Notice of Intent to Sole Source.pdf

Synopsis No. 75N94025Q00209

NICHD, Office of Acquisitions

Title: Four Wavelength Laser System for Fiber Photometry

Presolicitation

SYNOPSIS

General Information

Document Type: Presolicitation

Synopsis Number: 75N94025Q00209

Posted Date: August 25, 2025

Original Response Date: September 4, 2025

Current Response Date: September 4, 2025

Set Aside: N/A

NAICS Code: 334516

Contracting Office Address

NICHD

6710B Rockledge Dr.

Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Description

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 (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health and Human

Development (NICHD), Office of Acquisitions (OA) intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to:

Coherent NA, Inc.

5100 Patrick Henry Dr.

Sanat Clara, CA 95054

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516 with a Size Standard 1,000.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99-1, July 16, 2018. 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).

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Contracts awarded using

FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-

Competition Requirements.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title: Four Wavelength Laser System for Fiber Photometry

2. Background Information: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) laboratory intends to procure laser components exclusively from Coherent, as they are the only vendor capable of meeting the exact technical specifications and compatibility requirements for our custom in vivo imaging system currently in use.

These laser systems are an integral part of our ongoing research infrastructure. Any deviation from the Coherent brand would result in hardware and software incompatibility, requiring significant system modification, potential downtime, and retraining of personnel. Such changes would severely disrupt ongoing experimental workflows and negatively impact the continuity, reliability, and reproducibility of critical in vivo imaging studies.

Coherent lasers are the only known brand that integrate seamlessly with our existing setup, ensuring stable performance, long-term support, and adherence to previously validated research protocols.

CLOSING STATEMENT

This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include a technical proposal, a cost-price proposal, the period of performance, the

Unique Entity ID (UEI), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management

(SAM) www.sam.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. 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 responses must be received by September 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM Eastern time and must reference solicitation number 75N94025Q00209. Responses may be submitted electronically to

Mr. Michael Falzone, Contracting Officer at Michael.falzone@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted.

"All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be http://www.sam.gov/ considered by the agency.”