SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Life Technologies ION Equipment
- Notice Date
- 9/9/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NHLBI-CSB-DE-2014-265-RSF
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2014
- Point of Contact
- Rashida S. Ferebee, Phone: 3014352605
- E-Mail Address
-
ferebeers@nhlbi.nih.gov
(ferebeers@nhlbi.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Office of Acquisitions (OA), on behalf of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive, sole source basis to Life Technologies 3175 Staley Road, Grand Island, New York, 14072, to provide an ION Ampliseq TM custom panel and supporting ION attachments for the ION Chef TM, for the NIDCR. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation's leading medical research agency and the primary Federal agency conducting and supporting medical discoveries that improve people's health and save lives. The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Molecular Carcinogenesis Section's ultimate goal is to develop novel therapies aimed at improving the quality of life and life expectancy of oral cancer patients. The recent use of high throughput screening procedures followed by computer assisted molecular modeling and chemical synthesis of lead compounds has tremendously accelerated the discovery of small molecule inhibitors of signaling and cell cycle controlling proteins. The contractor shall provide: - Custom made ION Ampliseq TM custom panel - ION PI IC 200 KIT EACH, Quantity 3 - DYNAMAG-2 EACH, Quantity 1 - RECOVERALL TM TOTAL NA ISO 40RXN. 2 PT, Quantity 4 - ION LIBRARY EQUALIZER KIT EACH, Quantity 2 - ION AMPLISEQ EXOME RDY-IC, 4X2 4, Quantity 2 - ION EXPRESS BARCODES 1-16 1-16, Quantity 1 - ION AMPLISEQ LIB 2.0-384LV EACH, Quantity 1 - ION PI CHIP KIT V2 BC; 8-PACK EACH, Quantity 3 Sole Source Justification: The sole source justification is based on the fact that Life Technologies, is the owner of the trade marked equipment the purchased equipment will be attached to. Life technologies is the only provider of the custom made ION Ampliseq TM custom panel. The custom panel is a web based assay design tool that transforms a list of genes into custom primer pools constructing targeted libraries. The ION attachments are only compatible with the ION Chef TM and are required to conduct the research in conjunction with the ION Ampliseq custom panel. No other 3rd part attachments are compatible with the ION Ampliseq TM and would void the warranty on the ION Chef TM. Life Technologies is the only vendor capable of providing the ION Ampliseq TM and attachments package. The delivery date will be five (5) days after receipt of order. The delivery point is The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), Bethesda, MD. The North American Industry Classification system (NAICS) Code is 334516, size standard 500 Employees, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. The acquisition is being conducted under FAR part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, therefore the requirements of FAR part 6, Competitive Requirements, are not applicable and the resultant purchase order will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-76 (August 2014). Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis by September 15th, 2014 at 9:00am Eastern Standard Time. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered only for the purpose of determining whether to conduct future competitive procurements. Inquiries to this announcement, referencing synopsis number: HHS-NIH-NHLBI-CSB-DE-2014-265-RSF, may be submitted to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, COAC Services Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6142, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention: Rashida Ferebee. Responses may be submitted electronically to Rashida.Ferebee@nih.gov. Faxes will not be accepted. Responses will only be excepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representative.
- Web Link
-
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH/NIDCR, Bethesda, Maryland, 20707, United States
- Zip Code: 20707
- Zip Code: 20707
- Record
- SN03503135-W 20140911/140910000925-b2bb5928e88de217a9bc175dda3ee6f8 (fbodaily.com)
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