SOLICITATION NOTICE
Q -- Fungal Serological Testing Services for Patient Care Management - NOI
- Notice Date
- 1/19/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center/Office of Purchasing & Contracts, 6707 Democracy Blvd, Suite 106, MSC 5480, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5480
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5480
- Solicitation Number
- 17-003862
- Archive Date
- 2/18/2017
- Point of Contact
- Christopher D. Lauver, Phone: 3014969427, Barbara Taylor, Phone: 301-594-5916
- E-Mail Address
-
christopher.lauver@nih.gov, Barbara_Taylor@nih.gov
(christopher.lauver@nih.gov, Barbara_Taylor@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent to Sole Source INTRODUCTION THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center (CC), Office of Purchasing and Contracts (OPC) on behalf of the Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM), Clinical Center (CC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to: MiraVista Diagnostics, LLC 4705 Decatur Blvd Indianapolis, IN, 46241-9603, UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 541380 with a Size Standard of $15.0 Million. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-95, January 13, 2017. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($150,000). STATUTORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplifeid Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title: Fungal Serological Testing Services for Patient Care Management. 2. Background Information: The CC is a clinical research hospital providing medical services for patients participating in human research protocols at the NIH. The CC provides patient facilities, services for clinical investigations, research in related areas, and training programs for residents. The Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM) serves as the clinical laboratory of the NIH Clinical Center. It provides laboratory support for patient care and research protocols and performs research and training in disciplines of Clinical Pathology. In doing so it provides state-of-the-art laboratory testing in support of Clinical Center patient care and serves as a center of excellence in research and training in laboratory medicine, particularly in areas which utilize the unique strengths of the National Institutes of Health. 3. Purpose or Objective: The purpose of this procurement is fungal serological testing for routine patient care testing of Clinical Center patients. This testing is not currently offered in house by the DLM Microbiology Service due to the complexity of testing, thus these test requests are outsourced to a vendor 4. Period of Performance: 1 year with an anticipated award date on or around 2/15/2017. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS (SCOPE OF WORK) Contractor must provide test results via fax within 3-4 days of specimen receipt for the following tests: 1. MVista® Histoplasma Antigen Quantitative EIA 87385 2. MVista® Histoplasma Antibody IgG, IgM EIA 87387 x 2 3. MVista® Blastomyces Quantitative EIA 87449 4. MVista® Coccidioides Quantitative EIA 87449 5. Fungitell® Beta-D Glucan Colorimetric Assay 87449 6. Platelia TM Aspergillus Galactomannan EIA 87305 7. Cryptococcal Antigen, Latex Agglutination 86403 319 $ 33.00 8. Histoplasma Antibody by Immunodiffusion 86698 321 $ 33.00 9. Blastomyces Antibody by Immunodiffusion 86612 322 $ 33.00 10. MVista® Coccidioides Antibody IgG, IgM EIA 86635 x 2 11. Coccidioides Antibody by Immunodiffusion 86635 x 2 12. Aspergillus Antibody by Immunodiffusion 86606 CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION MiraVista Diagnostics, LLC is the only known source for all required fungal testing. These test methods are extremely sensitive to changes in testing processes which can affect patient test results. Thus, consistent testing through a single vendor is required for accurate trending of results and reproducibility. The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10-Market Research. CLOSING STATEMENT This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include the period of performance, the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be received by February 3, 2017, 4:00 PM Eastern time and must reference pre-solicitation number 17-003862. Responses may be submitted electronically to Mr. Christopher Lauver, Contracting Specialist at christopher.lauver@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN04375896-W 20170121/170119234713-6e5978d0d86cd6d6a6748f1f4e59d9a7 (fbodaily.com)
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