SOLICITATION NOTICE
S -- Supply and delivery of dry ice pellets to the NIA in Baltimore, MD
- Notice Date
- 1/8/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 325120
— Industrial Gas 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, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-2016-090
- Archive Date
- 2/9/2016
- Point of Contact
- Hunter A. Tjugum, Phone: 301 435 8780
- E-Mail Address
-
hunter.tjugum@nih.gov
(hunter.tjugum@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- INTRODUCTION THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT TO ACTION. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support Contracts and Simplified Acquisitions Branch (SS/SA) on behalf of the National Institute of Aging (NIA) intends to solicit and award a contract for the delivery of dry ice in pellet form to federally leased buildings at the Biomedical Research Center on the Johns Hopkina Bayview Medical Campus in Baltimore, MD. EXTENT OF COMPETITION This acquisition is set-aside for Small Business concerns on a total set aside basis. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 325120 Industrial Gas Manufacturing with associated small business size standard 1,000 employees. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) Number/Effective date: FAC2005-86/12-31-2015. This acquisition is for a commercial item or service 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 expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold of $150,000. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Supply and Delivery of dry ice pellets for the National Institute of Aging (NIA) located on the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Campus in Baltimore, MD. Quotations will be solicited on a competitive basis on a set-aside restriction to Small Business concerns. Evaluation of responses will be perfomed on a Lowest-Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) approach on a "pass-fail" or "technically acceptable-technically unacceptable" basis against evaluation criteria. Background The Intramural Research Program (IRP) in the National Institute of Aging (NIA) is located in federally-leased buildings on the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Campus in Baltimore, MD. NIA has a need for dry ice, in pellet form, to be delivered to the Biomedical Research Center as well as the Triad Building. The need for Dry Ice is critical for the preservation and transportation of samples for all of the 11 labs at NIA/IRP. Purpose and Objectives The Contractor will be required to supply and deliver dry ice (in pellet form) onsite at loading docks at two specific NIA facilities on the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Campus in Baltimore, MD. Dry ice shall be delivered to federally-leased buildings at the following locations: -251 Bayview Blvd, Baltimore, MD; -333 Cassell Drive, Baltimore, MD. Period of Performance The contractor shall be required to obtain the dry ice and deliver it during normal business hours, approximately 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. An Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Delivery Order contract with a period of performance on or around February 15, 2016 for one base year and four (4) option year periods is anticipated. Project Description The Contractor will be required to follow a delivery schedule of dry ice three (3) times per week to one, or both, locations on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The quantities of delivery will consist of 1,025 to 1,495 lbs. per delivery, approximately 3,545 lbs. per week and 184,355 lbs. per year. Special Conditions The Contractor will furnish dry ice bins with dry ice and hand shovels that will be used at the facility drop off points. Contractor will deliver the dry ice to the subject locations 1 - 3 times per week as the need for quantity and frequency of dry ice delivery may change. CLOSING STATEMENT The solicitation will be issued on or about January 25, 2016, and quotes will be tentatively due about ten (10) days after the solicitation release date. Potential offerors may request a copy of the solicitation from Hunter Tjugum electronically at hunter.tjugum@nih.gov. Please reference the solicitation number HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-2016-090 on your electronic and fax request.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Record
- SN03986711-W 20160110/160109132659-b5c0f4e09667278ff068025f52a7c869 (fbodaily.com)
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