SAM_-_Pre-Solicitation_75N94024Q00198_1.pdf

75N94024Q00198

INTRODUCTION

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A

CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION.

The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) intends to award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition to NIKON INSTRUMENTS INC for Maintenance services on Nikon Ti2-E Confocal with Spinning Disk equipment.

BACKGROUND & JUSTIFICATION

The Nikon Ti2 Inverted High Speed Widefield Microscope with Spinning Disk detection and NIS- Elements Software technology is used by the NICHD Division of Developmental Biology for hyper-resolution microscopy. To our knowledge, there no other microscopes on the market that offer the same capabilities of our current Nikon Ti2 system or the NIS-Elements software that comes with it.

This system is optimal for imaging large samples like live zebrafish and large mouse sections. Due to its unique capabilities, this microscope is in constant use by several of our labs for their research.

Therefore, it is in the Government’s best interest to keep this system functioning in peak condition to support their work. This is why we need a maintenance contract. As the developer of this proprietary technology, Nikon Instruments is the sole manufacturer and provider of the Ti2 Microscope and all of its supporting programs, components, and objectives. This is supported by our market research results, which indicate Nikon as the only source capable of providing the needed services at the level of performance required.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 811210 with a Size standards in millions of dollars: $34.0.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Circular (FAC) 2024-05 effective 05/22/2024. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($250,000) and FAR Subpart 12- Acquisition of Commercial Items.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1) Soliciting from a single source - For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

NIH/NICHD

Bldg-6B, RM-4B413 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD, 20892

PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS

75N94024Q00198

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

One-year service agreement for CSU-W1 w/Ti2-E Spinning Disk Laser System: CSU-W1 Spinning Disk

- S/N 95TB00017, Ti2-E Electrical only - S/N 540479, LUNF - S/N 30416. Includes NIS Elements Software Updates and one preventative maintenance (PM) visit per service agreement year.

CLOSING STATEMENT

This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability in response to this notice and may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement.

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. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.

All respondents must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. All responses to this notice shall be submitted electronically by 6:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, on July, 29th, 2024 to jacob.balenson@nih.gov and shall include pre-solicitation # 75N94024Q00198 in the subject line.

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