SOLICITATION NOTICE
67 -- Digital Camera Upgrade for the Observation Rooms for the Pediatrics and Developmental Neuropsychiatry Branch
- Notice Date
- 5/2/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334310
— Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- NOI489434
- Point of Contact
- Susan A Nsangou, Phone: 301-443-2104
- E-Mail Address
-
nsangous@mail.nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for a proposal. A solicitation document will not be issued and proposals will not be requested. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support/Simplified Acquisition (SS/SA) Branch, on behalf of the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) intends to solicit, negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive basis with the Avitecture, Inc., 1 Export Drive, Sterling, Virginia, 20164-4421, for a systems expansion and digital capture station upgrade. There are currently two testing and observation rooms located at 5425 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, Maryland. These rooms are for videotaping (tapes and digital) the standardized assessments of autism spectrum disorders including cognitive and observational-based measures and the Autism diagnostic interview-revised. The original system had been installed by Avitecture, Inc. The upgrade will permit the NIMH to perform multiple observations simultaneously in the rooms. The digital camera upgrade is required to code and describe behaviours seen in toddlers and young children with autism spectrum disorders. Delivery and installation is 2 months. Therefore based on the aforementioned facts, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements FAR 6.302-1. The Government intends to select and evaluate and award the offer that represents the best value to the Government, price and all other factors considered. The acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition FAR 13 and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competition Requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NOI489434 may be submitted to the NIDA, SS/SA Branch, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD 20892, Attention: Susan A. Nsangou, Contracting Officer.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN01566074-W 20080504/080502220609-a0fb0972c8671d82df4df0a55f28f1e7 (fbodaily.com)
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