SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Miscellaneous / Britelite Plus Reported Gene Assays System
- Notice Date
- 11/15/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 325414
— Biological Product (except Diagnostic) 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-14C-1652377
- Archive Date
- 12/17/2013
- Point of Contact
- James H Kish, Phone: 301-402-2282, Tonia L Alexander, Phone: 301-402-2282
- E-Mail Address
-
kishj@niaid.nih.gov, talexander@niaid.nih.gov
(kishj@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-14C-1652377, Notice of Intent. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-70, dated September 30, 2013. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is not a small business set-aside, however small disadvantage, minority, veteran owned and HUB zone companies etc., are encourage in submitting a proposal. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 325414, which has a size standard of 500. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) intends to procure on a sole source basis from PerkinElmer Health Sciences Inc.: twenty-one (21) each of catalog #6066769 Britelite Plus Reporter Gene Assay System, 1000mL Kit. This will be a standing order for a period of 7 months with shipments of 3 per/month. Britelite Plus in an ultra-sensitive luciferase reporter gene assay system for the quantitation of firefly luciferase expression in mammalian cells. This system is especially suitable for the use in 96-, 384-, or 1536-well automated high-throughput assays used within the lab. The Britelite Plus is the only substrate qualified for use in validated high throughput viral neutralization assays. Any attempts to change reagents for this particular application at this point would provide results inconsistent with previously gathered data, and will result in significant delay in time and cost to revalidate the assay. In addition, the relevance of various projects would be harmed because of the incompatibility of new data with data from previous trial run; comparison would prove impossible with change in reagents. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1) capability to meet the required salient characteristics, 2) price, and 3) delivery (7 months to Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878). This will be a firm fixed price contract. The FOB terms are 'Destination: and Net 30. The following Federal Acquisition Regulation provisions and clauses 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 Representation 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 or Executive Orders - Commercial; and FAR 52.232.33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer - System for Award Management (July 2013). A completed copy of provisions at FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representation and Certifications Commercial Items must be included, which can be found online at System for Award management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov. By submission of an offer, the Offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database 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 SAM will make an Offeror ineligible for award.] Copies of the aforementioned clauses are available upon request by telephone to James Kish at (301) 402-2282. All responsible sources may submit offers that will be considered by this agency. Offers must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Stand Time (EST), December 2, 2013, through the U.S. Postal Service at the address of NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Road, Room 2NE52F, Bethesda, MD, 20892-4811. Email and fax submissions are not acceptable. Requests for information concerning this requirement are to be addressed to James Kish at 301-402-2282. Collect calls will not be accepted.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/AMOB/NIAID-NOI-14C-1652377/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health, NIAID, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20878, United States
- Zip Code: 20878
- Zip Code: 20878
- Record
- SN03234728-W 20131117/131115233931-fcc75e6cb9ab0814612da78d11ec4512 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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