SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- 510 Culture System
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2010
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- National Institutes of HealthNational Library of MedicineBethesdaMD20892-7511
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7511
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM2010083
- Response Due
- 9/6/2010
- Archive Date
- 10/6/2010
- Point of Contact
- GRIFFIN, VERNE L +1 301 594 7730, griffinv@mail.nih.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
GRIFFIN, VERNE L
(griffinv@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Faxed copies will not be accepted. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation 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 solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation number is NIHLM2010083 and is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation/contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-43. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 334516 the business size standard is 500 employees. This acquisition is being conducted using Simplified Acquisition Procedures in accordance with FAR Part 13. However, this solicitation is not set aside for small business. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Digestive, Diabetes & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) intends to procure a 510 Culture System to include: 40 liters celligen 510 Bioreactor; Mobile assembly; Biocommand upgrade from Biocommand plus to iocommand Batch control; RS-232/RS-422 converter; DO Cable and pH cable. NIDDK is involved in growing mammalian cells in large volumes in Bioreactor for the purpose of producing different biological products for clinical and structural studies. This bioreactor will replace an outdated bioreactor that was purchased in 1986. Basis for Award: Offerors must provide descriptive literature or other material that demonstrates their offer meets the forgoing requirements. The contract will be awarded to the responsible offeror whose offer fully meets the requirements of the solicitation, provides the best value, with price and technical factors equally important in award evaluation. The offeror must include a completed copy of the following provisions: 1) FAR Clause 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial; 2) FAR Clause 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items. As stated in FAR Clause 52.212-2 (a), The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Technical Evaluation, Price, and Past Performance; 3) FAR Clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items; 4) FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statues or Executive Orders Commercial Items, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; and 5) FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items Deviation for Simplified Acquisitions. Vendors must submit a listing of the most recent contracts/awards (minimum of 3) in which similar apparatus or equipment was purchased. Contracts/awards may include those entered within the Federal Government, state and local governments and commercial concerns. Include the following information for each contract or subcontract: 1.Name of Contracting Organization,2.Contract Number (for subcontracts provide the prime contract number and the subcontract number,3.Contract Type,4.Total Contract Value, 5.Description of Requirement to include Statement of Work,6.Contracting Officers Name and Telephone Number, and7.Program Managers Name and Telephone Number. * If past performance questionnaire is available, please submit. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations however; all responses received within 15 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 unit price, the 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. The clauses are available in full text at http://www.arnet.gov/far. PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive an award, contractor must be registered and have valid certification in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) http://www.ccr.gov Interested vendors capable of furnishing the government with the item specified in this synopsis should submit their quotation to the below address. Quotations will be due seven (15) calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis on September 6, 2010. The quotation must reference Solicitation number NIHLM2010083. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. Quotations must be submitted in writing to the National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Room 773, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, Attention: V. Lynn Griffin.
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