SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Array Scanner VTI Service
- Notice Date
- 3/14/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-NOI-14-122
- Archive Date
- 4/8/2014
- Point of Contact
- Lauren M. Phelps, Phone: 3015942490
- E-Mail Address
-
lauren.phelps@nih.gov
(lauren.phelps@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTRODUCTION This is a pre-solicitation non-competitive (notice of intent) synopsis to award a contract without providing for full or open competition (including brand-name). THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Consolidated Station Support and Simplified Acquisitions (CSS/SA) Branch intends to negotiate and award a purchase order to Pierce Biotechnology, a division of ThermoFisher Scientific, for service to support and maintain an Array Scanner VTI owned by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) without providing for full and open competition (including brand-name). NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516 with a Size Standard of 500 Employees. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-72 dated January 30, 2014 This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR subpart 15-Contracting by Negotiation at an amount exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($150,000). STATUTORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c) under provisions of the statutory authority of FAR Subpart 6.302-1-Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Purpose and Objectives The purpose of this requirement is acquisition of a service contract to support the National Center for Advancing Translational Science's Array Scanner VTI. Period of Performance The anticipated period of performance is twelve months from date of award and one (1) twelve-month option period. A firm fixed price purchase order is contemplated. Project Description The Contractor must be able to perform the following for a Pierce Biotechnology/ThermoFisher Array Scanner VTI (Serial No. 06117165F): 1. One (1) M&S ArrayScan HCS Reader Platform (Comprehensive) [Part No. SS00051] 2. One (1) M&S Confocal Module [Part No. SS00220] 3. One (1) M&S Live Cell Chamber [Part No. SS00211] CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted. Specifically, this is a follow-on requirement for proprietary maintenance services and only the original equipment manufacturer is capable of providing the needed services because the equipment is proprietary to the original manufacturer. No other contractor is capable of or licensed to properly maintain the equipment or ensure that equipment warranties remain intact. The intended source is: Pierce Biotechnology, a division of Thermo Fisher Scientific 3747 North Meridian Road Rockfore, IL 61101-9316 CLOSING STATEMENT THIS SYNOPSIS 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 contract 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 the closing date of this notice and must reference the FedBizOpps solicitation number. Responses may be submitted electronically to lauren.phelps@nih.gov or by U.S. mail to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Consolidated Station Support and Simplified Acquisitions Branch (CSS/SA) 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD 20892 Attention: Lauren Phelps. Fax responses will not be accepted.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, United States
- Zip Code: 20850
- Zip Code: 20850
- Record
- SN03311611-W 20140316/140314234945-dc5483ab128e0902c1367dbac3880345 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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