SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Brand Name or Equal STACIS iX Laser Table Bases
- Notice Date
- 1/5/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 3155, MSC 9593, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-17-134
- Archive Date
- 1/25/2017
- Point of Contact
- Jermaine Duncan, Phone: 3018277515
- E-Mail Address
-
jermaine.duncan@nih.gov
(jermaine.duncan@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE 1. Solicitation Number: HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-17-134 2. Title: Brand Name or Equal STACIS Ix Laser Table Base 3. Classification Code: 66 - Instruments & Laboratory equipment 4. NAICS Code: 334 - Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing/334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing 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. This notice is issued to help determine the availability of qualified companies technically capable of meeting the Government requirement and to determine the method of acquisition. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this notice. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice. This notice is strictly for research and information purposes only. Background: The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit (CBBU) is studying the ways in which microtubules provide structural support and form a complex and dynamic intracellular "highway" delivering molecular cargo from one end of the cell to another. Given continually changing cell physiology, this delivery system undergoes constant remodeling as cargo is transported to different destinations with high temporal and spatial accuracy. Failures in this highly coordinated transport system lead to disease and mutations in genes that encode microtubule dynamics regulators have been implicated in neurodegeneration, cardiovascular disease, cancers and viral infections. The NINDS CBBU is working to analyze and examine these intracellular disease highways towards improving treatments available to patents and laser tables are used for this purpose. Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this acquisition is to procure one (1) Technical Manufacturing Corporation (TMC) Brand STACIS Ix Laser Table OR EQUAL to eliminate the vibration and distortion of inverted laser microscopes used by researchers to analyze and examine intracellular highways. Project requirements: The Contractor shall provide the NINDS Cell Biology and Biophysics Unite (CBBU) with one (1) TMC-Brand STACIS iX Laser Table Base OR EQUAL. The brand-name or equal instrument requirements are as follows: 1. The equipment must have piezoelectric, active vibration cancellation technology. Table dimensions must not exceed 5'x6'x 8" due to microscope lab space requirements. 2. The equipment must have a digital controller with menu driven interface and LCD display. 3. The equipment must have dampeners for pneumatic isolators for settling stability and isolation starting at 0.6Hz. 4. The equipment must have a spill-proof, clean, precise, and corrosion resistant optical table top that must not exceed 5'x6'x8". The table must include individual sealed holes, with non-load-bearing cups and adjust for +.005" sensitivity. 5. The equipment must have at least a 3/16" thick ferromagnetic stainless steel top plate, matted finish with dovetail stitch. The ¼-20 countersunk and tapped holes @1" o.c. array, with a honeycomb core that has a minimum of.49" 2 cell size, 13.3 lb./ft3 density and research grade maximum damping. 6. The contractor shall provide a certified original equipment manufacturer service (OEM) service technician for Laser Table Base System Initialization, Optimization and Certification (IOC) on site for at least three (3) days. The OEM service technician must be onsite to supervise the equipment move in and assembly that will be performed by a qualified rigging team provided by the Government. The equipment must be installed and loaded prior to arrival of the service technician. 7. The Contractor shall provide installation assistance, load distribution adjustments, isolator cables connection and controller installation for all equipment. The Contractor shall be responsible for delivery costs. Warranty Requirements: The Contractor shall provide a one (1) year warranty on all equipment from date of installation. All products shall be warranted to be free from material defects in workmanship or material under normal use and service for the warranty period. The Contractor shall provide an OEM technician to perform all repairs during the warranty period. Anticipated Contract Type: A firm fixed price purchase order within the Simplified Acquisition threshold is anticipated. Period of Performance/Delivery Requirements: The Contractor shall deliver and assist in the installation of all equipment within ten (10) weeks after receipt of order. Delivery must be FOB destination and include inside installation. The equipment shall be installed during normal working hours (from 8:00AM to 5:00PM local prevailing time, Monday through Friday). The Contractor shall provide an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) service technician to perform on-site delivery, setup, installation and calibration (e.g. sensitivity adjustments). All services shall take place between the hours of 8:00AM and 5:00PM, Bethesda, MD local prevailing time, Monday through Friday. The Government will provide the Contractor rigging services to assist with equipment installation. Place of Performance: The place of performance shall be the National Institutes of Health, NINDS, CBBU, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. Capability Statement: Contractors that believe that they possess the ability to provide the required equipment, warranty, and installation should submit documentation on their ability to meet each of the project requirements to the Contract Specialist. The capability statement should include 1) the total number of employees, 2) documentation of ability to provide the required equipment and warranty 3) any contractor GSA Schedule contracts by which all of the requirements may be met, if applicable, and 4) any other information considered relevant to this program. Contractors must also provide their Company Name, DUNs number, Physical Address, and Point of Contact Information. Interested organizations are required to identify their type of business, applicable North American Industry Classification System Code, and size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration. The government request that no proprietary or confidential business data be submitted in a response to this notice. However, responses that indicate the information therein is proprietary will be properly safeguarded for Government use only. Capability statements must include the name and telephone number of a point of contact having authority and knowledge to discuss responses with Government representatives. Capability statements in response to this market survey that do not provide sufficient information for evaluation will be considered non-responsive. When submitting this information, please reference the Sources Sought notice number. All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted to Jermaine Duncan, Contract Specialist, via email at jermaine.duncan@nih.gov before the closing date and time of this announcement. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. Note: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. No proprietary, classified, confidential or sensitive information should be included in your 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 review of the responses received, pre-solicitation and solicitation notices may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. The solicitation release date is pending. The Government anticipates negotiation of a firm fixed price purchase order. Contracting Office Address: 31 Center Drive Room 1B59 Bethesda, Maryland 20892 United States Place of Performance: Bethesda, Maryland 20892 United States Primary Point of Contact: Jermaine Duncan, Contract Specialist Jermaine.duncan@nih.gov Phone: 301-827-7515
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
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