MODIFICATION
66 -- Purchase of a MESO QUICKPLEX SQ 120 System
- Notice Date
- 6/11/2015
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 423490
— Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- RTPPOD US Environmental Protection Agency 109 T.W. Alexander Drive Mail Code: AA005 Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-15-00059
- Response Due
- 6/26/2015
- Archive Date
- 7/11/2015
- Point of Contact
- Logan, Kevin S
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Amended - NAICS Code: 423490 Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers (Scientific instruments merchant wholesalers). The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, a firm fixed-price purchase order under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) for a MESO QuickPlex SQ 120 compact multiplexing instrument system to be in the support of research involving electrochemiluminescence (ECL) protein immunoassays in complex biological samples (blood plasma and tissue protein extracts) being conducted by the EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL), Research Cores Unit (RCU), Proteomics Research Core Unit (PRC) laboratory located in the Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC. Previous research involving blood plasma and tissue protein extracts were conducted using two Meso Scale Discovery (MSD) Sector Imager 2400 (MSD Sector Imager 2400) instruments; one assigned to NHEERL, RTP, NC and one assigned to the EPA's National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), RTP. NC. Neither instrument is available for use by the NHEERL scientists at this time. The EPA requires the purchase of the MESO QuickPlex SQ 120 system as a suitable replacement for the MSD Sector Imager 2400 as, per the manufacturer, MSD, a division of Meso Scale Diagnostics LLC, 1601 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850, the MESO QuickPlex SQ 120 system is the only replacement for the discontinued MSD Sector Imager 2400 instrument. The EPA believes that MSD is the only source capable of providing the MESO QuickPlex SQ 120 as it is the sole manufacturer and distributor of the instrument system. While other manufacturers are able to provide compact multiplexing instrument systems, only the MESO QuickPlex SQ 120 is capable of allowing NHEERL full compliance with the PRC's standard operating procedure (SOP), NHEERL- ADH-RCU-DLA/2012-001-000, and the ability to preserve scientific integrity as well as data comparability and continuity of past, on-going, and future studies. This purchase order is therefore being directed, without competition, to MSD. The circumstance permitting Other than Full and Open Competition at this time is FAR 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single 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 supply should fully explain their capabilities and qualifications in writing within 15 days from the date of this announcement. This notice and any amendments will be available via the internet at the following URL: https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/Default.htm. The intent of this synopsis is to state the Government's intention to sole source this acquisition and to determine if any other source(s) exist; and, 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. Submit any response(s) via email to Kevin S. Logan, Contracting Officer, at logan.kevin@epa.gov OR the Contract Specialist, Heather R. Pinney at pinney.heather@epa.gov. Contracting Office Address: US Environmental Protection Agency, RTPPOD, ORD Service Center, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Point(s) of Contact: Kevin S. Logan, phone (919) 541-3053; Heather R. Pinney, phone 919-541-3083
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