65 -- MEDICAL EPUIPMENT

Notice Date

August 23, 2001

Contracting Office

Acquisitions Management Operations Branch, NIAID, 6700-B Rockledge Drive, Room 1130, Bethesda, MD 20892-7605

ZIP Code

20892-7605

Solicitation Number

RFQ1018

Response Due

September 10, 2001

Point of Contact

Guy Baratte, Purchasing Agent (301) 402-2282/Rebecca A. Guenthner, Contracting Officer (301) 402-2284

Description

17. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation to procure commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 12.6, as supplemented with the additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This procurement is being issued as a request for quotation. Submit offers to RFQ #1018. The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-27. This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and is not a Small Business Set-Aside. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for the procurement is 334516. SCHEDULE: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases requires a biocompatible high performance liquid chromatography system that has low pressure and high output for the protein work that is being done in its laboratories. The system must have the ability to purify biomolecules from complex starting materials derived from cell lysates, tissue homogenates, recombinant protein expression systems and other sources. The system should be able to perform separations based on a variety of sample characteristics, such as molecular weight, net surface charge and hydrophobicity, while retaining biological activity. The system should have a pump that can provide a flow rate range of 0.05 20ml/min and a pressure range from 0-5MPa. The system should have a UV monitor with an Hg lamp including 280nm and 254nm filters. The UV monitor must have signal output range of 0.01 to 5.0 AUFS. The flow cell must have a 5mm-path length. The system must have an in-line, flow through conductivity monitor. The monitor must allow for autoranging between any two ionic-strength buffers with a sensitivity range of 1uS/cm to 999mS/cm. The system must have a fraction collector that allows fixed volume fractionation, time-based fractionation or automatic peak fractionation. The fraction collector must be able to collect flow ranges from 0.001ml/min to 100ml/min. It must be able to collect up to 120 fractions in 18mm diameter tubes and 8 fractions in 30mm diameter tubes. The system must include a three-position injection valve with load, inject and wash positions. The system must include two motorized valves to accommodate up to seven columns, plus one column bypass. The system must include an additional motorized valve for buffer selection. This valve must be able to accommodate up to eight buffers for automated selection by the pump. The system controller and software must be able to monitor three pumps, nine motorized valves, a fraction collector, a dynamic gradient mixer, a UV monitor, a conductivity monitor, a pH monitor and three air sensors. Delivery location is National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Bethesda, MD. 20892 and shall be inside delivery. FAR provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition are 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation Commercial Items; FAR 52.212.3, Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items. FAR 52.225, Buy American Act also applies. Offerors must include with their offer a completed copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3, Offerors Representations and Certifications Commercial Items. The Government intends to make a "best value buy" to the responsible offeror whose offer is most advantageous to the government. The evaluation criteria will include 1) the technical capability of the item offered to meet the government's needs, 2) price, 3) warranty considerations and 4) delivery time. Copies of the aforementioned clauses are available upon request by telephone from Mr. Guy Baratte at (301) 402-2282. Offers must be submitted no later than 5:00 P.M., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), September 10, 2001, to Mr. Guy R. Baratte. If hand-carrying, deliver to Mr. Baratte at 6700B Rockledge Drive, Room 1130; Bethesda, MD 20817. For delivery through the Postal Service, the address is Room 1130; NIH/NIAID/AMOB; 6700B Rockledge Drive; MSC-7605; Bethesda, MD 20892-7605. Electronic submission will not be accepted. Requests for information concerning this requirement are to be addressed to Mr. Baratte at (301) 594-5075. Collect calls will not be accepted. All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by this Agency.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010827/65SOL002.HTM (W-235 SN50V7Z9)