SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- US Certified Fetal Bovine Serum - Justification and Approval
- Notice Date
- 4/13/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 325414
— Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing
- 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-NOI4940928
- Archive Date
- 5/5/2018
- 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
- J&A The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Life Technologies Corporation. The NIH needs to purchase Sterile US certified Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) 500ML tested to be free of pathogens and toxins is required as a growth additive for maintaining human and mouse cell cultures required for research. We are requesting the same type, quality, test specifications and lot from Thermo Fister Scientific (Life Technologies, Lot #1939706) tested to have the same growth characteristics as used previously for maintaining all cell cultures in our laboratory. Changing variable at this time would result interruption of study in progress. 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 6.302-1. If you have any comments or questions, please contact the Contract Specialist, Shirlene Smith, ssmith@od.nih.gov, referencing notice number NIH-OLAO-OD3-NOI4940928 by 12:00PM on April 20, 2018. 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).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN04888697-W 20180415/180413230614-8ff90c48e8061ea734953e4e6386d38a (fbodaily.com)
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