SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Matrix Air Displacement Pipetting Head
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334519
— Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-PB(HG)-2009-264-MLK
- Archive Date
- 8/31/2009
- Point of Contact
- Margo Katzper, Phone: 301-451-4470
- E-Mail Address
-
mkatzper@nhlbi.nih.gov
(mkatzper@nhlbi.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Solicitation number: NHLBI-PB-(HG)-2009-264-MLK This is a notice of intent not a request for proposal for commercial items prepared in accordance with the Format in Far 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only notice, and a separate solicitation document or request for proposal will not be issued. The solicitation number NHLBI-PB-(HG)-2009-264-MLK, and is issued as a notice of intent. The solicitation/contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-34, July 31, 2009. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 334519 and the business size standard is 500. This acquisition is being conducted using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13. It is the intent of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to procure a Matrix Air Displacement Pipetting Head, 384 Channel, from ThermoFisher Scientific; Matrix Technologies, 22 Friars Drive, Hudson, NH 03051. The sole source determination: Through market research conducted by the government, Matrix Technologies a legal entity of ThermoFisher Scientific is the only company that manufactures and produces the Matrix Air Displacement Pipetting Head, 384 Channel. This product is the only 384 well head (0.5 uL – 30 uL) that is compatible with the preexisting PlateMate 2X3. It is a pipetting head used for automated dispensing of low volumes of microplates. To facilitate their efforts, the Gene Silencing Section requires a 384 pipetting head for stamping and manipulating their existing siRNA libraries. This pipetting head is the only one equipped/compatible to work with their PlateMate 2x3 robot. This item will increase the scientific output by 300%The offer must include complete copies of the following provisions: 1) FAR Clause 52.212-1, instructions to Offerors Commercial: 2) FAR Clauses 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items. As stated in FAR Clause 52.212-(a), The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible Offeror whose offer conforms to the solicitation, and will be most advantageous to the Government, with price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Evaluation and Price. 3) FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications Commercial Items; 4) FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Items, Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; 5) FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Items Deviation for Simplified Acquisitions; and 6) FAR Clause 52.212-5 (b)(40) 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer – Other than Central Contractor Registration (May 1999) (31 U.S.C. 3332. This action is under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1 and HHHSAR 306-302-1. Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities to respond to the requirement, by submitting a proposal. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responses received within 10 days from the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition, is based upon responses to this notice, and is solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive acquisition. The offeror must include in their quotation, the total cost, the hourly rate, delivery period of one year after date of award, the Prompt Payment discount terms, the delivery terms (Destination or Origin), the Duns and Bradstreet Number (DUNS). The Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. NOTE: In order to receive an award from the Government the contractors must have a valid registration in the Central Contractors Registration (CCR) www.ccr.gov, and active record in Online Representations and Certification Application (ORCA) https://orca.bpn.gov/. The clauses are available in full text at http://www.arnet.gov/far. Interested vendors capable of providing the government with the services specified in this synopsis should submit their quotation to the address listed below. Quotations will be due ten (10) calendar days from publication date of this synopsis, on August 16, 2009 at 12:00pm, Eastern Standard Time. The quotation must reference synopsis number NHLBI-PB-(HG)-264-MLK by mail to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, Procurement Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6151, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention: Margo Katzper, or by email to mkatzper@nhlbi.nih.gov.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20854, United States
- Zip Code: 20854
- Zip Code: 20854
- Record
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