SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Components for nCounter Analysis System - J&A
- Notice Date
- 6/8/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 333249
— Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Research Facilities, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 13, Rm. 2E47, MSC 5738, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5738, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5738
- Solicitation Number
- NIH-OD4214234
- Archive Date
- 6/28/2016
- Point of Contact
- Tonia Ellen, Phone: 3014968413
- E-Mail Address
-
tonia.ellen@nih.gov
(tonia.ellen@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- J&A The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Nanostring Technologies, Inc. The National Institutes of Nursing Research (NINR) DIR Bio-behavioral Branch needs to obtain a contract for the components of the nCounter Analysis System. The branch currently has the nCounter Analysis System that enables highly sensitive detection and quantification of gene expression from a variety of sample types including direct measurement from purified total RNA, cell and tissue lysates, extracted from FFPE samples, and whole blood. This requirement is for the components nCounter Code Set, nCounter Master Kit containing reagents and consumables for automated processing, nCounter Prep Station, nCounter Digital Analyzer and other supporting software, service, training and technical support. Nanostring Technologies is the only vendor that sells the nCounter Analysis System and it's components. Responses The proposed acquisition action is for items and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1 (b). If you believe you can provide the items or services, please forward capability statements to ellent@od.nih.gov by June 13, 2016.A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract acquisition based upon responses to the notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. 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. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. 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. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. 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).
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 10 Center Drive, 1st Floor, Wing D, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN04142165-W 20160610/160608234010-68bbe48c297897210fbf3f948dabad97 (fbodaily.com)
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