SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Brand name or equal Beckman-Coulter CytoFLEX S flow cytometer
- Notice Date
- 7/8/2016
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E128, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- N02RC62585-24
- Archive Date
- 8/6/2016
- Point of Contact
- Kimesha Leake, Phone: 2402765669, Jolomi Omatete, Phone: 2402766561
- E-Mail Address
-
kimesha.leake@nih.gov, jolomi.omatete@nih.gov
(kimesha.leake@nih.gov, jolomi.omatete@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E626, Bethesda, MD 20892, UNITED STATES. Non-USPS mail such as Fedex, UPS and other private carriers please use Rockville, MD 20850. The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Cancer Research (CCR), Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch (ETIB) would like to request a brand name or equal Beckman-Coulter CytoFLEX S flow cytometer. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation: No. N02RC62585-24 includes all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAR FAC 2005-88 (June 2016) simplified procedures for commercial items. The North American Industry Classification System code is 334516 and the business size standard is 500 employees. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm fixed price type contract. I. Description of Requirement The Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch (ETIB) Flow Cytometry Facility provides essential optical biology services to the Branch and to other investigators at the NCI and NIH. The core is committed to maintaining an up-to-date array of instrumentation for its investigators. The ETIB currently possesses a 2002 BD Biosciences LSR II. This instrument was one of the first ten of this series built, and was one of the first commercially available truly high-dimensional flow cytometers. It was the ETIB's only high dimensional analyzer for 12 years, and has seen thousands of hours of rigorous use by investigators both in the ETIB and other Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Branches. It has also been upgraded multiple times in its history with additional lasers, additional detectors and improved computer systems. After 14 years of reliable service, this instrument is now reaching the end of its useful life. BD Biosciences no longer sells this platform, and is scaling back service on this instrument. Most of its lasers and electronics are no longer commercially available, making it unreliable for critical analysis needs. Many of its components are literally wearing out, and breakdowns are becoming more frequent. Additionally, this platform, state-of-the-art at the time of its release, is not sufficiently capable of supporting the complex multicolor panels required by modern immunology. Modern instruments can accommodate six or more detectors off their violet laser diodes, permitting the use of the full spectrum of six or more newly available Brilliant Violet fluorochromes. In short, the 9-10 color capability of this older instrument is no longer sufficient to support Branch projects. Space is also a critical issue in replacing this instrument. The ETIB has added several new faculty members in the last three years, and plans to support a newly formed T Cell Engineering Core that will place additional demands on flow cytometric instrumentation. Our plan is to install two flow cytometers in the space currently occupied by our LSR II. The instrument selected therefore needs to have a small footprint, yet still be capable of high-dimensional analysis. The current need is therefore for a flow cytometer than can analyze a minimum of 13 fluorescent probes simultaneously, yet occupies a space smaller than our current LSR II. Salient Characteristics for the Brand name or equal Beckman-Coulter CytoFLEX S flow cytometer: • The instrument needs to occupy a linear footprint of 1 meter or less, including cytometer, computer workstation and monitor • The instrument needs to have a minimum capability of 15 parameters, 13 of which are fluorescence detection channels. Less than this number is not acceptable • The instrument needs to be equipped with blue-green 488nm, red 640nm, violet 405 nm and ultraviolet 375 nm lasers. Less than four lasers is not acceptable • This instrument needs to be capable of analyzing a minimum of five (5) fluorescence parameters aligned to a violet laser, and three (3) fluorescence parameters aligned to an ultraviolet laser • This instrument needs to be equipped with a 96 well plate sampler, and be capable of analyzing samples in either 96 well or 12 x 75 mm tube formats • Delivery and Installation • Training - One (1) full day training to laboratory staff. Service Technicians shall be Beckman Coulter or equivalent trained. • Twelve (12) months warranty including parts, labor and travel commencing upon installation II. Delivery: Contractor shall deliver the item(s) within 30 days after award to: NIH/NCI Bethesda, Maryland 20892. The Contractor that receives the award will be provided with the complete mailing address and point of contact. Upon award, contractor must notify the NCI Technical Point of Contact to schedule the delivery. III. Payment: Payment shall be made after delivery and acceptance of the Technical Point of Contact. Payment authorization requires submission and approval of invoice to the NCI COR and NIH Commercial Accounts. QUESTIONS ARE DUE: July 15, 2016 The purchase order will be awarded to the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA). The award will be made on the basis of the lowest evaluated price of quotations meeting or exceeding the acceptability standards for the requirements/technical specifications stated above. The technical evaluation will be a determination based on information furnished by the vendor. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information which is not identified in the quote. The Government reserves the right to make an award without discussions. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal. (Aug 1999) (a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government's needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation (b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must- (1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation; (2) Clearly identify the item by- (i) Brand name, if any; and (ii) Make or model number; (3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and (4) Clearly describe any modifications the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modifications (c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer (d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation. 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (APR 2014); 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items (OCT 2014): FAR clause 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS- (March 2015) WITH DUNS NUMBER ADDENDUM {52.204-6 (July 2013)}; FAR Clause 52.212-4 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS - COMMERCIAL ITEMS (December 2014); FAR Clause 52.212-5: CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (March 2015). The following FAR clauses cited in paragraph (b) of the clause at FAR 52.212-5 are also applicable to this acquisition; FAR Clause 52.203-6 Restrictions on Subcontractor sales to the Government FAR Clause 52.204-10 Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards FAR Clause 52.209-6 Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment FAR Clause 52.219-4 Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone Small Business Concerns FAR Clause 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Representation FAR Clause 52.222-3 Convict Labor FAR Clause 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies FAR Clause 52.222-20 Contracts for Materials, Supplies, Articles and Equipment Exceeding $15,000 FAR Clause 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities FAR Clause 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity FAR Clause 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans FAR Clause 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities FAR Clause 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Veterans FAR Clause 52.222-40 Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act FAR Clause 52.222-50 Combat Trafficking in Persons FAR Clause 52.223-18 Policy to Ban Text Messaging while Driving FAR Clause 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases FAR Clause 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Awards Management (SAM) Full text copies of the representations and certifications for other cited provisions and clauses may be obtained on line at the NCI website at http://ncioa.cancer.gov/oa-internet/ or from Kimesha Leake, Contract Specialist at Kimesha.Leake@nih.gov OFFERORS: Offers must be submitted on an SF-1449 with a completed 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items-with DUNS Number Addendum, signed by an authorized representative of the offeror OR provide a copy of the valid certification registrations of the offeror's Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA) through www.sam.gov. Quotations must be received in the NCI-OA contracting office by 12:00 p.m. EST on July 22, 2016. Please refer to solicitation number N02RC62585-24 on all correspondence. Faxed quotations will NOT be accepted. Quotations may be submitted via email to Kimesha Leake, Contract Specialist at Kimesha.leake@nih.gov All questions shall be in writing and may be addressed to the aforementioned individual noted above. No collect calls will be accepted. In order to receive an award, contractors must be registered and have valid certification in the System for Award Management through sam.gov.
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