SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- Brand Name or Equal BD High Throughput Sampler, BD LSRFortessa - RFQ Documents
- Notice Date
- 9/10/2018
- 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
- RFQ-RML-1920031
- Archive Date
- 10/5/2018
- Point of Contact
- Tamara K. McDermott, Phone: 406-375-7487
- E-Mail Address
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tamara.mcdermott@nih.gov
(tamara.mcdermott@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- FAR Provisions & Clauses - Full Text Bill of Materials (BOM) I. OVERVIEW: This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 "Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items," as applicable, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation document will not be issued. Submit offers on RML-RFQ-1920031. This solicitation is a request for quotes (RFQ). The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-100 effective August 22, 2018. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures, FAR Subpart 13.5 - Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items and is not a total small business set aside. It is anticipated that one firm fixed price contract will be awarded. II. STATEMENT OF NEED: The Division of Intramural Research (DIR), Laboratory of Immunoregulation (LIR) requires the purchase of a flow cytometer to replace their existing Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) FACSCanto flow cytometer that has reached End-of-Life and is no longer produced by the manufacturer. This flow cytometer is utilized by LIR to analyze the characteristics of cells or particles for National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) mission-critical HIV-1/AIDS research. The proposed purchase is for Brand Name or Equal products. The brand name, and model number of the product(s) are provided in the attached Bill of Materials (BOM). In addition to the flow cytometer and high throughput sampler, NIAID requires the following: •Operator training course at vendor's site •Starter pack of consumables •On-site spare part kit •One-year warranty •Shipping & handling to destination - Bethesda, MD To be considered for award, offerors of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must meet the following criteria for the salient characteristics: Flow Cytometer 1.Must have four (4) lasers with the following wavelength (nm) and power output maximum (milliwatts, mW) a.Blue laser (488nm), 50mW b.Red laser (640nm), 40mW c.Violet laser (405nm), 50mW d.Yellow-Green (561nm), 50mW 2.Must allow simultaneous detection of a minimum of seventeen (17) parameters including forward scatter (FSC) and side scatter (SSC) 3.Must be small enough to fit on a benchtop (less than 60" each dimension) 4.Must include a continuous fluidic system to supply sheath fluid from up to 20-liter containers, with no syringe-based systems. 5.Must have fully integrated laser power, fluidics system, and high throughput sampler control software with cytometer 6.System's software shall be compatible with BD FACSDiva - a software package that allows acquisition and analysis of our existing flow cytometric data 7.Must be upgradable to add up to three additional lasers including 100mW 355nm UV 8.Must be able to acquire data with real time statistics 9.Must be able to collect pulse area, height and width on all parameters simultaneously 10.Must have easily exchangeable optical filters and separate mirrors for experimental flexibility and duplication of experiments on existing NIAID cytometer 11.Must have fixed alignment optics in conjunction with spatially separated solid state lasers High Throughput Sampler 1.Must be compatible with LSRFortessa flow cytometer, or proposed equal instrument 2.Automated and accelerated sample acquisition from 96- and 384- well plates 3.Must have flexibility in acquisition speed 4.Must achieve less than 0.5% carryover in high throughput mode Contractor may include a trade-in value for one (1) BD FACSCanto flow cytometer. Additional details provided in the BOM. III. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Estimated completion for the delivery of equipment 60 days from date of award - estimated November 30, 2018. Training to be completed within one year from the date of award. Estimated total period of performance is from date of award September 25, 2018 - September 24, 2019. IV. DELIVERY: FOB Point shall be Destination, Bethesda, MD. Place of delivery is the NIH Clinical Center, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892. V. INSTRUCTIONS: The government requests responses from qualified sources capable of providing the requirement as outlined above. If providing an equal product(s), please supply descriptive data for evaluation purposes to determine the validity of how it is an EQUAL. The following FAR provision apply to this solicitation and is incorporated by reference: FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) (a) If an item in this solicitation if 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 characteristics specified in the 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 modification 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. (End of provision). All quotes shall include: price(s) (unit price, extended price, total price); manufacturing country of origin of the products; documentation demonstrating offerors is either the manufacturer or authorized distributor/reseller of the product(s); confirmation of required delivery timeframe; point of contact: name, phone number & email; DUNS #; Cage Code; business size under NAICS 334516; and payment terms. Each response must clearly indicate the capability of the offeror to meet all specifications and requirements. The Government may evaluate only those quotes that fully meet the requirements as outlined above and respond to the solicitation instructions and requirements. Failure to furnish a full and complete quote as instructed may result in the Offeror's response being considered non-responsive and will therefore be eliminated from further consideration and award. Quote must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist, Tamara McDermott, at tamara.mcdermott@nih.gov on or before Thursday, September 20, 2018 12:00 pm EST. All or part of the successful offeror's quote may be incorporated in any contract resulting from this solicitation. The successful offeror's quote may be incorporated by reference. Reference Solicitation ID: RFQ-RML-1920031 on your quote. By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ 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 the SAM will make an offeror ineligible for award]. VII. EVALUATION: NIAID will evaluate all quotes to determine the best value to the government. NIAID will make a Best Value Determination based on the capability of each offeror's quote to provide all requested products/services, meet the brand name or equal salient characteristics, providing the proposed products/service in a timely manner, warranty, past performance, and reasonable price. The Government's objective is to obtain the highest quality considered necessary to achieve the project objectives, with a realistic and reasonable cost. Non-price factors, when combined, are considered more important than price. In the event quotes are evaluated as equal in non-price factors, price or cost will become a major consideration in selecting the successful Offeror. VIII. DISCUSSIONS: The Government intends to award without discussions but reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Government's best interest. IX. SPECIAL NOTICE TO OFFERORS Offerors are advised that the Government may share your information with non-government personnel who are assisting with the evaluation of quotes. The exclusive responsibility for source selection will reside with the Government. By submitting your offer, you will be consenting to disclosure of your offer to non-government personnel for purposes of evaluation. X. QUESTIONS: If you have questions regarding this requirement, please submit inquires immediately, but no later than Thursday, September 13, 2018 5:00 PM EST, via email to the Contract Specialist, Tamara McDermott, at tamara.mcdermott@nih.gov. The Government will issue an amendment to the RFQ responding to questions, if needed. XI. PROVISIONS, CLAUSES & OTHER Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://www.sam.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items. The following Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) provisions and clauses are incorporated by reference and full text versions may be accessed electronically at: https://www.acquisition.gov/far/. FAR 52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors - Commercial Items (Aug 2018) FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items (Jan 2017) FAR 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements - Representation (Jan 2017) FAR 52.203-19 Prohibition on Requiring Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements. (Jan 2017) FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) FAR 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013) FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013) The following additional Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulations (HHSAR) provisions and clauses are applicable to this requirement: HHSAR 352.203-70 Anti-Lobbying (December 18, 2015) HHSAR 352.208-70 Printing and Duplication (December 18, 2015) HHSAR 352.222-70 Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations (December 18, 2015) Copies of the above-referenced clauses are available from http://www.hhs.gov/policies/hhsar/ or upon request, either by telephone or fax. The following additional FAR provisions and clauses are applicable to this requirement and provided in full text as an attachment: FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (Aug 2018) FAR 52.225- 6 Trade Agreements Certificate (May 2014)
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- Address: NIH Clinical Center, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
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