SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Equipment Maintenance on Illunima NovaSeq 6000, HiSeq 4000, Miseq, and CBot2 instruments
- Notice Date
- 4/27/2020 1:10:32 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIAID BETHESDA MD 20892 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- SS-RML-B-2019666
- Response Due
- 5/11/2020 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 05/12/2020
- Point of Contact
- Laura Grey, Phone: 4063759812
- E-Mail Address
-
laura.grey@nih.gov
(laura.grey@nih.gov)
- Description
- Introduction This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. Background, Purpose, Objectives The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Vaccine Research Center (VRC) is currently seeking sources capable of providing an annual maintenance agreement on the NovaSeq 6000, MiSeq and HiSeq 4000 and cBot2 sequencers manufactured by Illumina Inc. The VRC determines the immune correlates of protection against emerging infectious diseases. Many of our current projects investigate RNA expression profiles of cell subsets from HTVN505 volunteers to identify markers are predictive of susceptibility to HIV acquisition. The most robust approach to measure gene expression is RNA sequencing (RNAseq). This instrumentation is unique to the field and allows for a deep sequence analysis of clonotypic repertoires in healthy, disease and vaccine settings.� Optimal instrumentation function is integral to the completion of the many projects dependent on this instrumentation.� Project Requirements Successful offerors must have the knowledge, skill, ability, and resources (OEM parts and certified technicians) to reliably provide maintenance on the instrumentation. The Government anticipates making an award, firm fixed price award for this requirement. Anticipated Period of Performance It is anticipated that an award will be made in July 01, 2019 and will be valid for 1 year after receipt of order (ARO). Capability Statement/Information Sought All capable vendors should respond with a brief capability statement by August 12, 2019 at 5:00 PM EST. Capability statements must reference similar work that has been performed by the contractor and any past experience with contracts of similar size and scope. If your organization has the potential capacity to support this requirement, please provide the following information: 1) organization name, address, point of contact, email address, website address, telephone number, DUNS number and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of capability. Capability statements should also include documentation indicating that offerors business size as determined by the Small Business Administration�s Table of Size Standards located at: (https://www.sba.gov/content/small-business-size-standards) for NAICS 811219 � Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. This SBA size standard is currently $22 million but is subject to change. Prospective offerors may also note whether they meet any other socio-economic business categories such as 8(a), Hub-Zone, or Service Disabled Veteran when submitting their capability statement. Submission Instructions Interested businesses who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by Monday, May 11, 2020 at 5:00 PM EST. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to purchasing agent, Laura Grey: laura.grey@nih.gov. Please list the sources sought ID in the subject line of the email, SS-RML-B-2019666. Disclaimer and Important Notes 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 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 a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality 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
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/affbb57edb1f4cf68a9343fbfdbb3f0b/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: MD 20892, USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN05637389-F 20200429/200427230149 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
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