SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Intent to Sole Source - Intent to Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 8/5/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center/Office of Purchasing & Contracts, 6707 Democracy Blvd, Suite 106, MSC 5480, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5480
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5480
- Solicitation Number
- 11-009138
- Archive Date
- 9/6/2011
- Point of Contact
- Douglas H. Reed, Phone: 301-594-5919, Barbara Taylor, Phone: 301-594-5915
- E-Mail Address
-
douglas.reed@nih.gov, barbara.taylor@nih.gov
(douglas.reed@nih.gov, barbara.taylor@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Schedule of Supplies - POTS 11-009138 This is a notice of intent to award a sole source purchase order and is not a request for competitive proposals under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. The government intends to solicit a quote and enter into a purchase order with Applied Biosystems, Inc (ABI)., Bethesda, MD, for the purchase and trade-in of an ABI 3500XL Genetic Analyzer (Sequencer), which performs DNA sequencing and fragment analysis on human DNA samples, and other related items. These items are for patient care testing and will permit staff to better match red blood cell donors to patient blood recipients. This instrumentation is used in the detection of mutations that can cause gene and antigen variants. We will use this ABI 3500 XL sequencer to detect and analyze potentially new or novel alleles in RBC (red blood cell) blood groups that may allow us to better match red blood cell donors to patient blood recipients. An allele is a pair of genes located at the same position on both members of a pair of chromosomes and conveying characters that are inherited. The ABI 3500XL analyzer is specifically designed to support the demanding performance needs of validated and regulated environments (such as blood banks), while retaining unsurpassed versatility of applications related to: resequencing, fragment analysis, integrated software for instrument control, data collection, quality control, and auto-analysis of sample files for basecalling (sequencing), and fragment analysis. The sequencer also runs cool and needs only standard voltage power sources. This is critical, as there have been instances where voltage power has been incompatible with the voltage power of the NIH Clinical Center. This can lead to major electrical changes, if possible at all, regarding our power for the laboratories. The proposed vendor is Applied Biosystems, Inc., Rockville, MD (ABI). Primers and other consumables for this instrument are designed in ready-to-use, load and run pouches, which make operation simple for laboratory staff, who are not necessarily seasoned researchers. In addition, this instrument will serve in tandem with another Applied Biosystems ABI 3500XL sequencer that was recently purchased by our HLA laboratory. Having the interchangeable pouches for consumables and the same technology means less cost associated with maintaining dual inventories of consumables and additional training of staff on multiple instrument platforms. If one instrument is down for repair, we can simply move to the other machine to complete work in progress without wasting work hours or reagents. These items need to be awarded before September 5, 2011 to ensure no disruption in providing testing for the NIH Clinical Center patient care and research community. The Government shall consider all responses received prior to the close date of this announcement. Written responses to this notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish bonafide capability to fulfill the requirements established above, including but not limited to brochures and product literature matching or exceeding specific capabilities as listed on the attached Schedule of Supplies. All responses must be received no later than August 22, 2011, 12:00PM, eastern standard time, and should indicate whether the vendor is a Small Business or Other Than Small Business. The proposed award date will be on or before September 5, 2011. Please email Doug Reed, Contract Specialist, at douglas.reed@nih.gov with technical questions or written responses pertaining to this notice. No phone calls please.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/CCOPC/11-009138/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH Clinical Center, Transfusion Services Laboratory (TSL), Building 10, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02523394-W 20110807/110805234703-8426ef62d13e7d2b71d4bc99ded75db9 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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