SPECIAL NOTICE
R -- Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) Memberships
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 813920
— Professional Organizations
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- NB646020-15-00050
- Archive Date
- 11/19/2014
- Point of Contact
- Susan Ruzicka, Phone: 3019756321
- E-Mail Address
-
susan.ruzicka@nist.gov
(susan.ruzicka@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the Chemical Sciences Division (CSD), intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, Inc. (CLSI), located in Wayne, PA for the purchase of one Government & Public Health Agencies - Level I membership for a one-year base period and four one-year option periods consisting of two user allowances for access to the eCLIPSE - on-line database. Sole Source determination is based on the following: Part of the mission of the CSD is to develop technical standards for health care community. To that end, CSD uses the extensive database of the CLSI to develop and help implement these standards. The CLSI uses a collaborative approach with government, industry and from healthcare professionals to generate quality system procedures that are technically defensible, effective and efficient. CLSI is the only known vendor capable of providing memberships to the organization and user licenses to the e-CLIPSE database. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 813920, and the size standard is $15 Million. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, the Government will consider responses received by 04 November 2014, 8:00 a.m. EST. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition 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/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB646020-15-00050/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN03554001-W 20141022/141020234215-05d4909a40bc89f1db13c2211454b253 (fbodaily.com)
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