3-NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE.pdf

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE-SOURCE

REERENCE NO: 75N96024Q00042

INTENDED SOURCE: RANCHO BIOSCIENCES LLC

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 07/01/2024 – 06/30/2025

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Rancho Santa Fe, California

POSTING DATE: June 13, 2024

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT:

This contract action is for the acquisition of services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority and procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR) Subpart 13.5 in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1901. The National Institute of Environmental Health

Sciences (NIEHS), Office of Acquisitions (OA) intends to award a sole source purchase order to

RANCHO BIOSCIENCES LLC located at 6319 Via Naranjal, Rancho Santa Fe, California 92067, to generate robust summaries of transcriptional biomarkers of toxicity/disease in different tissues and organs. Specifically, the Contractor shall identify, extract, and curate high content data on toxicity biomarkers from available publications in the peer-reviewed literature in scientific journals.

This award is for period of performance from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is

541714 [(Research And Development In Biotechnology (Except Nanobiotechnology)]. The Small

Business Administration (SBA) small business size standard for this NAICS code is 1,000 employees.

NIEHS will solicit and negotiate directly with RANCHO BIOSCIENCES LLC and no solicitation will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals or quotations; however, if an interested party believes they can meet the above requirement, it may submit a statement of capabilities.

The statement of capabilities must be submitted in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow the Government to determine if the party can perform the requirement.

Offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

Offeror must provide the Company Name; Unique Entity Identifier (UEI); Point of Contact Name, Phone

Number, and E-mail Address; and all government contract vehicles under which the Company holds contracts (e.g., GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), NITAAC, OASIS, etc.). Additionally, if the interested party is a small business concern, it must identify which, if any, of the small business socio-economic categories are applicable.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All interested parties must express their interest and capabilities in writing via email to Odessa.mcglown@nih.gov within fifteen (15) days after the date of publication of this notice. No faxed documents will be accepted. If no responsive statements are received within fifteen (15) days, an award will be made to RANCHO BIOSCIENCES LLC.

http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:Odessa.mcglown@nih.gov