SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Enspire Multimode Plate Reader
- Notice Date
- 8/18/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 5601 Fishers Lane, 3rd Floor MSC 9822, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- NIAID-RFQ-1750066
- Archive Date
- 8/27/2015
- Point of Contact
- Lawrence Bland, Phone: 240-669-5113, Pamela E. Nevels, Phone: 240-669-5089
- E-Mail Address
-
blandl@niaid.nih.gov, pamela.nevels@nih.gov
(blandl@niaid.nih.gov, pamela.nevels@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Brand Name or Equal Request for Quote combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format of FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a written solicitation will be issued for the solicitation number NIAID-RFQ-1750066 Request for Quote. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-83. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is not a small business set-aside. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 334516, which has a size standard of 500 employees. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in support of Clinical Center has a brand name or equal requirement IAW FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal for a PerkinElmer Health Sciences Enspire Multimode Plate Reader catalog # 2300_0000. The NIH/NIAID would like to purchase a quantity of 1. This requirement will also include 2 option years for extended warranty coverage 12 months each. The Enspire Multimode Reader is a system that provides high-performance technology and flexibility for a wide range of applications. It is a compact, user-friendly and configurable instrument that can read optical biosensor label-free, fluorescence intensity, absorbance, ultra-sensitive luminescence, time-resolved fluorescence and Alpha-technologies in microplates. In addition to its high technological advancement and remarkable accuracy, Enspire can drastically reduce assay performance time and simplify protocols. Specifically, our laboratory will make use of the Enspire for the high-throughput measurement of HIV-1 infectivity by the Alpha-technology p24 assay, as well as by luminescence reading of reporter-gene activation in engineered target cell system. This instrument will be essential to improve the speed and accuracy of diverse virus-inhibition assays using V2 sulfopeptides and neutralizing antibodies against an array of mutated HIV-1 envelopes. The government will award a firm fixed price purchase order to the responsible contractor. FOB destination is preferred. The following Federal Acquisition Regulations provisions and clauses apply to the acquisition: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items; Quotes will be evaluated using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable criteria and past performance. Far 52.212-3 Offeror Representation and Certifications Commercial Items; Far 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; Far 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items; 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Jul 2013), 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment (Aug 2013), (16) 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2014), 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation (Jul 2013), 52.222-3, Convict Labor, 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2014), 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015), 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Apr 2015), 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Jul 2014) 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (Jul 2014) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Jul 2014), 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons (Mar 2015) and FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct 2003), 52.225-1, Buy American--Supplies (May 2014), 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (Jun 2008), 52.242-13 Bankruptcy, 52.252-1 Provisions the full text of a solicitation provisions may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): (fill in http://farsite.hill.af.mil?vffara.htm), 52.252-2 Clause the full text of a solicitation provisions may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): (fill in http://farsite.hill.af.mil?vffara.htm), 52-253-1 Computer generated Forms, 52.203-3 Gratuities, 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to influence Certain Federal Transactions, 52.203-17 Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirements to Inform Employees of Whistleblower Rights, 52-204-4 Printed or Copied Doubled-Sided on Postconsumer fiber Content Paper, Additional HHSAR Clauses for Awards Greater Than SAT $150K, 352.201-70, 352.202-1, 352.203-70, 352.215-1, 352.222.70, 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services and 52.217-9 Option to extend the Term of the Contract. By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. [Note: lack of registration in SAM will make an Offeror ineligible for award.]. All responsible sources may submit offers that will be considered by this agency. If submitted an offeror for other than the brand name requested must provide complete specifications. Offers must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), August 26, 2015 to blandl@niaid.nih.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/AMOB/NIAID-RFQ-1750066 /listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 10 Center Drive, Rm 6A11, =, BETHESDA, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03844093-W 20150820/150819000341-d101864cc60eef490d6e21523d296ea7 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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