SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Virtual Microscope Services to the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program
- Notice Date
- 8/22/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, SSMC4 - Room 7601/OFA61 1305 East West Highway, 7th Floor, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-NFFK0000600429-A
- Response Due
- 8/31/2006
- Archive Date
- 9/15/2006
- Description
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). National Marine Fisheries Services intends to procure a contractor services to develop virtual microscope services for stained histological tissue sections by high resolution images. The purpose of this service is to produce 20X or 45X magnification, high resolution digitized images of stained histological tissue sections of marine organisms and software for web conferencing, consultation and educational outreach. Details regarding the deliverables of this requirement are listed in the attached Statement of work entitled, "Virtual Microscope Services for The Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program/Cooperative Center for Marine Animal Health, August 1, 2006". The Government intends to award a Fixed Price Purchase Order to a qualified contractor for this requirement. The Government has budgeted $50,000 for this procurement. Award will be made to the responsible contractor that offers the best value to the government based on the factors set forth below. The factors, although relatively equal, are listed in order of importance: Technical Approach, Past Performance and Price. Evaluation will be based on use of an adjectival scheme as follows: Outstanding (O); Good (G); Adequate (A); Marginal (M) and Unsatisfactory (U). The period of performance shall be from Award through the next eighteen (18) months. The provisions and clauses may be downloaded at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. The following provisions and clauses shall apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-l, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition and there is no addenda to this provision; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items. The Government shall award a purchase order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror conforming to the solicitation that will be most advantageous (best value) to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) approach, (ii) past performance, (iii) price; FAR 52-212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and there is no addenda to this provision; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition and there is no addenda to this provision; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. All interested contractors must be actively registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at the CCR website (www.ccr.gov). Quotations must be submitted electronically no later than 12:00pm Noon (EST), Thursday, August 31, 2006 to shirley.l.johnson@noaa.gov or faxed to (301) 713-0806 or mailed to DOC/NOAA/NOS, 1305 East West Highway, Station 7618, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. Proposals shall not exceed ten (10) pages.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1315 East West Highway, Room 13486, Silver Spring, Maryland
- Zip Code: 20910
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20910
- Record
- SN01121761-W 20060824/060822220337 (fbodaily.com)
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