SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Oplte HE 355 LD Tunable Laser System
- Notice Date
- 8/12/2021 1:20:26 PM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NICHD BETHESDA MD 20817 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- NICHD-21-234
- Response Due
- 8/19/2021 8:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 08/20/2021
- Point of Contact
- Verne L. Griffin, Mr. Kyle Wisor, Phone: 3014350940
- E-Mail Address
-
verne.griffin@nih.gov, kyle.wisor@nih.gov
(verne.griffin@nih.gov, kyle.wisor@nih.gov)
- Description
- PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS INTRODUCTION THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION. The National Institutes of Health, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Office of Acquisitions (OA) on behalf of the National Institute of Digestive, Diabetes & Kidney Diseases intends to award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to Opotek LLC 2233 Faraday Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 92008 to acquire Oplte HE 355 LD Tunable Laser System. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516 with a Size Standard 1,000. � REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Circular (FAC) 2021-06 effective 07-12-2021.� This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($250,000) and FAR Subpart 12- Acquisition of Commercial Items.� STATUTORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13�Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.� Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13�Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6�Competition Requirements. Place of Performance National Institutes of Health 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda MD 20892 United States DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT The objective of this request is to purchase Opolette HE 355 LD Tunable laser system. The laser needs to be identical to an OPO-based laser system currently in use on the BioCARS beamline at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), an NIH-supported user facility that specializes in time-resolved x-ray studies. The Opolette HE 355 LD laser system installed on the BioCARS beamline at the APS employs an OPO to generate broadly tunable, coherent laser radiation with the following key operating parameters: Tuning range: 410-2400 nm Peak OPO energy: 9.4 mJ @ 450 nm Repetition Rate: 20 Hz Beam diameter: 4 mm Divergence: < 2 mrad CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-� NAME) DETERMINATION The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10�Market Research.� Only one source is available: Per FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) the Contracting Officer has determined that Opotek LLC is the sole provider of the Opolette HE 355 LD Tunable Laser System.� Opotek LLC, manufactures OPO-based lasers and is the only manufacturer capable providing a drop-in replacement for the Opolette HE 355 LD laser system currently installed on the BioCARS beamline at the APS CLOSING STATEMENT This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provided feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.� Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties� bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement, unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.�� A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.� �All responses to this notice shall be submitted electronically by 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, on August 19, 2021. Assessment of Capability The contractor will be evaluated on their capability to provide the product to the specifications as stated on the solicitation and shall be required to provide required service with certification from the OEM.
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- Record
- SN06095541-F 20210814/210812230132 (samdaily.us)
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