combination based upon a matrix block format. This format allows NIH Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) researchers to judge drug synergies and additivities based upon the acquisition of a multidimensional data set. A key element to this platform is the ability to plate each drug in the aforementioned matrix block at customized concentrations. Traditional pin tool dispensing cannot accomplish this. The use of acoustic dispensing technology is the only method that provides the flexibility and throughput to perform these experiments with the need scale and speed. The use of acoustic dispensing has proven to be a flexible and accurate method for plating agents in combination matrixes. At present, the matrix program has 2 acoustic dispensers. This acquisition will integrate these 2 devices onto our primary screening system, which will greatly increase the throughput as opposed to running them manually, as well as expanding the type of experiments that can be run using acoustic dispensers. This will allow CCR to perform more complicated screens with multiple sample replicates while maintaining consistency by using the same acoustic dispenser for the course of the experiment. The Center for Cancer Research requires the contractor to remove the InCell1000 from cell 1 of the screening system and replace it with two NIH furnished ATS100's, align and debug as necessary. Wako Automation has previously integrated two acoustic transfer devices onto their screening robot for the Tox21 program. The scheduling software used on the Tox21 robot is provided by Wako Automation, and it is identical to the software being used to control NCI's primary screening system. Integration by Wako Automation is required in order to provide continued use without any problems which is important to give scientists using the screening system confidence that their experiments will run successfully. The integration of the Biosero ATS Acoustic Transfer Systems by Wako Automation involves the ability of this system to accept customized software created at NCATS. Many years have been spent developing custom software to communicate with the Wako Automation scheduling software application, and this custom software is used to help perform complex experiments in addition to providing constant monitoring and alerts in the addition of any system failure. This software is a critical component for all of the screening operations and using a different source other than Wako would require major changes to the program and disruption to the ongoing studies. This notice is not a request for competitive quotation. However, if any interested party especially small businesses, believes it can meet the above requirement, it may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The responses and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NCI to determine if the party can perform the requirement. Responses must be received in the contracting office by 11:00 AM EST, on September 18, 2013. All responses and questions must be in writing and faxed 240-276-5401 or emailed to Terry Galloway, Contracting Officer via electronic mail at gallowatl@mail.nih.gov A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. No collect calls will be accepted. In order to receive an award, contractors must be registered and have valid certification in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and the Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA) through sam.gov. Reference: NCI-130155-TG on all correspondence.
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