SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Lab Products Hydropac Master Carton
- Notice Date
- 1/13/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 314999
— All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills
- 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
- NHLBI-CSB-DE-2016-055-KEW-SBSS
- Archive Date
- 2/6/2016
- Point of Contact
- Kyle Wisor, Phone: 3014023670, Rashida Ferebee,
- E-Mail Address
-
Kyle.Wisor@nih.gov,
(Kyle.Wisor@nih.gov, ontract)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- A. Small Business Sources Sought Notice: NHLBI-CSB-DE-2016-055-KEW-SBSS B. Title: Lab Products Hydropac Master Carton C. 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 business sources; and (2) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 314999 for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method. All capability Statements sent in response to this Small Business Sources Sought notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Kyle Wisor, Contract Specialist, at kyle.wisor@nih.gov in either MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by January 22nd, 2016 9:00 AM, EASTERN TIME under Solicitation Number: NHLBI-CSB-DE-2016-055-KEW-SBSS. FAXES ARE NOT ACCEPTED D. Information: 1. Background The NHLBI is seeking small businesses with the ability to provide the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)/Division of Intramural Research (DIR)/Office of the Director (OD)/Veterinary Resources Core (VRC) with the Hydropac® HYP-2524 Master Carton with 72,000 valves and 36 rolls of pouch film, to 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 mission of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is to improve oral, dental and craniofacial health through research, research training, and the dissemination of health information. The function of the Veterinary Resources Core (VRC) is to provide husbandry, veterinary care, research technical support, assistance in the writing of Animal Study Protocols, and education and assistance regarding interpretations of animal use regulations, and health and safety policies. The VRC currently owns a Lab Products Hydropac® AWS-2500 Pouch Machine that utilizes the Hydropac® Master Cartons to distribute filtered water to the VRC rodent population. 2. Purpose and Objectives The purpose of this acquisition is to provide the NIDCR VRC with the Hydropac® Alternative Watering System to provide the 1,500 mice currently supported by the facility with highly filtered water in order to keep them hydrated. 3. Project Requirements The contractor shall provide the products below: a. Lab Products Hydropac® Alternative Watering system, Quantity: 2, Product code: HYP-2524 i. The HYP-2524 Master Carton provides materials to produce 72,000 Hydropac TM Sterile Disposable Valve TM assemblies, and 36 rolls of pouch film, stored in <14.7 sq ft (<1.4 sq m). 2. Shipping Requirements a. The vendor will notify customer via email or phone of expected delivery date; b. The product shall be delivered on pallet between the hours of 7 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.; c. The product shall be boxed and or shrink wrapped so that they are easily identified for individual use by case or roll or box; d. The size of the supplies should not exceed the size of a regular pallet and stacked no higher than 7 ft.; e. The vendor shall supply a detailed list of line items provided. 4. Contractor Requirements 1. All personnel involved in this project will be Rees Scientific employees, trained and certified to perform work on the subject system. 2. Contractor must be ISO 9001:2008 certified 5. Anticipated Period of Performance/Delivery Date Base Year: February 1st, 2016 - January 31, 2017 Option Year 1: February 1st, 2017 - January 31, 2018 Option Year 2: February 1st, 2018 - January 31, 2019 Option Year 3: February 1st, 2019 - January 31, 2020 Option Year 4: February 1st, 2020 - January 31, 2021 Delivery upon request by Government Performance Location National Institutes of Health, NIDCR 30 Convent Drive Building 30 Bethesda, MD 20892 6. Capability Statement Interested parties are expected to review this notice to familiarize itself with the requirements of this project. Failure to do so will be at your firm's own risk. The following information shall be included in the capability statement: a. A general overview of the respondents' opinions about the difficulty and /or feasibility of the potential requirement, and any information regarding innovative ideas or concepts. b. Information as needed in sufficient details of the respondents' (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information. c. The respondents' DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZONE, etc) pursuant to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code: 314999, All Other Miscellaneous Textile Productions Mills, Small Business Size 500 employees. d. Any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the requirements of the potential acquisition. e. The capability statement shall not exceed 20 single-sided pages (including all attachments, resumes, charts, etc.) presented in single-space and using a 12-point font size minimum, in either Microsoft Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), with 8-1/2 by 11 inch paper size, and 1 inch top, bottom, left and right margins. f. All proprietary information should be marked as such. Statements should also include an indication of current certified small business status; this indication should be clearly marked on the first page of your capability statement (preferably placed under the eligible small business concern's name and address). Responses will be reviewed only by NIH personnel and will be held in a confidential manner. 7. Closing Statement All capability Statements sent in response to this Small Business Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Kyle Wisor, Contract Specialist, at kyle.wisor@nih.gov in either MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by January 22nd, 2016 9:00 AM, EASTERN TIME under Solicitation Number: NHLBI-CSB-DE-2016-055-KEW. FAXES ARE NOT ACCEPTED. This Small Business Sources Sought Notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The NHLBI does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted. As a result of this notice, the NHLBI may issue a Request for Quote (RFQ). THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. However, should such a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against NHLBI shall arise as a result of a response to this notice or the NHLBI's use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement. "Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in 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 a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s)."
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health, NIDCR, 30 Convent Drive, Building 30, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
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