SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Ultrasound system to measure skeletal real-time muscle tissue blood flow in peripheral artery disease models in monkeys
- Notice Date
- 8/15/2014
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- 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-CSS-14-600
- Archive Date
- 9/9/2014
- Point of Contact
- Hunter A. Tjugum, Phone: 301 435 8780, ,
- E-Mail Address
-
hunter.tjugum@nih.gov, NIDASSSAPurchaseRequ@mail.nih.gov
(hunter.tjugum@nih.gov, NIDASSSAPurchaseRequ@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-14-600 and the solicitation is issued as a Request For Quotation (RFQ). This acquisition is for a commercial item and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures; FAR Subpart 13.5-Test Program for Certain Commercial Items; and FAR Part 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items, and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Any resultant purchase order resulting from this solicitation is not expected to exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-76, dated 25 JULY 2014. The associated NAICS code is 334516-Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with an associated small business size standard of 500 employees. This requirement is released with no set-aside restrictions. DESCRIPTION Background: The National Institute on Aging (NIA), one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. The Intramural Research Program (IRP) in the National Institute on Aging (NIA) is comprised of nine scientific laboratories, the Translational Gerontology Branch, and ten core facilities. The research program has three main focus areas: Neuroscience, Aging Biology and Translational Gerontology. IRP scientists conduct research in many different disciplines that range from basic science to clinical research and epidemiology. Medical problems, which typically affect older persons, are studied in depth using the tools of modern laboratory and clinical research, with a translational perspective. The central focus of our research is understanding age-related changes in physiology and the ability to adapt to environmental stress. This understanding is then applied to developing insight about the pathophysiology of age-related diseases. The program seeks to understand the changes associated with healthy aging and to define the criteria for evaluating when changes should be considered pathologic and require treatment. Thus, in addition to study common age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, stroke, atherosclerosis, osteoarthritis, diabetes and cancer, we also explore the determinants of healthy aging as possible targets for interventions aimed at improving health and quality of life in the older population at large. Product Description: The IRP at the NIA has a requirement for one (1) instrument that can measure real-time muscle tissue blood flow using contrast enhanced micro bubble ultrasound technology in Peripheral artery disease models in Monkeys. The essential government feature that this potential requirement needs to achieve is an instrument with the ability to use ultrasound to measure skeletal muscle blood flow for this purpose. The objective of this requirement is to study the effect of exercise on the development of peripheral artery disease in monkeys in the IRP at NIA. Contractor shall identify the imaging technology offered in their quotation and how measurement of muscle blood flow will be conducted. Required product shall include real-time imaging technology, high density transducer technology, tissue strain imaging, comprehensive contrast imaging and analysis capability option, volume imaging technology, advanced workflow technology, and security software. All deliveries must be made FOB destination to the NIH Primate Facility located at 16701 Elmer School Road in Dickerson, MD 20842. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS Offerors may respond with a quotation indicating their ability to meet the functional specifications stated in this solicitation. Pricing proposals shall indicate the unit price of the supply specified in this solicitation, including shipping cost and estimated time of delivery after receipt of order. Responses will be evaluated based on contractor's ability to fulfill the functional specification requirements stated in this notice and on ability to deliver required supply. Responses may also include any additional imaging accessories, or applicable software or warranty considerations. Responses to this solicitation must include sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities of providing the product or service. The price quote shall include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, delivery days after contract award, delivery terms, prompt payment discount terms, F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), product or catalog number(s); product description; and any other information or factors that may be considered in the award decision. Such factors may include: past performance; special features required for effective functional performance; trade-in considerations; probable life of the item selected as compared with that of a comparable item; warranty considerations; maintenance availability; and environmental and energy efficiency considerations. Responses to this RFQ must not exceed 20 pages in length and be submitted in Microsoft Word or searchable PDF format in a font size of 11 or 12 point and font type of Arial or Times New Romans. Margins must be 1-inch wide (top, bottom, left, and right). Responses must references this solicitation number and include the name of the contractor. Pages in excess of the specified page limit will not be considered or evaluated. The following FAR provisions shall apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items, 52.212-2, Evaluation--Commercial Items. Evaluation factors that will be used to evaluate the offer most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered, include ability to meet the technical requirements stated in this pre-solicitation and on basis of best value to the government. Offerors must include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items, with their offer. The Clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and the Clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items applies to this acquisition. The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement. In addition the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All Offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov." All responses must be received no later than the response deadline indicated on August 25, 2014, 12:00 pm Eastern time. Late responses will not be accepted. All responses must reference solicitation number HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-14-600. Responses may be submitted electronically to Hunter.Tjugum@nih.gov and to NIDASSSAPurchaseRequ@mail.nih.gov. Fax responses will be accepted at (301) 480-1358. For information regarding this solicitation, contact Hunter Tjugum by email at hunter.tjugum@nih.gov or by phone at (301) 435-8780.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIDA-2/HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-14-600/listing.html)
- Record
- SN03467603-W 20140817/140816000314-2ce134a29bf36bbe55b0be9d1314b10b (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |