SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Elutriation Centrifuge
- Notice Date
- 6/18/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Directorate of Contracting, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814-4799
- ZIP Code
- 20814-4799
- Solicitation Number
- BIO90001ARES
- Archive Date
- 7/10/2009
- Point of Contact
- Timothy R Bunting, Phone: 301-295-1375, Tosin Abari, Phone: 301-295-3962
- E-Mail Address
-
timothy.bunting@usuhs.mil, tosin.abari@usuhs.mil
(timothy.bunting@usuhs.mil, tosin.abari@usuhs.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) located in Bethesda, MD on the National Naval Medical Campus, intends to negotiate, on a limited source basis per FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1), a supply contract with Beckman Coulter, Inc., 250 S Kraemer Blvd., Brea, CA (153910070), for a Beckman Coulter Avanti J-30I Centrifuge with Elutriation System equipped with rotors/adapters and bottles for general use and elutriation and organelle separation functions. This acquisition will be processed in accordance with simplified acquisition procedures, as stated in FAR 13.106(b)(1) and in accordance with FAR Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Items). The North American Industry Classification System Code is 334516. Statutory Authority: 13.106-1(b)(1) (b) Soliciting from a single source. (1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, or industrial mobilization). USUHS has determined that Beckman Coulter is the only reasonably available source to meet the government’s requirement. The Beckman Coulter Avanti J-30I Centrifuge is essential to the Government’s requirements and market research has not produced any other companies’ products that meet the agency’s needs. Beckman Coulter is the only manufacturer of an elutriation centrifuge. The Avanti J-30I centrifuge with elutriation system is a high performance and high capacity floor model centrifuge that is equipped with rotors/adapters and bottles for general use and elutriation and organelle separation functions. Elutriation is the only way to fractionate a large number of cells from complex cellular populations, unless specific stage-specific antibodies are available. These antibodies are not available in our research, which is the study of homologous recombination in mice that takes place in leptotene/zygotene stage spermatocytes. These cells represent only 2-4% of the total germ cell population, and elutriating centrifugation is the most efficient way to separate early stage spermatocytes from the rest of the cells. This is the only source known to USUHS which can meet this requirement. This is not a request for quotes and a solicitation package will not be issued. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses must be submitted electronically, via email, to Timothy.Bunting@usuhs.mil by 2:00 PM on June 25, 2009. The expected delivery date is August 28, 2009.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, United States
- Zip Code: 20814
- Zip Code: 20814
- Record
- SN01848879-W 20090620/090618235051-507526f7d8cb28be4fa927251d39e8a0 (fbodaily.com)
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