SOURCES SOUGHT
36 -- Blood Bank Analyzer and Reagents
- Notice Date
- 5/9/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Mobility Command, 60th CONS, 350 Hangar Ave. Bldg 549, Travis AFB, California, 94535-2632, United States
- ZIP Code
- 94535-2632
- Solicitation Number
- FA4427-14-C-XXXX
- Point of Contact
- Robin D. Boyd, Phone: 7074247793
- E-Mail Address
-
robin.boyd@us.af.mil
(robin.boyd@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF POTENTIAL QUALIFIED SOURCES AND THEIR SIZE CLASSIFICATIONS (HUBZONE 8(a), 8(a), HUBZONE, SMALL, SMALL DISADVANTAGE AND LARGE BUSINESS) RELATIVE TO NAICS CODE 334516. RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS WILL BE USED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE APPROPRIATE ACQUISITION DECISIONS, SEE SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS BELOW. AFTER REVIEW OF THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT, A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED IN FEDBIZOPPS. RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ARE NOT ADEQUATE RESPONSES TO THE SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. ALL INTERESTED OFFERORS WILL HAVE TO RESPOND TO THE SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT IN ADDITION TO RESPONDING TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT. Travis AFB is seeking sources that can provide a fully automated FDA approved blood bank analyzer utilizing ID-MTS Gel technology as well as a full line of traditional tube testing reagents that are required as a secondary back up testing method for David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, CA. Performance will be 1 October 2014 through 30 September 2015 with four one-year option periods. Responses to this notice should include company name, address, point of contract, Cage Code, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial System (NAICS) and must respond to the following: 1) Is your business a large or small business? 2) If small, does your firm qualify as a small, emergency business, or a small, disadvantaged business? 3) If disadvantaged, specify under which disadvantaged group and is your firm certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act? 4) Is your firm a certified "HubZone" firm? 5) Is your firm a woman-owned or operated business? 6) Is your firm a certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned and Veteran-Owned? 7) Does your firm perform background checks? 8) Does your firm have a quality assurance plan in place? What quality assurance methods and quality standards does your firm use? 9) Do you currently have a government contract? Interested businesses are required to submit a Statement of Capabilities (SOC) demonstrating: 1) Contractor must provide a reagent rental agreement to include: • FDA approved blood bank analyzer utilizing ID-MTS Gel technology • Full line of traditional tube testing reagents to serve as secondary testing method • All equipment and reagents will originate from one vendor 2) Primary functions of automation will include: red cell suspension preparation, sample reagent dispensing, incubation, centrifugation, digital image processing, interpretation, and stand alone and interface to LIS options 3) Automation will support the following test types: Direct agglutination tests (ABO forward and reverse grouping, Rh Typing, Rh phenotyping, antigen typing), Direct antiglobulin tests (DAT, IgG DAT, and Indirect Antiglobulin tests, (IAT, antibody screening, antibody identification, IAT crossmatch 4) All reagents/equipment will be FDA approved; must furnish copies of all applicable licenses 5) Contractor will furnish all reagents, equipment, personnel training, and service to contracted instrument. This is not a request for proposals and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. Responses must be received in writing no later than 1200 hrs Pacific Standard Time 24 May 14. Firms responding to this announcement which fail to provide all of the required information cannot be used to help the Government make the acquisition decisions which is the intent of this sources sought. This notice is to help Travis AFB in determining potential sources only. No solicitation is currently available. All firms responding to this sources sought notice are advised that their response to this notice is not a request to be considered for a contract award. If a solicitation is issued, it will be posted later at https://www.fbo.gov and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. A response to this sources sought synopsis is NOT a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation. Contracting Office Address: 350 Hangar Ave. Bldg. 549 Travis AFB, California 94535-2632 United States Place of Performance: Travis AFB, California 94535-2632 United States Primary Point of Contact: Robin D. Boyd Contracting Specialist robin.boyd@us.af.mil Phone: (707) 424-7793 Fax: (707) 424-0288
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AMC/60CONS/FA4427-14-C-XXXX/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: David Grant Medical Center, Travis AFB, Travis, California, 94535, United States
- Zip Code: 94535
- Zip Code: 94535
- Record
- SN03361837-W 20140511/140509234209-6904f5a5f36954a15ca7b73956f158b7 (fbodaily.com)
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