SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Janus Liquid Handling System - Attachemnts
- Notice Date
- 8/2/2016
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- 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, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-2016-586
- Archive Date
- 9/15/2016
- Point of Contact
- Brian Lind, Phone: 301.827.5298
- E-Mail Address
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lindbj@nida.nih.gov
(lindbj@nida.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Attachment Number Four- Invoicing Instructions Attachment Number Three - 52.212-4 Attachment Number Two - 52.212-5 Attachment Number One - Statement of Work (i)This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii)The solicitation number is HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-2016-586 and the solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFQ). 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- Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items; and FAR Part 12-Acquisition of Commercial Items, and is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. (iii)The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-89 dated July 14, 2016. (iv)The associated NAICS code 334516 and the small business size standard is 1000 employees. This requirement is full and open with no set-aside restrictions. THIS IS A BRAND NAME OR EQUAL PROCUREMENT (v)The purpose of this acquisition is to purchase a PerkinElmer JANUS G3 Integrator Automated Liquid Handling Workstation or equal. Scope of Work As part of the tissue development processes, tissues must be cultured in precise conditions. Tissues take weeks to develop. As a tissue develops, it must be maintained with frequent media changes and proper incubation conditions. In order to maintain a tight schedule of media changes on large batches of tissues, we require an Automated Liquid Handling Workstation. The specifications of the Liquid Handling System are as follows: Janus G3 Integrator, 8-tip + Grip, RUO The system must be capable of using eight fixed washable or disposable tips at one time. It should also be capable of using any lesser number of tips independently. All tips should be located on a single arm for high throughput sample processing. Each sampling tip will be capable of independent motion in the Z-direction. The 8 tip arm must be able to pipet off deck to third party devices. The rails extending past the deck of the instrument must allow you to change media right on the Incubator transfer station. This enables the system to pipet right to the incubator without requiring a separate gripper to pull the plate onto the deck. This saves space on the deck, omits the need for a separate gripper, and saves time. The incubator must sit under the deck of the liquid handler. The deck have no less than 24 deck positions for microplates. The system must •be integrated with an incubator with no less than 240 plate storage positions with CO2, humidity and temperature control. •be able to dispense from disposable or fixed washable tips on the same probe enabling a choice of methods for eliminating carry-over between samples. This capability enables both disposable tips and fixed washable tips to be used on a single sample probe. No manual intervention is required to switch from one tip type to another. Changing from disposable tips to fixed washable tip processing can be done within a single operation step in a protocol. This saves money when disposable tips aren't necessary, and frees up deck space because tip boxes don't take up space on the deck. •include a table and enclosure with HEPA filtration for environmental sterility. •be compatible with transwell plates in 6, 12, 24 and 96 well format. •include a four position recirculating chiller for temperature control of reagents. •be capable of providing independent liquid level sensing in a multi-tipped mode with fixed, washable sampling tips or disposable tips. The minimum volume to be detected should be 50 μL in a microplate and 100 μL in a test tube. •Be equipped with automatic computer-controlled variable sample probe spacing. This enables most formats of labware such as tubes, microplates, PCR plates, vials or reagent troughs to be processed in a multi-tipped mode. •be capable of probe-to-probe spacing from 9 to 40 mm with eight-tip systems. •must be able to accommodate microplates in both landscape and portrait on any position of the deck. •should be able to utilize both standard and conductive disposable tips. Conductive tips should enable liquid level sensing. •include electrical sensors to verify disposable tip pick up and disposal. Sensors should be capable of being turned on or off at a user's discretion. •include the ability to operate at the user discretion with fewer than total tips configured on the system at one time. •be compatible with a variety of automated temperature control options enabling both chilling and heating to occur on the deck. Multiple heating tiles can be operated automatically, simultaneously, and independently at different temperatures ranging from ambient to 100C. •be capable of demonstrating precision of better than 3.0% coefficient of variation at 5 μL with a 20 μL tip. Also precision of better than 1.0% CV should be seen at 50 μL with a 200 μL tip dispensing distilled water. In both cases accuracy of better than +/- 1.0% CV should be seen. •Database error recording shall make a record of liquid and instrument errors conditions that occur during processing. This should be readable through commonly used database software packages. •be capable of integrating with additional stacker devices for higher capacity microplate loading or tip loading. The stackers should be integrated to the liquid handling system with direct feeding of the microplates to the deck of the liquid handling system. •have a versatile deck to allow flexibility to move labware anywhere on the deck in any landscape without customer racks. The deck must allow for non-SBS format labware to be placed on the deck without customization. Software should enable users to determine when to dispose of tips and when to reuse them. System should be capable of re-using a tip when performing duplicate transfers. Software must include error recovery and direct control should an error occur. Software programs must be provided as standard to test accuracy and precision performance of each syringe pump, XYZ motions and liquid level sensing to satisfy GLP (Good Laboratory Practice). Hard copies of precision/accuracy performance should be generated when a printer is provided. The system software must contain a graphical user interface, separate from the programming software where validated protocols can easily be uploaded and run to prevent tampering with validated protocols and to easily step the technician through the run. Status lights are needed to allow user to know status of the system when viewed around the lab Liquid level sensing must be capable of detecting non-ionic and organic solvents such as deionized water, DMSO or methanol. These are the minimum acceptable requirements. (vii)The equipment is to be delivered within four months from receipt of the Purchase Order and training is to take place within 7 days of delivery and installation. Delivery is to be made to: National Center for the Advancement of Translational Sciences 9800 Medical Center Drive Building C, Room 1022 Rockville, MD 20850 (viii)The provision at FAR clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (ix)The provision at FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (a)The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Evaluation Criteria: The Government will award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation on the basis of best value in consideration of both technical factors and price. Technical factors are as follows, in order of importance: Equipment Capability and Warranty: The contractor shall detail in a technical proposal how its proposed equipment meets each of the project requirements. This shall include detailed specifications of the offered equipment and its capabilities as well as warranty information. The technical proposal shall be evaluated for the ways in which the proposed equipment meets the functional equipment specification requirements. The Government shall particularly evaluate for the system's capacity, accuracy in transferring volumes in transwell plates, and the ways it meets or exceeds the requirements detailed in this statement of work. The warranty shall be evaluated for the ways it meets or exceeds the requirements detailed in this statement of work. Exceeding requirements shall be considered favorably Training: The contractor shall detail in a technical proposal the end user training is shall provide including subjects covered, technicians/instructors, and training duration. The Government shall evaluate the training approach for its comprehensiveness and appropriateness to teach at least four NCATS employees to appropriately use the equipment independently. Delivery and Installation: The contractor shall detail in a technical proposal how it shall meet the delivery and installation requirements. The Government shall evaluate for ability to meet or exceed the requirements detailed in this statement of need (delivery and installation within 16 weeks). Proposals must include a delivery lead-time and detailed explanation of who shall perform installation. Past Performance: The Contractor shall provide a list of two (2) contracts or purchase orders completed during the past five (5) years, similar in size and scope to the equipment provision, delivery, and installation requirements outlined in this Statement of Work. Experience shall include the following information for each contract or purchase order listed: a.Name of Contracting Organization b.Total Contract Value c.Description of Requirement d.Contract Period of Performance Past Performance shall be evaluated for relevance to the current requirement. Proposals shall be evaluated using an adjectival ranking system as follows: Excellent (90-100) Very Good (80-89) Fair (70-79) Poor (60-69) Unacceptable (0-59) Only adjectival ratings shall be used in final summary technical evaluation documentation. Technical and past performance, when combined, are (1) significantly more important than cost or price. (b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer's specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (x)The Offerors to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. (xi)The FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. POST AWARD EVALUATION OF CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE a. Contractor Performance Evaluations Interim and Final evaluations of Contractor performance will be prepared on this contract in accordance with FAR Subpart 42.15. The Final performance evaluation will be prepared at the time of completion of work. Interim and Final evaluations will be provided to the Contractor as soon as practicable after completion of the evaluation. The Contractor will be permitted thirty days to review the document and to submit additional information or a rebutting statement. If agreement cannot be reached between the parties, the matter will be referred to an individual one level above the Contracting Officer, whose decision will be final. Copies of the evaluations, Contractor responses, and review comments, if any, will be retained as part of the contract file, and may be used to support future award decisions. b.Electronic Access to Contractor Performance Evaluations Contractors may access evaluations through a secure Web site for review and comment at the following address: http://www.cpars.gov (xii)FAR clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Please refer to attachment number two for specific clauses applicable to this solicitation. (xiii)The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions as determined by the contracting officer are necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices, NONE (xiv)The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement. (xv)Responses to this solicitation must include sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities of providing the product or service. The price quote shall include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, delivery days after contract award, delivery terms, prompt payment discount terms, F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), product or catalog number(s); product description; and any other information or factors that may be considered in the award decision. Such factors may include: past performance; special features required for effective program performance; trade-in considerations; probable life of the item selected as compared with that of a comparable item; warranty considerations; maintenance availability; and environmental and energy efficiency considerations. Respondents proposing on an equal product of the brand-name product specified in this announcement must provide, as part of their response: (a) product, catalog, model, and/or part number(s); (b) product description; (c) all relevant information and documentation that the item(s) offered meets the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics as specified in the purchase description; quantity; estimated price or cost; shipping, handling, and/or installation charges; and delivery date after receipt of order. In addition the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov." All responses must be received by August 31, 2016 at 9:00 AM Eastern Standard Time and reference number HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-CSS-2016-586 Responses may be submitted electronically to Mr. Brian Lind at lindbj@nida.nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. (xvi)The name and telephone number of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation Mr. Brian Lind at 301-827-5298.
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- Address: National Center for the Advancement of Translational Sciences, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, United States
- Zip Code: 20852
- Zip Code: 20852
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