SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- OneView Camera - Sole Source Justification
- Notice Date
- 7/12/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Research Facilities, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 13, Rm. 2E47, MSC 5738, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5738, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5738
- Solicitation Number
- NIH-OLAO-OD3-NOI4979031
- Archive Date
- 8/2/2018
- Point of Contact
- Shirlene M. Smith, Phone: 3014437979
- E-Mail Address
-
ssmith@od.nih.gov
(ssmith@od.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Brand name justification Sole source justification The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Gatin Inc. The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders wishes to purchase a new Gatan OneView camera to replace the old Gatan camera in our existing JEOL 2100 TEM. The new camera will enhance its functionally and will improve the quality of our electron microscope images, used for research. The OneView camera enables you to view and capture data with the highest resolution across time and space to support all your TEM applications. The camera uses a different sensor technology than our current Gatan Orius camera that allows for fast imaging without pixel binning. See attached Brand Name Justification and Sole Source Justification for further details. Responses The proposed acquisition action is for items and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). If you believe you can provide the items or services, please forward capability statements to ssmith@od.nih.gov referencing notice number NIH-OLAO-OD3-NOI4979031 by COB on July 18, 2018. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract acquisition based upon responses to the 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. 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. 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 provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. 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).
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OLAO/NIH-OLAO-OD3-NOI4979031/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 35A Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN04989891-W 20180714/180712231402-52151f860d742a69959b5a9d7a3687d7 (fbodaily.com)
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