SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- Small Business Sources Sought for Medical Supply Pilot Program for NIH - Sources Sought Attachment
- Notice Date
- 7/3/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423450
— Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, 5th Floor, Rockville, Maryland, 20852-3804, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852-3804
- Solicitation Number
- NIHSC-SBSS-2014
- Archive Date
- 8/1/2014
- Point of Contact
- Anne Mineweaser, Phone: 301-827-7683, Brendan MIller, Phone: 3015940957
- E-Mail Address
-
anne.mineweaser@nih.gov, brendan.miller2@nih.gov
(anne.mineweaser@nih.gov, brendan.miller2@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- List of Items The National Institutes of Health Supply Center (NIHSC), within the Office of the Director (OD) in NIH, is contemplating a pilot program for the delivery of common use NIH medical supplies that multiple institutes and centers require to accomplish the NIH mission. This notice is a Small Business sources sought. It is NOT a solicitation. Responding to this notice does not guarantee that the program will result in a solicitation. It is simply a tool for market research. Based on the feedback from this sources sought, the government contemplates issuing one or more Requirements-type IDQ contracts for the goods listed in the attachment as part of a pilot program. The government is seeking to obtain information as to which Small Businesses are capable of providing the exact brand name of the items listed, and in the case in which a Small Business cannot provide the brand name listed, if they offer a like substitute for that item. If a Small Business can offer a substitute, please include a link to that substitute item in the spreadsheet. The items listed are utilized solely for the purposes of the scientific community at NIH. As part of the terms of the SOW, the successful offeror would have to demonstrate a capability of fulfilling the monthly orders within 7 days or less based on the average monthly demand to Gaithersburg, MD. If a Small Business is not capable of that, they would not be able to successfully accomplish the work associated with this contract. Additionally, the government would require that the successful offeror provide specific labels to for each item listed, which would include the Local Stock Number of the item, and the contract number, and the delivery order number. An inability to provide labels would find the offeror unsuccessful as well. Instructions: The government requests that small businesses capable of accomplishing the delivery and labeling requirements populate their capability to meet the government’s requirement for the products listed. The governments has provided a list of the brand name items. Please mark an X in the color coded column that applies to your firm’s capability to either provide the exact item, provide a substitute, or an inability to provide either. If a substitute item is provided, please provide a link to the item that can be accessed on the internet that list the item's specifications. In an effort to assist with furthering the market research, pricing for the items will be requested but not mandatory to satisfy the capabilities of the government. Please not that any costs associated with shipping the goods should be incorporated to the unit prices of the good. Questions about this requirement may be submitted as part of the submission of the capabilities of the respondents. If there are questions about how to respond, you can contact the Contracting Officer or Contract Specialist, listed below.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OoA/NIHSC-SBSS-2014/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 16050 Industrial Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20877, United States
- Zip Code: 20877
- Zip Code: 20877
- Record
- SN03414501-W 20140705/140703235431-a6102e2c00094cef9785557375dfdab7 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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