SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Order
- Notice Date
- 11/6/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- RTPPODUS Environmental Protection Agency109 T.W. Alexander DriveMail Code: AA005Research Triangle ParkNC27709USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-15-00012
- Archive Date
- 12/12/2014
- Point of Contact
- Jacqueline Sayles
- E-Mail Address
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Sayles.Jacqueline@epa.gov
(Sayles.Jacqueline@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Order for iCycler Real Time PCR Detection System, and BioRad CFX96 touch machine equipment along with supporting laboratory accessories to Bio-Rad Laboratories, Life Sciences Group, Hercules, CA 94547. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s Office of Acquisition Management intends to award a sole source, firm fixed-price purchase order on behalf of the US EPA?s, National Health Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL), Toxicity Assessment Division (TAD). The purchase order will be issued under the authority of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1), to Bio-Rad Laboratories, Life Sciences Group, 2000 Alfred Nobel Drive, Hercules, CA 94547 in order to procure laboratory equipment and accessories. The purpose of this procurement is to obtain the following laboratory equipment; an iCycler real time PCR detection system to evaluate gene expression in tissues following exposure to treatments. The equipment would be used to compare data collected on a current older BioRad iCycler, model. It is critical that we are able to compare prior data utilized for risk assessment purposes therefore the procurement of the preceding laboratory equipment and supporting accessories are required in order to ensure continuity of our existing laboratory analysis. Our research requires that we have a system with rapid output, generating data across 96 wells within 12 seconds. We also need fluorescein detection in quantities of <10 fmol. The system should allow for excitation and detection of up to 5 dyes within a well and run a 96 well plate. Lastly, based on space concerns, we need for the system to be able to operate free standing and NOT attached to a computer. The BioRad CFX meets all this requirements and produces lab results that are comparable to those already collected. Since we are comparing data that was obtained on an older BioRad brand name machine, we need for the new machine to be a BioRad brand name machine also so that data produced will give values comparable between the 2 machines. Different manufactures of iCyclers use different internal software to calculate values and the BioRad methodology is consistent only amongst their products. Use of brands that will measure the fluorophore used in our assay with the parameters our assay needs proved functional with standalone machines, which do not require attachment to a computer to function. EPA believes that there are no third party vendors which can provide the preceding specialized equipment required of TAD Due to the fact that this equipment cannot be interchanged with another iCycler because doing so would jeopardize the data results. EPA?s Technical experts have demonstrated the use of the requested equipment in a laboratory setting in order to validate a data match to other data obtained using the required equipment which subsequently resulted in production of accurate results. The circumstance permitting Other than Full and Open Competition is FAR 6.302-1 Sole Source, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or service will satisfy agency requirements. All interested parties who believe they can provide the required laboratory equipment and accessories should fully explain their capabilities and qualifications in writing NLT 11/12/2014. The intent of this synopsis is to state the Government's intention to sole source this acquisition to Bio-Rad Laboratories, Life Sciences Group. Therefore, no solicitation (RFQ) is available. Consequently, any response(s) failing to provide the aforementioned data but instead choosing merely to submit a routine letter requesting a copy of the RFQ will not be honored. Offerors must submit all technical questions / responses concerning this synopsis electronically through FedConnect. Notices of any modifications to this FBO procurement announcement, including Requests for Proposals and amendments, will be posted using the FedConnect web portal. FedConnect can be accessed at https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/. Questions regarding the content of the subject announcement must be submitted through the FedConnect portal. You must register with FedConnect as an interested party to submit questions and to view responses. FedConnect is a web portal that connects agencies and vendors to streamline the process of doing business with the federal government. Through FedConnect contractors will be able to receive, review and respond to contract pre- and post-award actions and documents such as correspondence, request for proposals, tasking instruments and contract modifications. The use of FedConnect also furthers the EPA?s commitment to moving towards a paperless acquisition environment by reducing its carbon footprint and conducting its business in an ecolog ically friendly manner. There is no charge to use FedConnect. Vendors can register with FedConnect at www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. For assistance in registering or for other FedConnect technical questions please call the FedConnect Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net. In addition, all vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), as this facilitates registration for FedConnect. Please note that vendors MUST have their SAM profile set to ?public,? otherwise FedConnect will not be able to access the SAM information required to validate vendor credentials. Registration may be completed and information regarding the registration process may be obtained at http://www.sam.gov. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Intends to negotiate a sole source purchase order with Thermo Electron North America., located at 1400 Northpoint Pkwy Suite 50, West Palm Beach, FL 92653 for UNITY ESSENTIAL SUPPORT PLAN MSPEC-LC-MS for Thermo Electron, West Palm Beach, (FL). Description of Supplies Material Description Serial Number LXQ01-10000 LXQ Linear Quadrupole I on Trap Mass Spec 02-E4 UNITY ESSENTIAL SUPPORT PLAN MSPEC-LC-MS Essential Support Plan Features: ~ Unlimited number of demand on-site service visits with a maximum 72-hour response ~ Engineer labor and travel is included ~ Priority status for technical support inquiries ~ One (1) Scheduled Preventative Maintenance visit ~ Thermo Scientific supplied personal computers are covered ~ Factory-certified replacement parts included ~ Software updates and notifications ~ Subscription to e-Support Online Technical Resources Base Coverage Exclusions: ~ Computers and/or software not provided by Thermo Fisher Scientific or computers with operating systems older than Windows XP. ~ Consumable items and parts such as bottles, calibration materials, solvents, vials, caps, septa, all Columns, data media, ferrules, ETD filaments (excluding the one included in the PM visit), filters, frits, gases, gaskets, injection port liners, integrator paper, ion exchange resin, lamps, photomultipliers, pump oil, reaction tubes, source ceramics, mobile phases, autosampler rotor valve seals, sample ports, syringes, and sample loops, DEP emitters, electron multipliers, glass jet separators, heated capillaries, ion gauges, ion volumes, water chillers, and turbo pump oil reservoirs. ~ Operator training ~ Sample concentrator plumbing ~ Work related to radioactive sources. The UNITY ESSENTIAL SUPPORT PLAN MSPEC-LC-MS Service Agreement for the LXQ Linear Quadrupole meets the standards for the existing system. Use of other sources versus the UNITY ESSENTIAL SUPPORT PLAN from the same equipment manufacturer, would be incompatible with the present system being utilized. Therefore it is critical that a compatible system manufactured by this company be utilized to continue the programs current and on-going research ensuring this system maintains its present warranty. The US EPA believes that Thermo Electron, is the only source capable of providing the required instrument. The circumstance permitting Other than Full and Open Competition is FAR 6.302-1, Sole Source, ?Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements?. The intent of this synopsis is to determine if any other source(s) exist; and, therefore, no solicitation (RFQ) is available. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting EPA's requirement as stated herein may submit a capability statement, which if received within the specified time will be considered. Responses to this posting must be in writing and provide clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. A determination not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources submitting a capability statement in response to this Intent to Sole Source NLT 12:00 Noon EST. 11/12/2014. Consequently, any response(s) failing to provide the aforementioned data but instead choosing merely to submit a routine letter requesting a copy of the RFQ will not be honored. All responses must be sent via FedConnect. FedConnect is a web portal that connects agencies and contractors to streamline the process of doing business with the federal government. There is no charge to use FedConnect. Contractors can register with FedConnect at www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. For assistance in registering, or for other FedConnect technical questions, contractors should call the FedConnect Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net. Contractors not registered in FedConnect will not be able to respond to this posting Additional Info: Click the link below to submit capabilities statements via FedConnect https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/Default.htm
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