SOLICITATION NOTICE
70 -- IlluminaCompute server - Illumina Sole-Source
- Notice Date
- 6/12/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334112
— Computer Storage Device Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Blvd., Suite 105, Bethesda, Maryland, 20894, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20894
- Solicitation Number
- NIHLM2014158
- Archive Date
- 7/1/2014
- Point of Contact
- Lisa S. Josephowitz, Phone: 3015947725
- E-Mail Address
-
josephol@mail.nih.gov
(josephol@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sole-source attachment Contracting Office Address Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine Office of Acquisitions, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Acquisitions Branch, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, II Democracy Plaza, Suite 700W, Bethesda, Maryland 20817. Description National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) plans to procure, on a sole source basis, with Illumina, Inc., 5200 Illumina Way, San Diego, CA 92122, for the following: • IlluminaCompute Standard System; includes Dell rack-mount server with 4GB RAM per core; software for alignment, variant calling, and data management, 20TB useable memory, 128GB RAM; on-site configuration/installation and 3 year warranty. This acquisition will be processed in accordance with simplified acquisition procedures as stated in FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1). The North American Industry Classification System Code is 334112 and the business size standard is 1,000 employees. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm-fixed price type contract. This is a replacement server and is required to process and store data generated by our Illumina HISeq2500 sequencing instrument. Our lab provides Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) service on this instrument for the entire institute. This is the only NGS instrument within the institute and continuous server performance is essential for its operation. The current server is several years old and is nearing the end of its life. This replacement server is a combined hardware/software solution designed expressly for our application, the processing software is proprietary and only Illumina is able to provide it. In addition, the on-site configuration and installation will enable us to maintain operation of our existing NGS service without any interruption. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotations. However, if any interested party believes they can meet the above requirement, they may submit a statement of capabilities. All information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to allow the NIDDK to determine if it can meet the above unique specifications described herein. An original and one copy of the capability statement must be received in the DK Acquisitions Branch on or before 11:30 AM EST on June 16, 2014. Electronic capability statements (via e-mail) will be accepted. All questions must be in writing and can be faxed to 301-480-4226 or emailed to Lisa Josephowitz, Contract Specialist, at josephol@mail.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 be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In order to receive an award, the contractor must be registered and have valid certification in the System for Award Management (SAM). No collect calls will be accepted. Please reference solicitation number NIHLM2014158 on all correspondences.
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