SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Microplate Consumables (Robotic Well Plates)
- Notice Date
- 4/21/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 326199
— All Other Plastics Product 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-2015-307
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2016
- Point of Contact
- Debra C. Hawkins, Phone: 301-594-2178
- E-Mail Address
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Debra.Hawkins@nih.gov
(Debra.Hawkins@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Microplate Consumables (Robotic Well Plates) 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. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 326199 - All Other Plastic Product Manufacturing, Size Standard of 750 employees. The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is the newest of 27 Institutes and Centers (ICs) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This Center was established in December 2011 to transform the translational science process so that new treatments and cures for disease can be delivered to patients faster. The mission of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is to catalyze the generation of innovative methods and technologies that will enhance the development, testing and implementation of diagnostics and therapeutics across a wide range of human diseases and conditions. This requirement is for Microplate Consumables (Robotic Well Plates) to be used on multiple robotic screening systems currently in use in our NCATS in addition to traditional wet lab research for assay optimization and validation. At multiple labs within the NCATS we have been given the directive to screen, identify, and distribute to the research community small molecule compounds, and data on their activities, to accelerate translation of the completed human genome into advancements in human health. Components of our organization include a repository of up to 500,000-1,000,000 chemical compounds, assay development capacity, Robotic compound screening, also termed high throughput screening (HTS), medicinal chemistry to transform ‘hits' identified by HTS into workable chemical probes, Chem-informatics capacity for data mining and virtual screening; and distribution capacity to efficiently disseminate the reagents to the biomedical research community. The purpose of this requirement is to purchase microplate consumables for NCATS to be used on several robotic screening platforms throughout NCATS. These include the Kalypsys primary screening robot, the Tox 21 toxicology profiling robot and the Agilent BioCel system used for the RNAi group. In addition to these screening systems, several of the plates required will be used in the Sartorius SelecT automated tissue culture system. Multiple Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contracts with a 5-year period of performance from September 2015 through September 2020 are contemplated for this requirement. The resultant contract(s) will be funded by individual delivery orders. Submission Instructions: Capability statement /information sought. Interested organizations that believe they possess the ability to provide the microplate consumables (robotic well plates) as specified above must provide clear and convincing documentation of their capability to meet each of the project requirements in their response. Respondents must provide (1) evidence of a complete and active registration in SAM (System for Award Management) database which includes DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, etc.), pursuant to the applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code, and size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration; (2) a list of microplate consumables (robotic well plates) offered in the commercial market place; (3) a list of previous customers (Federal Government Preferred) which were provided products similar in nature; (4) technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses; and (5) any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisition requirements. 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. One (1) copy of the response is required and must be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format using 11-point or 12-point font, 8-1/2" x 11" paper size, with 1" top, bottom, left and right margins, and with single or double spacing. The information submitted must be in an outline format that addresses each of the elements of the project requirement as stated herein. A cover page and an executive summary may be included but is not required. The response is limited to ten (10) page limit. The 10-page limit does not include the cover page, executive summary, or references, if requested. All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Debra C. Hawkins, Contracting Officer, at debra.hawkins@nih.gov on 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. Facsimile responses are NOT accepted. Responses must be received on or before May 8, 2015, 3:30 PM Eastern Time. "Disclaimer and Important Notes: 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. 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 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 responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality: 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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