SOURCES SOUGHT
S -- Glassware and Media Processing
- Notice Date
- 6/10/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561210
— Facilities Support Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Office of Acquisitions, Office of Management, 530 Davis Drive, Durham, North Carolina, 27713, United States
- ZIP Code
- 27713
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIEHS-OA-SS-10-100
- Archive Date
- 6/30/2011
- Point of Contact
- Deitra Lunney, Phone: 919-541-0387
- E-Mail Address
-
lunney@niehs.nih.gov
(lunney@niehs.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, NC, is conducting a MARKET SURVEY to determine the interest and capability of small businesses including HUBZone, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Firms, Small Disadvantaged Business, and Woman-Owned eligible to compete under NAICS 561210 with a Size Standard of $35.5 Million for Glassware and Media Processing. This contract shall provide qualified personnel for the preparation of biological media, tissue cultures, and "buffers", as well as washing, sterilizing, and issuance of glassware as required at the NIEHS. Collection, cleaning, sterilization, and restocking service shall be provided by the Contractor for Government-owned glassware. In addition, the Contractor shall provide restocking service for disposable plastic ware items. The Contractor shall also provide service to prepare sterile custom media using Government-furnished chemicals and media supplies. The Contractor shall provide the following services: A. Delivery and Pickup Services - The Contractor shall collect dirty glassware from the laboratory areas in Building 101, NIEHS South Campus at a minimum of twice per day. All collections and deliveries shall be made between the hours of 8:30 am and 5:00 pm. In addition, the Contractor shall deliver custom orders of media to the laboratory areas as requested by the scientific personnel. The Contractor shall also collect any unused portion or contaminated media from the laboratory areas. B. Cleaning - Dirty glassware, new glassware, fly media bottles and vials, wash trays, pots, velvet cloth, caps, and tubes shall be washed, inspected, packaged, and stocked. The Contract staff shall also provide routine cleaning of the work area to include table tops, equipment, carts, floors, sinks, and general work area. C. Stocking - Glassware, disposable items, chemicals, etc. will be delivered to the glassware and media area from the NIEHS warehouse and other outside sources. The Contractor shall receive, unpack, wash and/or stock all items and dispose of any debris in the dumpsters located in the Module E loading dock. D. Media Preparation - The Contractor shall prepare and label complex sterile custom biological culture media and drosophila growth media as requested by the scientific staff. This is to be a Firm-Fixed Price Contract with an initial one (1) year period with four (4) option year periods. Current employees under existing contract are covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement. Interested firms responding to this market survey must provide the following: (a) Company name, address, phone number, primary contact(s), e-mail address, business classification/size, and DUNS number. (b) Capability statement that demonstrates your experience, skills, and capability to fulfill the Governments requirements. The capability statement shall be in sufficient enough detail so that the Government can determine whether your firm can meet the requirements. (c) References. Two (2) copies of the capability statement must be received no later than 10:00 am edt on June 21, 2010 to the following address: USPS: NIEHS - Attn: Dee Lunney P.O. Box 12874 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Fed-Ex: NIEHS - Attn: Dee Luney Keystone Bldg., Room 1045 530 Davis Drive Morrisville, NC 27560 Responses by fax or email WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
- Web Link
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(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIEHS/HHS-NIH-NIEHS-OA-SS-10-100/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: NIEHS, Bldg. 101, South Campus, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, United States
- Zip Code: 27709
- Zip Code: 27709
- Record
- SN02174578-W 20100612/100610235512-471fb2d181e4a702e88d99d65f4a444a (fbodaily.com)
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