SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Brand Name or Equal Meso Scale Discovery MESO QuickPlex SQ120 Imager
- Notice Date
- 8/29/2017
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E128, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- N02RC72676-24
- Archive Date
- 9/21/2017
- Point of Contact
- Kimesha Leake, Phone: 2402765669, Jolomi Omatete, Phone: 2402766561
- E-Mail Address
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kimesha.leake@nih.gov, jolomi.omatete@nih.gov
(kimesha.leake@nih.gov, jolomi.omatete@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E134, Bethesda, MD 20892, UNITED STATES. Non-USPS mail such as Fedex, UPS and other private carriers please use Rockville, MD 20850. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Cancer Research (CCR), Urologic Oncology Branch (UOB) would like to request a Brand Name or Equal Meso Scale Discovery MESO QuickPlex SQ120 Imager. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation: No. N02RC72676-24 includes all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAR FAC 2005-95 (January 2017) simplified procedures for commercial items. The North American Industry Classification System code is 334516 and the business size standard is 1000 employees. This acquisition is a 100% small business set-aside. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm fixed price type contract. I. Description of Requirement The UOB conducts clinical and basic research designed to develop better methods for detecting, preventing, and treating patients with kidney cancer, prostate cancer and bladder cancer. The UOB evaluates and manages patients with non-inherited as well as inherited forms of kidney cancer. The Branch also has an expanding prostate cancer program. Patients with known or suspected localized and locally advanced prostate cancer undergo advanced MRI imaging followed by fusion image-guided biopsy to diagnose and characterize the cancer. They may then be managed with robotic surgery or be followed with active surveillance and intermittent imaging. In addition, the UOB has a growing program in genomics and targeted therapy for bladder cancer patients, including therapy that targets EGFR, FGFR3 and other mutated bladder cancer genes. The UOB would like to procure the equipment needed to analyze tissue samples from cancer patients participating in NCI clinical trials. This instrument will replace a Meso Scale Discovery SECTOR Imager 2400 plate reader in the UOB. Since its installation, that machine has been used to make over 100,000 measurements of human samples for basic and clinical research purposes. Salient Characteristics for the Brand Name or Equal Meso Scale Discovery MESO QuickPlex SQ120 Imager The salient characteristics are as follows: • Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) Detection. ECL detection must utilize labels that emit light upon electrochemical stimulation initiated at the electrode surfaces microplates through biomolecular interactions between the analyte and labeled reporter at the surface • Sample Throughput. The instrument must read plates in 1 to 3.5 minutes regardless of the multiplexing level. For example, the instrument must be capable of reading approximately 17 96-well, 10-spot plates (measuring 10 analytes per each well) per hour resulting in 16,450 data points collected per hour • Non-fluidic, high-reliability instrument - All assay processing and readout steps must take place in a disposable plate-based format. No sample can be transferred from the plate to the instrument with the possibility of sample volume loss. • Must be compatible with MSD Quickplex and MultiSpot 96-well plates • Laptop computer with Windows 7 and external wireless mouse • 12 month limited warranty II. Delivery: Contractor shall deliver the item(s) within 30 days after award to: NIH/NCI Bethesda, Maryland 20892. The Contractor that receives the award will be provided with the complete mailing address and point of contact. Upon award, contractor must notify the NCI Technical Point of Contact to schedule the delivery. III. Payment: Payment shall be made after delivery and acceptance of the Technical Point of Contact. Payment authorization requires submission and approval of invoice to the NCI COR and NIH Commercial Accounts. QUESTIONS ARE DUE: September 1, 2017 The purchase order will be awarded to the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA). The award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of quotations meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for the requirements/technical specifications stated above. The technical evaluation will be a determination based on information furnished by the vendor. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information which is not identified in the quote. The Government reserves the right to make an award without discussions. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal. (Aug 1999) (a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government's needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation (b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must- (1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation; (2) Clearly identify the item by- (i) Brand name, if any; and (ii) Make or model number; (3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and (4) Clearly describe any modifications the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modifications (c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer (d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (January 2017); 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items (OCT 2014): FAR clause 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS- (March 2015) WITH DUNS NUMBER ADDENDUM {52.204-6 (January 2017)}; FAR Clause 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS - COMMERCIAL ITEMS (January 2017); FAR Clause 52.212-5: CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (January 2017). The following FAR clauses cited in paragraph (b) of the clause at FAR 52.212-5 are also applicable to this acquisition; FAR Clause 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2016) FAR Clause 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Oct 2015) FAR Clause 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014) FAR Clause 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013) FAR Clause 52.222-3 Convict Labor (June 2003) FAR Clause 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Oct 2016) FAR Clause 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015) FAR Clause 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity (Sept 2016) FAR Clause 52.222-36 Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) FAR Clause 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011) FAR Clause 52.225-3, Buy American Act -Free Trade Agreements - Israeli Trade Act (May 2014) FAR Clause 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008) FAR Clause 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Awards Management (SAM) (Jul 2013) Full text copies of the representations and certifications for other cited provisions and clauses may be obtained on line at the NCI website at http://ncioa.cancer.gov/oa-internet/ or from Kimesha Leake, Contract Specialist at Kimesha.Leake@nih.gov OFFERORS: Offers must be submitted with a completed 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items-with DUNS Number Addendum, signed by an authorized representative of the offeror OR provide a copy of the valid SAM registration through www.sam.gov. Quotations must be received in the NCI-OA contracting office by 2:00 p.m. EST on September 6, 2017. Please refer to solicitation number N02RC72676-24 on all correspondence. Faxed quotations will NOT be accepted. Quotations may be submitted via email to Kimesha Leake, Contract Specialist at Kimesha.leake@nih.gov All questions shall be in writing and may be addressed to the aforementioned individual noted above. No collect calls will be accepted. In order to receive an award, contractors must be registered and have valid certification in the System for Award Management through sam.gov.
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