SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- 2D Software Package
- Notice Date
- 8/26/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, 109 T W Alexander Drive, Rtp, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-03-00382
- Response Due
- 9/11/2003
- Archive Date
- 10/11/2003
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Matt Ake, Purchasing Agent, Phone (919) 541-4826
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(ake.matt@epa.gov)
- Description
- NAICS Code: 511210 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; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is X7A076, and the solicitation is being issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 511210 which has a size standard of $21,000,000 to qualify as a small business. This procurement is set aside for small business. The Agency's demand for gel quantitation have increased resulting in the need to incorporate the newest state-of- the science software, and associated hardware, for gel quantitation. The software package should have features that make it capable of performing 2D image analysis, allowing optimal consistency, reliability and gel processing for proteomics research. The software will: 1. be able to analyze protocol management for repeat studies, 2. possess an "experiment analysis wizard" to expedite experiment set-up, 3. possess an automatic spot detection algorithm to identify accurate boundary definition and drive accurate mass spectrometry, 4. possess an automatic whole image warping and matching ability with and algorithm that reconciles intra- and inter-experimental variation. Award will be based on the lowest priced software meeting the technical specifications. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions - - Commercial Items. All offerors are to are to include with their offers a completed copy of provision 52.213-3, Offeror Representation and Certifications - - Commercial Items. The following additional FAR clauses which are cited in Clause 52.212-5 are applicable to the acquisition: 52.203-6 Restrictions on subcontracting Sales to the Government, with Alternate I; 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activities; 52.219-14, Limitation on Subcontracting; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-41. It is requested that the completed Representations and Certifications be included with the proposal. All technical questions are to be forwarded via email to the contract specialist at the following email address: ake.matt@epa.gov. Telephone inquiries can be addressed to the contract specialist at (919) 541-4826. Quoters should review the Statement of Work for complete requirements and additional information posted with this Request for Quotation on EPA's website at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Representations and Certifications can be found on the EPA Website under "Commercial Buy Clauses". Enter this page and click on FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items (Oct 2000). Interested parties should go to the website and click on the RFQ to check the status of this procurement and to ascertain when and if any amendments have been issued. Please submit two (2) copies of the price proposal to; (via US Postal Service) US Environmental Protection Agency, Attention MATT AKE, RTP Procurement Operations Division (D143-01) Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 or (via courier and hand carried address) US Environmental Protection Agency, Attention MATT AKE, RTP Procurement Operations Division (D143-01) 4930 Old Page Road, Durham NC, 27703 All offers are due by 11 September 2003 at 5:00 p.m. Please allow sufficient time for your mailed quotation to arrive in a timely manner. No telephone or faxed requests will be honored
- Record
- SN00413009-W 20030828/030827075011 (fbodaily.com)
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