SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Protein Nano-Immunoassay System
- Notice Date
- 8/4/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-14-538
- Archive Date
- 8/26/2014
- Point of Contact
- Lauren M. Phelps, Phone: 3015942490
- E-Mail Address
-
lauren.phelps@nih.gov
(lauren.phelps@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD 20892, UNITED STATES. Introduction: This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources, (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses, service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. Purpose and Objectives for the Procurement: The purpose of this potential requirement is acquisition of one (1) Protein Nano-Immunoassay System on a brand name or equal basis to perform high content protein analysis of biological samples. This equipment shall be used by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Division of Preclinical Innovation (DPI). Project Requirements: The Contractor must be able to provide one (1) Protein Simple Wes System (High Throughput Nano-Immunoassay System, Catalog No. 004-600) or its equal. The brand name or equal HCSS must meet the following requirements: 1. The system should offer a fully automated complete solution for protein detection and characterization which performs all the manual processes associated with a traditional Western blot. This shall include: protein sizing, quantitation and immunodetection of proteins performed in a nano-immuno assay system that utilizes 25, 5 cm long, 100 μm inner diameter capillaries, with an inner coating that allows for the separation, capture and covalent immobilization of proteins from a wide array of species samples in a 40 nL volume, and subsequent immunoassay detection in the same vessel. 2. The system should be capable of analyzing up to 25 samples accessed from a microtiter plate with primary and secondary antibodies also accessed from this microtiter plate. 3. The system should utilize fluorescent and biotinylated labeled molecular weight size standards and software to calibrate each capillary and assign molecular weight sizing to detected proteins. The immunoassay should utilize chemiluminescent detection and quantitation of target proteins. 4. The system should offer a high molecular weight kit and total protein assay capability. 5. The system must come with software that shall allow the user to define the samples and assays to be analyzed and then automatically perform sample uptake, separation, protein immobilization, immunoassay and chemiluminescent detection without further user involvement. 6. Post run analysis software shall be included and must be able to analyze the chemiluminescent and biotinylated molecular weight standard data to assign molecular weight to target protein being immunodetected. The system and software must facilitate standardization of laboratory processes and provides data in a format that can be easily shared between multiple users and facilities. 7. The instrument must come with a full year warranty 8. The contractor must provide for delivery and installation. Following installation, the contractor shall provide basic training to include a product overview and recommendations for system use. Anticipated Period of Performance: It is anticipated that delivery and installation shall be required within eight (8) weeks after contractor receipt of award. Capability Statement: Contractors that believe they possess the ability to provide the required equipment should submit documentation of their ability to meet each of the project requirements to the Contract Specialist. Contractors must provide their Company Name, DUNS number, Physical Address, and Point of Contact Information. Interested organizations are required to identify their type of business, applicable North American Industry Classification System Code, and size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration. The government requests that no proprietary or confidential business data be submitted in a response to this notice. However, responses that indicate the information therein is proprietary will be properly safeguarded for Government use only. Capability statements must include the name and telephone number of a point of contact having authority and knowledge to discuss responses with Government representatives. Capability statements in response to this market survey that do not provide sufficient information for evaluation will be considered non-responsive. When submitting this information, please reference the solicitation notice number. All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Lauren Phelps, Contract Specialist, at Lauren.Phelps@nih.gov in MS Word format by or before the closing date of this announcement. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. Note: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After review of the responses received, pre-solicitation and solicitation notices may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. The solicitation release date is pending. The Government intends to negotiate a fixed-price purchase order.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Rockville, Maryland, 20850, United States
- Zip Code: 20850
- Zip Code: 20850
- Record
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