SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- DNA collection and Analysis services - SOW
- Notice Date
- 4/14/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 621511
— Medical Laboratories
- 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-OLAO-OD3-SSNOI4530905
- Archive Date
- 5/9/2017
- Point of Contact
- Shirlene M. Smith, Phone: 3014437979
- E-Mail Address
-
ssmith@od.nih.gov
(ssmith@od.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Statement of Workk The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Allama Iqbal Medical Research Centre (AIMRC). The National Institutes of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders needs to procure a DNA collection and Analysis services for one base year plus four option years. Please see Statement of Work for further information. Allama Iqbal Medical Research Centre (AIMRC) is the only vendor that has the necessary track record and documented ability to identify, sample, and deliver the number and types of families needed for this research program in Pakistan. The contractor must live and hold a senior academic position in Pakistan, due to the fact that the Pakistani population, with its high proportion of cousin marriages and large family sizes, is required for the performance of this contract. No other potential contractor has been able to provide the required family resources and provide an institution with fiscal controls and accounting procedures suitable for this contract activity. 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 ssmith@od.nih.gov by May 20, 2015. 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
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OLAO/NIH-OLAO-OD3-SSNOI4530905/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 35A Convent Drive, Building 35A, Room 1F125A, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN04473547-W 20170416/170414234752-6bf07c717cb799d794e9c366bbacc12b (fbodaily.com)
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