SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Microtiter Plate Reader System - SOW and Requirements
- Notice Date
- 8/22/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423490
— Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- 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
- NIHLM2014270
- Archive Date
- 8/30/2014
- Point of Contact
- Linda E Smith, Phone: 3018277788
- E-Mail Address
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linda.smith2@nih.gov
(linda.smith2@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Equipment requirements Statement of Work This is a Small Business Sources Sought Notice. This Notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government. 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; HUB Zone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran -owned small business; 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. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice." The Section on Molecular Virology in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) carries out research on the molecular and structural biology of proteins that are involved in integration of HIV DNA into the host genome. This integration is an essential step for replication of the virus. This research requires conducting large numbers of in vitro assays of DNA integration and protein-DNA interactions. These assays can be more efficiently conducted in microtiter plates using fluorescence as the readout. A microtiter plate reader will enable us to devise simpler and faster assays and therefore increase our productivity. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM), NIDDK Acquisitions Branch is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses or HUB Zone small businesses capable of providing a microtiter plate reader used for assays of HIV DNA integration and protein DNA interactions. The microtiter plate readers system must meet the following requirements: 1. It must be a modular and upgradable system that can be expanded to accommodate new functional modules. Since the system is anticipated to have a useful life in excess of ten years the ability to reconfigure the system as needs change is essential. 2. It must be capable of full spectrum absorbance measurements, fluorescence measurements including FRET, Polarization/anisotropy measurements, time­ resolved fluorescence, Alpha-screen assays, and luminescence (flash and glow). 3. It must employ monochromators so that measurements can easily be made at varying wavelengths. Linear Variable filters are the preferred technology for the monochromators. It should also have the capability of combining the monochromators with filters. 4. It must have high sensitivity and be capable of detecting fluorescein at a concentration of 0.4 pM. 5. It must be capable of cell-based assays and take multiple measurements at different points in the well since adherent cells are not evenly distributed in the wells. 6. It must incorporate automated focal height adjustment for both top and bottom reading at a resolution of 0.1 mm. This feature eliminates the influence of microplate formats, sample volume, surface tension, and evaporation. 7. The software must include an integrated fluorophore library for the most, commonly used fluorophores. 8. The equipment must meet the following requirements: is expected to come with a One (1) year warranty. 9. The vendor is expected to set up the equipment in Room 306 of Building #5, remove packing materials and to provide training in its use to Yin Huang and one other member of the laboratory. 10. The Project Officer and/ or the Project Officer Supervisor will perform inspection and acceptance of materials and services to be provided. Inspection and acceptance will be done AFTER All materials are unpacked, installed, and test run for operation. Receiving will be completed no later than 7 days following date of Delivery, and DOES NOT constitute acceptance and Delivery. Acceptance and Delivery will be complete once the signed packing slip is provided to the Vendor. 11. Inspection and acceptance will be performed at the place of installation - National Institutes of Health, NIDDK, 9000 Rockville Pike, Maryland 20892. This acquisition is to be set-up as a single acquisition. Interested firms with the capability of providing the required items/service are requested to submit a capability statement to assist the Government in determining in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.502-2(b) whether or not this procurement will be set-aside for any of the programs described above. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) Code 423490 with a business size standard of 100 or less employees. All respondents are requested to identify their firm's size and type of business. Interested firms responding to this market survey must provide a capability statement demonstrating their experience, skills and capability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. Your capability statement, not to exceed 15 pages, should include references. Three (3) copies of the capability statement must be received at the address identified in this synopsis by no later than 7 days prior to 12:00 Noon local time at designated location on August 29, 2014. Electronic capability statements will be accepted. If by mail, an original and one copy must be sent to the NIDDK Acquisitions Branch at 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 700W, Bethesda, MD 20892. All questions must be in writing and can be faxed to 301-480-4228 or emailed to Linda Smith, Contract Specialist, Linda.Smith2@nih.gov. Please reference solicitation number NIHLM 2014270 on all correspondences. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information solicited. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in 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. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provided feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate response to a solicitation. Any Solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH/NIDDK Main Campus, Building 5, 5 Memorial Drive, Room 306, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
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