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Bill of Material for RFQ-NIAID-23-2175016 Brand Name or Equal Requirements for gentleMACS Octo Dissociator with Heaters manufactured by Miltenyi Biotec.

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FOB Shipping destination: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes of Allergy & Infectious Disease (NIAID) 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.

52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999)

(a) If an item in this solicitation is identified as "brand name or equal," the purchase description reflects the characteristics and level of quality that will satisfy the Government’s needs. The salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics that "equal" products must meet are specified in the solicitation.

(b) To be considered for award, offers of "equal" products, including "equal" products of the brand name manufacturer, must-

(1) Meet the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristic specified in this solicitation;

(2) Clearly identify the item by-

(i) Brand name, if any; and

(ii) Make or model number;

(3) Include descriptive literature such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer; and

(4) Clearly describe any modifications the offeror plans to make in a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements. Mark any descriptive material to clearly show the modifications.

(c) The Contracting Officer will evaluate "equal" products on the basis of information furnished by the offeror or identified in the offer and reasonably available to the Contracting Officer. The Contracting Officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the offer.

(d) Unless the offeror clearly indicates in its offer that the product being offered is an "equal" product, the offeror shall provide the brand name product referenced in the solicitation.

(End of provision) Quoting Instructions:

All offers shall include:

• Must list and address all requirements and include an instrument brochure if quoting an equal instrument

· Quote must indicate the place of manufacture

• Unique Entity ID# from active sam.gov registration must be included on quote.

The gentleMACS Octo Dissociator with Heaters is equipped with several programs for fully automated tissue dissociation into single-cell suspensions, including:

mouse or human tumor mouse or rat neonatal heart neural tissue mouse spleen, lung, lamina propria, epidermis, or liver mouse or rat skeletal muscle and more