Small_Business_Sources_Sought.pdf

Document Type: Small Business Sources Source Sought Notice

Solicitation No.: 75N95019Q00098

Project Title: Cy-Bio® Liquid Handling System with accessories, brand name or equal

Classification Code: 66 – Instruments and Laboratory Equipment

NAICS Code: 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing

Description

This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding:

(1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses;

8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice.

Please note that to qualify as an eligible small business for purposes of a small business set-aside, at least 50% of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel must be expended for employees of the small business awardee (see FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting).

Purpose and Objectives

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s leading medical research agency and the primary Federal agency whose mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability, conducting, supporting and making medical discoveries that improve people’s health and save lives. The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is a translational science center that prides itself on its tremendously productive pipeline and is innovative in several ways. NCATS brings together a diverse range of scientists, including medicinal chemists, biologists, toxicologists, and engineers, in to ultimately translate basic science into real products and services that help improve people’s lives.

Project Requirements

NCATS seeks to purchase one (1) CyBio® Well vario Liquid Handling System with accessories, brand-name or equal. The CyBio® Well vario is an automated, simultaneous pipetting platform which accepts a series of different interchangeable pipetting heads to provide high flexibility and upgradeability. The interchangeable heads can be changed from the front or back of the pipettor base unit with no configuration steps needed. The CyBio® Well vario adapts into any screening environment and can be equipped with a variety of accessories.

The brand name items and accessories include:

Name of item Description Part Number Qty

CyBio®-Well vario pipettor (bs, C)

Base station without pipetting head; combine with a circular transport system and a pipetting head to form a functional system.

870-3381-25-355

10 position circular transport system

CyBio®-Well vario

Circular transport system with base frame and rotary table with 10 positions. For use with CyBio®-Well vario pipettor (bs).

870-3502-100-23

CyBio® Well vario pipetting head 1536/8 μl (bs)

CyBio® Well vario Pipetting Head for 1536-well simultaneous liquid handling. Including:

1x OL3381-11-120 Cover Magazine 1536 1x OL5021-25-119 Adjustment Magazine 1536

870-5021-24-135

Fixed Tip Magazine 1536/1 μl Ceramic

Fixed Tip Magazine 1536/1 μl Ceramic with 1536 individually changeable non-disposable ceramic tips with 1 μl net volume for CyBio® Well vario Pipetting

Head 1536/8 μl.

870-5021-25-586

Fixed Tip Magazine 384/1 μl for 1536 Ceramic

Fixed Tip Magazine 384/1 μl Ceramic with 384 individually changeable non-disposable ceramic tips with 1 μl net volume for CyBio® Well vario Pipetting

Head 1536/8 μl.

870-5021-25-536

Tip Wash Station Set 1536 - 115V

Complete tip wash station 1536 set including:

OL0026-345-24 Tip Wash Station Module

OL3803-12-420 Tube Support Chain OL5021-14-660 Tip Wash Trough 1536 OL5021-14-600 Suction Trough 1536

OL5021-14-601 Air Pressure Unit CyBio® Well vario

OL5021-14-602 Vacuum Set with Waste Flask 0.5 l OL3402-503-25 Power Supply - 115V

870-5021-27-601

Reservoir with lid option and liquid circulation

Package includes: reservoir for MALDI application, compatible with lid, 2 tube connection for recirculation and constant fill level, Pump module with 2 pumps and power supply

870-8010179-00

Set of adapter and accessories (Maldi

Application)

Microplate Adapter 1536 30-5021-25-700 and MALDI Target Adapter 30-5021-25-710 tube support and table for pumps 870-8010178-00 1

Active dryer Vacuum chamber to reduce the drying time for

MALDI target plate including lifter, lifter control and vaccum pump

870-8010175-00 1

Lid handling Single active lid station for single position above a plate position, including pneumatic drive for positioning mounted on Disk

870-8010174-00 1

PC System System specific pre-configured PC including multi-port converter, monitor, mouse, keyboard and Microsoft Office software.

870-0006100 1

Brand name or equal liquid handling systems and accessories must have the following salient characteristics:

• Must be compatible with the Bruker MALDI Next Generation Mass Spectrometry based Plate Reader

• Must allow for 3,4,5 or 10 Shallow well and deep well microplate positions and formats in 96, 384 or 1536

• Must be 15-35ºC

• Volume range must be 100nl to 250ul

• Must have automated base which accepts different simultaneous pipetting heads

The requirement also includes delivery, installation, and setup of MALDI methods.

Anticipated Period of Performance

Delivery and installation is to occur within 8-12 weeks after receipt of order. The exact date and time of installation shall be coordinated with the NCATS Point of Contact listed on the purchase order.

Required Information

All capability statements must provide the following: (1) DUNS number; (2) organization name;

(3) organization address; (4) point of contact; (5) point of contact title, address, telephone, and email address; and (6) size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HUBZone, etc.) pursuant the applicable NAICS code.

Submission Instructions and Due Date

Written capability statements must be SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 8:00AM EDT on MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2019 to the below Contracting Office Address, Attn: Kimberly Espinosa.

Electronic capability statements will be accepted by the primary point of contact listed below.

Disclaimer and Important Notes

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 to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. 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. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality

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).

Contracting Office Address

NCATS Section NIDA Office of Acquisition 6001 Executive Boulevard Suite 3151, MSC 9531 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9531*

*Use Rockville, MD 20852 for Fed-Ex/USPS/Courier/Hand-Delivery

Points of Contact

Primary Point of Contact:

Kimberly Espinosa Contract Specialist Kimberly.espinosa@nih.gov Phone: (301) 827-3546