SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- IMMUNOHEMATOLOGY REAGENTS FOR TRANSFUSION MEDICINE - SCHEDULE OF SUPPLIES
- Notice Date
- 11/19/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 424210
— Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center/Office of Purchasing & Contracts, 6707 Democracy Blvd, Suite 106, MSC 5480, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5480
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5480
- Solicitation Number
- 14-001141
- Archive Date
- 12/14/2013
- Point of Contact
- Malinda Dehner, Phone: 301-594-6320, Barbara Taylor, Phone: 301-594-5915
- E-Mail Address
-
dehnerm@cc.nih.gov, Barbara_Taylor@nih.gov
(dehnerm@cc.nih.gov, Barbara_Taylor@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- ESTIMATED SUPPLY LIST This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center (CC) intends to award a fixed price purchase order to Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Raritan, NJ 08869-1424 for the acquisition of reagents used in patient and donor testing. The proposed vendor, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Inc. (OCD) a Johnson and Johnson company is the only known manufacturer and registered trademark holder of the OCD reagents that must be used with the ORTHO ProVue® instrumentation currently in place for blood testing at the National Institutes of Health, Transfusion Services Lab. The requested reagents are used for compatibility testing performed on the OCD instrument, the ORTHO ProVue® analyzer. The proprietary reagents are required to perform blood typing, screens and cross matches necessary for patient testing prior to transfusion. Without these reagents patients in the Clinical Center cannot receive the transfusions necessary for their treatment per protocols at the NIH. The comprehensive system of the instrument, reagents, and consumables is necessary to produce a complete testing result. The OCD Immunohematology reagents or equivalent if an upgraded product need to be procured on/or before December 5, 2013 to ensure continued antigen and antibody testing of donor blood which is dispensed to patients.. The estimated product list and quantity is attached to this notice and titled- Schedule of Supplies. The exact quantity of products cannot be estimated at the time of award. The government reserves the right to increase quantities pursuant to FAR 52.217-6. The purchase order shall not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the acquisition of commercial items prescribed in FAR Part 12, in conjunction with the policies and procedures for the competition requirements of Part 6. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Questions or comments referencing this posting number may be submitted to the CC Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Malinda Dehner, Contract Specialist, dehnerm@cc.nih.gov by the due date and time marked in this notice.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/CCOPC/14-001141/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03237103-W 20131121/131119234527-903c7d851a7fe92844ebea43c668548a (fbodaily.com)
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