SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- DeltaVision OMX SR System
- Notice Date
- 8/31/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- 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
- HHSN-NIH-NHLBI-SBSS-2016-221
- Archive Date
- 9/22/2016
- Point of Contact
- Jonathan M. Lear,
- E-Mail Address
-
john.lear@nih.gov
(john.lear@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 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. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (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 Sources Sought 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 Sources Sought notice or the NHLBI's use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement. The NHLBI is seeking capability statements from all eligible small business concerns under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 334516 with a size standard 1,000. Based on the responses received from this sources sought announcement, the proposed acquisition may be solicited as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All eligible small business concerns responding to this sources sought announcement must have the capabilities to provide the equipment as stated below. Background The Light Microscopy Core (LMC) of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provides light microscopy resources to assist researchers in experiments involving various studies in cell and tissue biology using light microscopes. Purpose and Objectives To meet the growing needs for Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM), a powerful super resolution imaging modality, the Light Microscopy Core (LMC) wishes to purchase the DeltaVision OMX SR microscope. The DeltaVision OMX SR Microscope provides three types of SIM imaging: in a thin layer at the bottom of the cell (the TIRF zone); in a single 2D plane anywhere within a cell; and for the whole cell in 3D. This microscope will allow investigators to capture cellular and molecular events at high speed in any plane within the cell with double the resolution of conventional confocal microscopes. The LMC's existing OMX Blaze V4 is not able to image in the TIRF zone or at any 2D plane within the cell. This is especially limiting for studies of cytoskeletal dynamics at the cell membrane, such as exocytosis and endocytosis, which benefit enormously from imaging using TIRF illumination. The LMC is, therefore, requesting the purchase of the DeltaVision OMX SR, which will be combined with the trade-in of the existing OMX Blaze V4. The OMX Blaze V4 will be replaced by the DeltaVision OMX SR. This purchase will provide extremely valuable support for research being conducted in the NHLBI. Equipment Specifications The contractor shall complete the following tasks to execute the trade-in: •The contractor shall schedule a day/time with the NHLBI Project Officer for the contractor to pack and deliver the LMC's OMX Blaze V4 (S/N: OM06044) to its facilities to process the trade-in. •The contractor shall manufacture a DeltaVision OMX SR and deliver the microscope to the following location: 50 Center Drive, Bldg. 50, Rm. 2250, Bethesda, MD 20892. •The contractor shall install and ensure proper function of the DeltaVision OMX SR at the above location. •The contractor shall maintain the new DeltaVision OMX SR for a period of twelve (12) months following installation in accordance with the standard warranty terms. Capability Statement / Information Sought Interested parties are expected to review this notice to familiarize itself with the requirements of this acquisition. Failure to do so will be at the contractor's own risk. The following information shall be included in the capability statement: -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. -Information 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. -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: 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a small business size standard of 1,000. Closing Statement Interested qualified small business organizations should submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement, not to exceed ten (10) single-sided pages (including all attachments, resumes, charts, etc.) presented in single-space and using a 12-point font size minimum, that clearly details the ability to provide the requested equipment that meets the specifications above. 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 NHLBI personnel and will be held in a confidential manner. All capability statements sent in response to this sources sought notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Jonathan Lear, Contracting Officer, at john.lear@nih.gov in either MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), by September 7, 2016 at 9:00AM, EST and must reference synopsis number HHSN-NIH-NHLBI-SBSS-2016-221. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. 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 / NHLBI, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
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