SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source to VisualSonics, Inc.
- Notice Date
- 5/14/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument 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-CSB-EB-2012-131-CSP
- Archive Date
- 6/5/2012
- Point of Contact
- Caitlin Palmer,
- E-Mail Address
-
caitlin.palmer@nhlbi.nih.gov
(caitlin.palmer@nhlbi.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Reference Number: NHLBI-CSB-EB-2012-131-CSP Title: Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source to VisualSonics, Inc. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Office of Acquisitions (OA), on behalf of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), intends to negotiate on a sole source basis and award a contract, for the Vevo LAZR Photoacoustic Imaging Solution to VisualSonics, Inc. 3080 Yonge Street Suite 6100 Toronto, Ontario, M4N3N1, CAN,, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. This announcement constitutes the only notice; proposals are not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-58. The corresponding NAICS code is 334516 and the small business size standard is 500 Employees. The basis for sole source determination: is based upon the fact that the photoacoustic equipment (VisualSonics Vevo LAZR) is the only commercial source for integrated photoacoustics (integrated photoacoustics is photoacoustic data spatially coregistered with acoustic (ultrasound) data). Combining ultrasound (structural information) and photoacoustics (molecular information) allows for the interpretation of the signal with anatomical context. In addition, the Vevo LAZR will interface with existing NIH owned equipment. Due to technical considerations- and proprietary components (hardware and software), it is not possible to integrate any other photoacoustic capability with the existing NIH equipment, furthermore, such equipment is not offered by any other commercial source. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement, in writing, no later than the response date. Written responses to this notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability to fulfill the requirement. Written responses shall reference this Notice of Intent No. NHLBI-CSB-EB-2012-131-CSP and may be submitted electronically NO LATER THAN 8:00 A.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME May 21, 2012 to the Contract Specialist, Caitlin Palmer at: Caitlin.palmer@nih.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. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NHLBI/NHLBI-CSB-EB-2012-131-CSP/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02747196-W 20120516/120515000137-410667b693bf835c47e8ed02f68ea729 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |