SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Chemidoc MP Imaging System - SSJ
- Notice Date
- 6/12/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Research Facilities, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 13, Rm. 2E47, MSC 5738, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5738, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5738
- Solicitation Number
- NIH-OLAO-OD3-SSNOI4515095
- Archive Date
- 7/1/2017
- Point of Contact
- Shirlene M. Smith, Phone: 3014437979
- E-Mail Address
-
ssmith@od.nih.gov
(ssmith@od.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sole source justification. The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Bio-Rad Laboratories. The National Eye Institute needs to procure a 1)CHEMIDOC MP IMAGING SYSTEM-QUANTITY of 1, 2)ENP, ChemiDoc MP Imaging System OS-QUANTITY of 1 and 3)UV BLOT SF TRAY WDT-QUANTITY of 1. The Chemi-Doc and Chemi-Doc MP Imaging Systems from the Bio-Rad is the only one of its kind as it provides total protein normalization with stain-free technology as an alternative to normalization with single housekeeping proteins (HKPs). This technology is unique to Bio-Rad and it lets users to save time and money as the other imagers available in market fail to provide it in their systems. No other instrument in the market with these capabilities (combined visible to infra-red to Ultra violet and chemiluminscence based imaging). Responses The proposed acquisition action is for items and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b). If you believe you can provide the items or services, please forward capability statements to ssmith@od.nih.gov by June 16, 2017. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract acquisition based upon responses to the notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. 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. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. 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. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. 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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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OLAO/NIH-OLAO-OD3-SSNOI4515095/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN04540815-W 20170614/170612234546-0d7d74ff884e686966ce26653eb78e8f (fbodaily.com)
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