SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Maintenance Services Contract Renewal for Becton Dickinson Biosciences Flow Cytometry Instrumentation
- Notice Date
- 12/3/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E128, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- N02RC46003-71
- Archive Date
- 1/2/2014
- Point of Contact
- Huy Nguyen, Phone: 2402765570, Seena Ninan, Phone: 240-276-5419
- E-Mail Address
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anh-huy.nguyen@nih.gov, ninans@mail.nih.gov
(anh-huy.nguyen@nih.gov, ninans@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive Room 1E154 Bethesda, MD 20892 Description: The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Cancer Research (CCR), Experimental Immunology Branch (EIB) plans to procure on a sole source basis with BD Biosciences, 2350 Qume Drive, San Jose, CA 95131-1807 maintenance services for the flow cytometry hardware and software systems. The equipment to be covered are: 1.BD FACSCalibur SN E5196 (4 color) 2.BD FACS Flow Supply System SN N1227 3.BD FACSARIA 3-Laser System, SN P22300031 4.BD FACSCALIBUR 4CLR System, SN E20200198 5.BD FACS FLOW Supply System, SN N1813 6.BD LSRII SPECIAL SN H47100178 7.BD Laser Component of SN H47100178, Sapphire 488-100 Blue Laser SN 3954 8.BD Laser Component of SN H47100178, 640-40 Red Laser SN 3955 9.BD Laser Component of SN H47100178, 594-50 Yellow Laser SN 5931 10.BD Laser Component of SN H47100178, Violet Laser 50 MW SN 3956 11.BD Laser Component of SN H47100178. UV 100mW Laser, SN 3953 This acquisition will be processed in accordance with simplified acquisition procedures as stated in FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1). Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) type contract. The North American Industry Classification System code is 811219 and the business size standard is $19M. Period of performance is January 20, 2014 through January 19, 2015 It has been determined that there is no opportunity to acquire green products or services under this contract. The EIB Flow Cytometry Facility provides basic research support to members of the EIB as well as to investigators throughout NCI, CCR. Basic research support is provided using multiple instruments manufactured by BD Biosciences and is provided 5 days per week to approximately 75 users. Each instrument supports multiple experiments each day, and each instrument is fully utilized. The experiments performed involve costly reagents, expensive animals, and multiple man-hours. When an instrument malfunctions, or does not operate optimally, these costly experiments are lost. Some experiments, if unable to be run on the instrument as scheduled, cannot be rescued. It is critical that this instrument remain in excellent operating condition at all times. It is also important that the quality of the results from this instrument be kept at a consistently high level. It is therefore necessary that all instrumentation operate in an optimal fashion, and that down time due to malfunctions and repair time be minimized. Because the nature of the equipment is highly experimental, the original equipment manufacturer, BD Biosciences, routinely designs and implements software and hardware improvements to the instrumentation. It is essential to the EIB that these revisions be installed in a timely fashion to maintain optimal performance. It is important that the instrument be kept current with software upgrades and product corrective actions. NCI also depends heavily on qualified telephone troubleshooting and technical assistance from the manufacturer's staff, including BD Biosciences field engineers already on site at the NIH Bethesda campus who respond quickly. These assets are available only from BD Biosciences. Some of the instruments are uniquely designed for the laboratory; therefore the manufacturer is the only vendor familiar with service requirements of those instruments. This is not a solicitation for competitive quotations. However, if any interested party believes they can meet the above requirement, especially small businesses, they may submit a tailored statement of capabilities via fax or email. In addition, all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the NCI. All information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to allow the NCI to determine if it can meet the above unique specifications described herein. All information must be received in the NCI contracting office on or before 4:00 PM EST on December 18, 2013. All questions must be in writing and can be faxed (240) 276-5401 or emailed to Anh-Huy Nguyen, Contracts Specialist at anh-huy.nguyen@nih.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In order to receive an award, contractors must have valid registration and certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. No collect calls will be accepted. Please reference solicitation number N02RC46003-71 on all correspondences.
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