SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Horiba Fluorescence Spectrometer Upgrade
- Notice Date
- 9/13/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-CSB-(EB)-2013-301-JES
- Archive Date
- 10/5/2013
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Swift, Phone: 3014350358
- E-Mail Address
-
Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov
(Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PUBLIC NOTICE OF PROPOSED ACQUISITION Office of Acquisitions, Office of Management National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute ________________________________________ (FAR Subparts 5.101(a)(2)) 1. Announcement/Number: NHLBI-CSB-(EB)-2013-301-JES 2. Post Date: September 13, 2013 3. Closing Response Date: September 20, 2013 at 3:30 PM EST 4. Proposed Award Date: September 30, 2013 Project Title: Horiba Fluorescence Spectrometer Upgrade 5. Contracting Office: National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Management, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Rockledge Building 2, Suite 6042, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7902 6. Contact Point/Contracting Officer/Contract Specialist: Jennifer Swift, Contract Specialist, 301-435-0358, Jennifer.Swift@nih.gov ________________________________________ 7. Acquisition Authority: This acquisition is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and the resultant contract award will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-69. 8. North American Classification System (NAICS) Code: 334516 9. Small business size standard: 500 Employees 10. Classification Code: 66 11. Set-aside Status: None, this is a single-sole source (including brand-name) non-competitive action. 12. Description: • Purchase, shipping and in house service labor for the items below: • Phosphorimeter o (Lifetimes down to 10 μs
. Delay variable 50 μs-10 s
Sampling time variable 50 μs-10 s. Excitation with broadband pulsed UV xenon lamp. 
Flash rate 0.05-25 Hz. 
Flash duration 3 μs FWHM; low-intensity tail > 30 μs
Flashes per data point 1-999) • Automatic polarizer o (Proprietary motorized step control integrated to FluorEssence software) • Sample compartment accessory and electronics, • Excitation source and filter mount with sample drawer o (32 ×10.5 ×18.5 in. (w ×h×d) 80 ×26.5 ×46.5 cm (w ×h×d) Laser port and removable front plate for additional accessories) • Time-correlated single photon system controller and software, • Excitation source controller, o (DAS6 is the 6th-generation decay analysis software featuring reconvolution, shift integration, and advanced user interface with IBH's proprietary Hybrid Grid Search Algorithm (HGSA) for stable chi-squared minimization.) • And excitation sources 485, 670, 980 nm o (Lifetime range 200 ps-0.1 ms (100-200 ps - 0.1 ms)
, Minimum resolution < 7 ps/channel) 13. Statutory Authority: This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. 14. Single-sole Source (Including brand-name) Determination: The determination by the Government to make a single-sole source (Including brand-name) award is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10-Market Research, specifically the results of the market research concluded that Horiba is the only manufacturer who can provide the required equipment. Due to the proprietary parts and software required, only the original manufacturer, Horiba Instruments can perform the upgrade. 15. Closing Statement: This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov." A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be received by September 20, 2013, 3:30 PM EST and must reference number NHLBI-CSB-(EB)-2013-301-JES. Responses may be submitted electronically to Jennifer Swift at Jennifer.swift@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. "All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency."
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 9 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03188105-W 20130915/130913235947-bb9cfc7d8218571eb7fd7d7becd396df (fbodaily.com)
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