SOLICITATION NOTICE
V -- MNX Global Logistics / Couriers and Express Delivery Services.
- Notice Date
- 1/13/2022 8:27:21 AM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 492110
— Couriers and Express Delivery Services
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - CC BETHESDA MD 20892 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- 22-002665
- Response Due
- 1/28/2022 7:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Grace Wong-Darko, Phone: 3014961199
- E-Mail Address
-
grace.wong-darko@nih.gov
(grace.wong-darko@nih.gov)
- Description
- INTRODUCTION This is not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested. 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 (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center (CC), Office of Purchasing and Contracts (OPC) on behalf of the Center for Cellular Engineering (CCE), Clinical Center (CC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (including brand-name) to: MNX GLOBAL LOGISTICS 5000 AIRPORT PLAZA DR. STE. 100. LONG BEACH, CA 90815-1273 USA NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 492110 with a Size Standard 1500. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-01 December 6, 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. 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. GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title: MNX Global Logistics / Couriers and Express Delivery Services. 2. Background Information: �The Department of Transfusion Medicine collects donor products (Whole blood, Platelets, Cellular therapy products). These products require testing in order to be transfused into patients for life saving needs. This testing is required by the FDA and must be performed within a short window period. These samples also must be maintained under specific shipping sample suitability requirements therefore the samples must be received at the testing facility within a specified timeframe which includes shipping 7 days per week with a guaranteed overnight delivery. 3. Purpose or Objective: Request to procure courier services from MNX as a guaranteed overnight transport service of the donor samples collected in the NIH Department of Transfusion Medicine donor center to Creative testing solutions in Tampa Florida daily and on an as needed basis. This requires organizing the flight for the shipment in order to get to CTS guaranteed overnight (within 12 hours), picking up the box for shipment at the requested time from DTM, delivering the box to the airport to the correct airline, monitoring the shipment to ensure delivery of shipment and notifying DTM of any issues with shipment. 4. Period of Performance: 2/1/2022 to 1/31/2023. 5. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS (SCOPE OF WORK) SCOPE: The Vendor shall provide courier services for donor sample shipments requiring guaranteed overnight delivery, Monday-Saturday or on an Ad-Hoc basis.� Blood products that are to be used for Transfusion as life saving measures must be tested for infectious disease markers and the results must be available prior to using the blood product.� Some blood products (granulocytes, platelets etc) have a very short life span and the testing must be completed in a very short time frame in order for the product to be transfused.� Due to these requirements it is essential that shipments can be guaranteed for delivery overnight so that the testing facility can provide the required testing in the required time frame.� Also, the samples have sample suitability requirements for timeframes for storage and shipping. If the samples are not received at the testing facility within the required timeframe and within a suitable condition, the donor products affiliated with these samples collected must be discarded and not used which has a direct impact on patient care. Vendor shall have a plan to ensure no delay or stoppage of services. TASKS: The Vendor has submitted a cost proposal with specific line items that address shipping costs. DELIVERABLES: Delivery Schedule The contractor shall provide courier services on an as needed basis.� Orders will be placed on the web-based application or by phone by TTV staff or Platelet center staff on an as needed basis to obtain the courier services. These services will be ad-hoc, however mostly on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and holidays.� TTV Staff will provide specifics of the shipment: size of box, contents of box, pick up time required, delivery time requirements Shipments will be picked up from � NIH/CC/DTM Transfusion Transmitted Viruses Laboratory 10 Center Drive Building 10 Room 1N/315 Bethesda, MD� 20892 Or NIH Department of Transfusion Medicine Platelet Center Fishers Lane Suite 1S02 5625 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD� 20852 Shipments will be picked up from these locations within 30 minutes of the time documented on the website or by phone as to when the shipment will be ready. The vendor will notify ordering site of any courier delays and time of resolution of those delays in a timely manner in order to resolve the delays The courier must notify sending facility of any courier delays.� This can be done via the vendor, however the Vendor must notify the sending facility of delay ASAP so that resolution of the delay can occur. If there is a courier delay that requires a replacement courier to be dispatched, the vendor must notify the sending facility as soon as possible so that resolution of the delay can occur �� SHIPPING REQUIREMENT: The Vendor will notify TTV of the expected shipment arrival or delay Email notifications for updates on the shipment including changes, pickup, delivery Phone calls to the phone numbers provided of delays The vendor will notify TTV of the arrival of the shipment at the end destination Shipments will be delivered to: Creative Testing Solutions 10100 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. North St. Petersburg, Florida� 33716 The shipment will most often be labeled as �HOLD FOR PICKUP At Tampa� as the CTS courier will pick up the box from the airport and deliver to the end destination Shipments to other destinations will be done on an Ad-Hoc basis Shipments to Fort Detrick will be delivered to NIAID Integrated Research Facility 8200 Research Plaza Fort Detrick, MD 21702 CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION This system is on site and has been validated for use on CC patients.� It would be detrimental to the government to attempt to change systems and quite impossible as these instruments are proprietary and only distributed by MNX GLOBAL LOGISTICS. �With the continuation of using the same supplies will also help reduces the risk of a disruption in patient care. 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. 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. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include a technical proposal, a cost-price proposal, and the period of performance, 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 must be received by January 28th, 2022, 10:00 AM Eastern time and must reference solicitation number 22-002665. Responses may be submitted electronically to Mrs. Grace Wong-Darko, Contracting Specialist at Grace.Wong-Darko@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. ""All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.""
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN06216917-F 20220115/220114120842 (samdaily.us)
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