SPECIAL NOTICE
65 -- Intent to Sole Source ThermoFisher/Life Technologies AB 7500 FAST DX PCR Systems
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2021 11:46:18 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- PSC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT PORTFOLIO Bethesda MD 20857 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- AB7500
- Response Due
- 8/16/2021 12:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 08/31/2021
- Description
- Pursuant to FAR 13.016?1(b), the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center (PSC), Acquisition Management Services (AMS), on behalf of the DHHS, Supply Chain Management Services (SCMS), Supply Service Center (SSC), Perry Point, Maryland intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis to ThermoFisher Scientific/Life Technologies Applied Biosystems Division, 5791 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008 for five (5) each AB 7500 FAST DX real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) systems.� ThermoFisher Scientific/Life Technologies�is the manufacturer.� Justification: The DHHS, SCMS wishes to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to ThermoFisher Scientific/Life. The Medical Identification and Treatment Systems-Critical Reagents Program (MITS-CRP) supports the Warfighter, federal agencies, and the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) under the Department of Defense (DoD). The DoD MITS-CRP solicited, competed and identified the laboratory equipment and supplies to pursue its mission. For seamless integration and continuity, the DHHS embraced the same methodology as DoD MITS-CRP. The adoption of MITS-CRP analysis capability by the DHHS program depends on the utilization of the same laboratory instruments and assays - namely, Life Technologies' 7500 Fast DX Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Instrument. There�are no known authorized resellers of this products.� ThermoFisher Scientific/Life Technologies�is the only responsible source to provide the necessary assay to support the mission of the DHHS.� Unique Source �I/A/W FAR 6.302-1(b)(1). Facilities across CONUS will be serviced by the logistical operations at the SSC, Perry Point. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions � Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clauses at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders � Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.� The Contracting Officer has indicated the following clauses listed in paragraph (b) as applicable and are hereby incorporated by reference:�� _X_ 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755). _X_ 52.222-19, Child Labor�Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2014) (E.O. 13126). _X_ 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999). _X_ 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246). _X_ 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Oct 2010) (29 U.S.C. 793). _X_ 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513). _X_ 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008) (E.O.�s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). _X_ 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer�System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332). Sole Source Justification: Unique Source �I/A/W FAR 6.302-1(b)(1). DPAS � N/A Questions may be directed to the Contracting Officer at Leslie.Lucase@psc.hhs.gov Award will be made by 3:00 pm August 16, 2021�
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Perry Point, MD 21902, USA
- Zip Code: 21902
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 21902
- Record
- SN06089812-F 20210811/210809230119 (samdaily.us)
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