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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF MAY 05, 2019 FBO #6372
SOURCES SOUGHT

66 -- Forma Steri-cycle 1160 CO2 incubator

Notice Date

5/3/2019
 

Notice Type

Synopsis
 

NAICS

339113 — Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office (NCO) 10;260 E. University Avenue;Cincinnati OH 45219
 

ZIP Code

45219
 

Solicitation Number

36C25019Q0708
 

Response Due

5/8/2019
 

Archive Date

5/14/2019
 

Point of Contact

John Rogers
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

FedBizOpps Sources Sought Notice CLASSIFICATION CODE * 66 SUBJECT * Forma Steri-cycle 1160 CO2 incubator GENERAL INFORMATION CONTRACTING OFFICE'S * ZIP-CODE 45219 SOLICITATION NUMBER * 36C25019Q0708 RESPONSE DATE (MM-DD-YYYY) 05-07-2019 ARCHIVE 5 DAYS AFTER THE RESPONSE DATE RECOVERY ACT FUNDS N SET-ASIDE NAICS CODE * 334516 CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office (NCO) 10 260 E. University Avenue Cincinnati OH 45219 DESCRIPTION * See Attachment POINT OF CONTACT * (POC Information Automatically Filled from User Profile Unless Entered) John Rogers PLACE OF PERFORMANCE ADDRESS Department of Veterans Affairs 3200 Vine Street Cincinnati OH POSTAL CODE 45220 COUNTRY USA ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AGENCY'S URL www.VA.gov URL DESCRIPTION United States Department of Veterans Affairs AGENCY CONTACT'S EMAIL ADDRESS John.Rogers4@va.gov EMAIL DESCRIPTION Contract Specialist Rev. March 2010 * = Required Field FedBizOpps Sources Sough Notice ***** Begin Word Document - ' FBO-DESCRIPTION: Sources Sought for 2 C02 incubator ' ***** This is a Sources Sought (SS) Notice only, not a solicitation announcement and should not be considered as such. There is no solicitation available at this time. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this SS, nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. This SS does not constitute a commitment by the Government. Any information provided in response to this market survey will be used for informational purposes only and will not be released. Vendor participation is not a promise of future business with the Government. The purpose of this SS is to conduct Market Research to determine an acquisition strategy for a one-time firm fixed-priced purchase order to purchase two CO2 incubators. The Research Service located at the Cincinnati VAMC needs to procure two CO2 incubator to perform experiments. Currently we have four lab members actively doing cell culture in two incubators, and they have constant humidity and CO2 maintenance issues, due to which we sometimes have only one functional one. The cell incubators are already crowded at times, and with new students joining the lab this summer through the University of Cincinnati s Summer Undergraduate Research Program, we are sure to have more cell culture incubator users on the way. The cell culture incubator maintains the proper temperature, humidity, and CO2 levels necessary to culture healthy mammalian cells in order to perform all cell based experiments. For our xenograft animal model too, we first need to grow sufficient cells to inject the animals and grow the tumor. The cell culture incubator is used to both maintain cell populations, and to keep cells healthy under various experiments. Maintaining health mammalian cells. This incubator must be able to maintain a temperature of 37 degrees Celsius and a CO2 level of 5%. Sterilization of system. The incubator must also have racks which can be disassembled and removed for proper cleaning with 70% ethanol once a week. The inside walls of this incubator must also be able to handle a 70% ethanol cleaning once a week. They should be autoclavable or heat sterilizable. Potential sources must demonstrate experience and knowledge of required services and capability to provide such services. Potential sources should submit: business name and address; point of contact; business size, and any applicable business socio-economic category; capability statement; provide information for recent and relevant projects similar in nature; DUNS number; contract number if applicable; and brochure of equipment. The NAICS code for this procurement is 339113 and the small business size standard is 750 employees. Responses to this notice shall be e-mailed to John Rogers at John.Rogers4@va.gov Enter RFQ No. 36C25019Q0708/ C02 Incubator VAMC Cincinnati VAMC in the email subject line. Telephone responses will not be accepted. Responses must be received in writing no later than 2:00 p.m. EST, Wednesday, May 8, 2018. This notice is to assist the VA in determining sources only. A solicitation is not currently available. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (03-MAY-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link To Document
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/CiVAMC/VAMCCO80220/36C25019Q0708/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Department of Veterans Affairs;3200 Vine Street;Cincinnati;OH

Zip Code: 45220

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05301205-F 20190505/190503230019 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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