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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 16, 2015 FBO #5014
SOURCES SOUGHT

66 -- High Performance Robotic Workstation (Arm, Incubator, Scheduler) for NCATS

Notice Date

8/14/2015
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

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-SBSS-15-736
 

Archive Date

9/4/2015
 

Point of Contact

Lauren M. Phelps, Phone: 3015942490
 

E-Mail Address

lauren.phelps@nih.gov
(lauren.phelps@nih.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

High Performance Robotic Workstation (Arm, Incubator, Scheduler) for NCATS Small Business Sources Sought Notice Contracting Office Addre ss: 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, MD 20892, UNITED STATES. Introduction: This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources, (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses, service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. Background: The National Institute of Health (NIH) National Center for the Advancement of Translational Science (NCATS) performs numerous high throughput assays annually and has a need to consolidate assay development, miniaturization applicability, and adaptation. To meet this need, NCATS is creating a facility to provide a collaborative instrumentation resource for NCATS researchers. NCATS requires a high performance robotic workstation to be utilized in this facility. Purpose and Objectives for the Procurement: The purpose of this requirement is acquisition of a high performance robotic workstation to facilitate assay development and technology evaluation projects. The equipment shall be used as a collaborative resource to provide extramural and intramural NCATS researchers with access to assay development support. Project Requirements: The NCATS robotic workstation requires one (1) high performance robotic arm with four (4) ambient storage hotels, one (1) incubator, and one (1) software scheduler. The workstation component minimum requirements are as follows: A.The high performance robotic arm with four ambient storage hotels must meet the following requirements: 1.The robotic arm must offer a 360 degree rotation, 4-axis Selective Compliance Articulated Robot Arm (SCARA) with integrated vision-assisted teaching and barcode reading. 2.The robotic arm must handle most Society for Biomolecular Sciences (SBS) conforming plates in either portrait or landscape orientation and have plate detection during grip. B.The incubator must meet the following requirements: 1.The incubator must allow storage for up to 280 microplates. 3.The incubator must have a temperature range of 8 °C - 50 °C with humidity capable up to 98%. C.The scheduling software must meet the following requirements: 1.The scheduling software must have the ability to run more than 40 robots or plate movers simultaneously as well as over 50 instruments on a single license. 2.The scheduling software must be able to run continuously for at least a 2 week period without the need for stopping or reinitializing the system. Anticipated Period of Performance: The Contractor shall deliver and install the required equipment within ninety (90) days after receipt of order. Delivery shall be on a F.O.B Destination basis. The equipment shall be delivered between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Rockville, MD local prevailing time, Monday through Friday. Anticipated Contract Type: A firm fixed price contract is anticipated. Invoicing shall be on a NET30 basis after equipment is accepted. Milestone invoicing may be considered. Capability Statement: Contractors that believe they possess the ability to provide the required equipment should submit documentation of their ability to meet each of the project requirements to the Contract Specialist. Contractors must provide their Company Name, DUNS number, Physical Address, and Point of Contact Information. Interested organizations are required to identify their type of business, applicable North American Industry Classification System Code, and size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration. The government requests that no proprietary or confidential business data be submitted in a response to this notice. However, responses that indicate the information therein is proprietary will be properly safeguarded for Government use only. Capability statements must include the name and telephone number of a point of contact having authority and knowledge to discuss responses with Government representatives. Capability statements in response to this market survey that do not provide sufficient information for evaluation will be considered non-responsive. When submitting this information, please reference the solicitation notice number. All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Lauren Phelps, Contract Specialist, at Lauren.Phelps@nih.gov in MS Word format by or before the closing date of this announcement. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. Note: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After review of the responses received, pre-solicitation and solicitation notices may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. The solicitation release date is pending. The Government intends to negotiate a fixed-price contract.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIDA-2/HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-15-736/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Rockville, Maryland, 20850, United States

Zip Code: 20850
 

Record

SN03839654-W 20150816/150814235528-cb33a07104201e9aaebda08d4e9ba272 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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