SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Sequencing System
- Notice Date
- 5/20/2014
- 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, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211 - MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-2014-208
- Archive Date
- 6/11/2014
- Point of Contact
- Rodney E. Brooks, Phone: 3014020751
- E-Mail Address
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rodney.brooks@nih.gov
(rodney.brooks@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support Contracts and Simplified Acquisitions Branch (SSSA) on behalf of the National Institute of Aging intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to Illumina, Inc, 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, CA 92122 for the purchase of a Sequencing System. 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) 2005-69, September 3, 2013. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13.5-Test Program for Certain Commercial Items STATUTORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 13.501(a)Soliciting from a single source. (1) For purchases exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, or industrial mobilization). and the statutory authority of FAR 6.302-1-Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). And For a proposed contract exceeding $650,000, but not exceeding $12.5 million, the competition advocate for the procuring activity, designated pursuant to 6.501; or an official described in 6.304(a)(3) or (a)(4) must approve the justification and approval. This authority is not delegable. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT To study ultrastructural (electron microscopy) mitochondrial alterations in skeletal muscle obtained from mice and human volunteers submitted to different experimental interventions. Samples will be derived from multiple age groups, different sexes, starting ages, compound concentrations, or diet interventions. CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION This requirement is for the purchas, installation and maintenance of Illumina HiSwq 2500 Sequencing System. The National Institute of Aging, will use the Sequencing System analyse laboratory reagents for whole exome sequencing and genome-wide genotyping of families with Parkinson's disease. Reagents are chemicals and enzymes used to perform an assay or research sequencing methodology. Consumables are Arrays, Custom Arrays, Custom Oligo Pools, Standard Oligo Pools, Flow Cells, and accessories, Sample Preparation Kits, Cluster Kits, Sequencing Kits and Reagent Kits which are also used in the sequencing process. All reagents and consumables must be compatible with, and optimally perform in the Illumina manufactured systems. The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10-Market Research, specifically the review and evaluation of the responses to the sources sought notice published in the FedBizOpps on May 7, 2014, synopsis number HHSN-NIH-NIDA-SS-2014-208, title "Installation and Maintenance of Illumina HiSeq 2500 Sequencing System". This requirement is for the purchase of a Illumina HiSeq 2500 Sequencing System. 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 May 27, 2014 12:00 noon eastern standard time and must reference number HHSN-NIH-NIDA-SS-2014-208. Responses may be submitted electronically to Rodney.brooks@nih.gov or by U.S. mail to the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support / Simplified Acquisition Branch (SSSA), 31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2080, Attention: Rodney Brooks. Contact Rodney Brooks at (301) 402-0751 or Rodney.brooks@nih.gov for information regarding the solicitation. "All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency."
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