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SOLICITATION NOTICE

66 -- Multidrop Combi Dispensers for NCATS

Notice Date: 6/15/2021 1:13:50 PM
Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
NAICS: 334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
Contracting Office: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDA Bethesda MD 20892 USA
ZIP Code: 20892
Solicitation Number: 75N95021Q00169
Response Due: 6/23/2021 6:00:00 AM
Archive Date: 07/08/2021
Point of Contact: Nicholas Niefeld, Phone: 3018272094
E-Mail Address: nick.niefeld@nih.gov
(nick.niefeld@nih.gov)
Description: COMPETITIVE COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION Title: Multidrop Combi Dispensers for NCATS This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 75N95021Q00169 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13�Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR Part 12�Acquisition of Commercial Items and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-05 dated March 10, 2021. The associated NAICS code is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing and the small business size standard is 1,000 employees. There is no set-aside restriction. Project requirements (Purchase Description): The purpose of this requirement is to procure a quantity of three (3) functional Multidrop Combi Reagent Dispensers for the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) for the calendar year 2021 screening season. NCATS will soon begin to ramp up into screening season on the robotic system and as a result will need functional dispensers to handle cell culture and reagents in order to perform their scheduled assay screens. The Government�s minimum acceptable standards, salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics of the product for a quantity of three (3) reagent dispensers required shall: ? Provide precise dispensing over a 0.5 to 2500?L range, ensuring reproducible assay data ? Accommodate microplates from 6 to 1536 wells and plate heights of 5 to 50mm ? Contain a visual icon-based graphic display which makes it easy to use and program, even without training ? Have a minimal dead volume and back-flushing capability reducing reagent costs ? Have a full robotic compatibility which gives increased throughput ? Use eight-channel detachable and autoclavable dispensing cassettes that are standard across the Multidrop range The Contractor shall deliver the instrument to the following NCATS facility between of hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday (except federal holidays): National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) 9800 Medical Center Drive Bldg. B/Rm. 1003B Rockville, MD 20850 Delivery is 30 days after receipt of order (ARO). Delivery must be Freight on Board (FOB) Destination, including inside delivery to the room number specified. All required items shall be packaged, marked and shipped in accordance with Government specifications. At a minimum, they shall be marked with the purchase order number and Contractor name. The provision at FAR clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors � Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The provision at FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation � Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.� (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement: price past performance Technical and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price. (b) Options. The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s). (c) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer�s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. The Offerors are to include a completed copy of the attached provision at FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications�Commercial Items, with its offer. The Offerors are to include completed and signed copies of the attached FAR Provision Representations and Certifications pursuant to FAR 4.2103 Procedures, with offers. FAR 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation (Oct 2020) Certification FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Oct 2020) Certification The FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions � Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference. FAR clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders�Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and is attached in full text and the applicable FAR clauses are checked. The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions as determined by the contracting officer are necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices. Any resultant award shall include the following language: This award incorporates only Government provided clauses, terms, and conditions as stated in the award. Contractor provided agreements, terms, and conditions are for reference only. Should the Contractor provided terms and conditions or agreement conflict with Government provided clauses, terms, and conditions, the Government provided clauses, terms, and conditions shall control. FAR 52.252-1�Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this address:� https://www.acquisition.gov/ (End of provision) The following FAR provisions are incorporated by reference: �� FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018) �� FAR 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020) FAR 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (AUG 1999) FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors�Commercial Items (JUN 2020) �� FAR 52.225-3 Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act (JAN 2021)-Alternate II (JAN 2021)� � � � �� The following FAR provisions are incorporated in full text: FAR 52.225-4 Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act Certificate (FEB 2021)-Alternate II (FEB 2021) ��(a)�(1)�The Offeror certifies that each end product, except those listed in paragraph (b) or (c) of this provision, is a domestic end product. ��(2)�The terms ""Bahrainian, Moroccan, Omani, Panamanian, or Peruvian end product,"" ""domestic end product,"" ""end product,"" ""foreign end product,"" ""Free Trade Agreement country,"" ""Free Trade Agreement country end product,"" ""Israeli end product,"" and ""United States"" are defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled ""Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act."" ��(b) The Offeror certifies that the following supplies are Canadian end products or Israeli end products as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled ""Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act"": Canadian or Israeli End Products: Line Item No. Country of Origin [List as necessary] ��(c)�The Offeror shall list those supplies that are foreign end products (other than those listed in paragraph (b) of this provision) as defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled ""Buy American-Free Trade Agreements-Israeli Trade Act."" The Offeror shall list as other foreign end products those end products manufactured in the United States that do not qualify as domestic end products. ��Other Foreign End Products: Line Item Number Country of Origin ��[List as necessary] ��(d)�The Government will evaluate offers in accordance with the policies and procedures of�part� 25�of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (End of provision) FAR 52.225-18�Place of Manufacture (AUG 2018) ��(a)�Definitions. As used in this provision� ��Manufactured end product�means any end product in product and service codes (PSCs) 1000-9999, except- ��(1)�FPSC 5510, Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials; ��(2)�Product or Service Group (PSG) 87, Agricultural Supplies; ��(3)�PSG 88, Live Animals; ��(4)�PSG 89, Subsistence; ��(5)�PSC 9410, Crude Grades of Plant Materials; ��(6)�PSC 9430, Miscellaneous Crude Animal Products, Inedible; ��(7)�PSC 9440, Miscellaneous Crude Agricultural and Forestry Products; ��(8)�PSC 9610, Ores; ��(9)�PSC 9620, Minerals, Natural and Synthetic; and ��(10)�PSC 9630, Additive Metal Materials. ��Place of manufacture�means the place where an end product is assembled out of components, or otherwise made or processed from raw materials into the finished product that is to be provided to the Government. If a product is disassembled and reassembled, the place of reassembly is not the place of manufacture. ��(b)�For statistical purposes only, the offeror shall indicate whether the place of manufacture of the end products it expects to provide in response to this solicitation is predominantly- ��(1)�?�In the United States (Check this box if the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured in the United States exceeds the total anticipated price of offered end products manufactured outside the United States); or ��(2)�?�Outside the United States. (End of provision) HHSAR 352.239-73 Electronic Information and Technology Accessibility Notice (DEC 2015) (a) Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Electronic and Information (EIT) Accessibility Standards (36 CFR part 1194), require that when Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology, Federal employees with disabilities have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. Section 508 also requires that individuals with disabilities, who are members of the public seeking information or services from a Federal agency, have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to that provided to the public who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency. (b) Accordingly, any offeror responding to this solicitation must comply with established HHS EIT accessibility standards. Information about Section 508 is available at http://www.hhs.gov/web/508. The complete text of the Section 508 Final Provisions can be accessed at http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-.... (c) The Section 508 accessibility standards applicable to this solicitation are stated in the clause at 352.239-74, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility. In order to facilitate the Government's determination whether proposed EIT supplies meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, offerors must submit an HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template, in accordance with its completion instructions. The purpose of the template is to assist HHS acquisition and program officials in determining whether proposed EIT supplies conform to applicable Section 508 accessibility standards. The template allows offerors or developers to self-evaluate their supplies and document - in detail - whether they conform to a specific Section 508 accessibility standard, and any underway remediation efforts addressing conformance issues. Instructions for preparing the HHS Section 508 Evaluation Template are available under Section 508 policy on the HHS Web site http://www.hhs.gov/web/508. In order to facilitate the Government's determination whether proposed EIT services meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, offerors must provide enough information to assist the Government in determining that the EIT services conform to Section 508 accessibility standards, including any underway remediation efforts addressing conformance issues. (d) Respondents to this solicitation must identify any exception to Section 508 requirements. If a offeror claims its supplies or services meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, and it is later determined by the Government, i.e., after award of a contract or order, that supplies or services delivered do not conform to the described accessibility standards, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its expense. (End of provision) FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998) This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: https://www.acquisition.gov/ (End of clause) The following FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018) FAR 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (AUG 2020) HHSAR 352.222-70, Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations 9December 18, 2015) The following HHSAR clause is incorporated in full text: HHSAR 352.239-74 Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility (DEC 2015) (a) Pursuant to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, all electronic and information technology (EIT) supplies and services developed, acquired, or maintained under this contract or order must comply with the �Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) Accessibility Standards� set forth by the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (also referred to as the �Access Board�) in 36 CFR part 1194. Information about Section 508 is available at http://www.hhs.gov/web/508. The complete text of Section 508 Final Provisions can be accessed at http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-.... (b) The Section 508 accessibility standards applicable to this contract or order are identified in the Statement of Work or Specification or Performance Work Statement. The contractor must provide any necessary updates to the submitted HHS Product Assessment Template(s) at the end of each contract or order exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (see FAR 2.101) when the contract or order duration is one year or less. If it is determined by the Government that EIT supplies and services provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility standards in the contract, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense. (c) The Section 508 accessibility standards applicable to this contract are: N/A (d) In the event of a modification(s) to this contract or order, which adds new EIT supplies or services or revises the type of, or specifications for, supplies or services, the Contracting Officer may require that the contractor submit a completed HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template and any other additional information necessary to assist the Government in determining that the EIT supplies or services conform to Section 508 accessibility standards. Instructions for documenting accessibility via the HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template may be found under Section 508 policy on the HHS Web site: (http://www.hhs.gov/web/508). If it is determined by the Government that EIT supplies and services provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility standards in the contract, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense. (e) If this is an Indefinite Delivery contract, a Blanket Purchase Agreement or a Basic Ordering Agreement, the task/delivery order requests that include EIT supplies or services will define the specifications and accessibility standards for the order. In those cases, the Contractor may be required to provide a completed HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template and any other additional information necessary to assist the Government in determining that the EIT supplies or services conform to Section 508 accessibility standards. Instructions for documenting accessibility via the HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template may be found at http://www.hhs.gov/web/508. If it is determined by the Government that EIT supplies and services provided by the Contractor do not conform to the described accessibility standards in the provided documentation, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its own expense. (End of clause) The Invoice and Payment Provisions (Rev. 2/10/2021) is applicable to this solicitation and ay resultant award and is attached. The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement. Responses to this solicitation must include sufficient information to establish the interested parties� bona-fide capabilities of providing the product or service.� The price quote shall include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, delivery days after contract award, delivery terms, prompt payment discount terms, F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), product or catalog number(s); product description; and any other information or factors that may be considered in the award decision.� Such factors may include: past performance; special features required for effective program performance; trade-in considerations; probable life of the item selected as compared with that of a comparable item; warranty considerations; maintenance availability; and environmental and energy efficiency considerations. In addition, the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. All responses must be received by June 23, 2021 at 9:00, A.M., Eastern Standard Time, and reference solicitation number 75N95021Q00169. Responses must be submitted by email to Nick Niefeld, Contract Specialist at nick.niefeld@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. The name of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation: Nick Niefeld Contract Specialist Email: nick.niefeld@nih.gov Phone: (301) 827-2094
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