75N95019Q00215_Small_Business_Sources_Sought.pdf

Document Type: Small Business Sources Source Sought Notice

Solicitation No.: 75N95019Q00215

Project Title: Automatic Liquid Handling Workstation: Eppendorf epMotion 5073l

EasyCon with dispensing tools, or brand-name equal

Classification Code: 66 – Instruments & 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

The Stem Cell Translation Laboratory (STCL) in the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires an Eppendorf epMotion 5073l EasyCon with dispensing tools, or brand-name equal automatic liquid handling workstation, including delivery and installation.

The brand-name equipment includes:

Part No. Description Qty

5073007401 epMotion® 5073l EasyCon. Completely contained housing system included. EasyCon, epBlue™ software, mouse, waste box, 100 – 240 V ±10 %/50 – 60 Hz ±5 % (US/TW), 0.2 μL – 1 mL

960001044

Dispensing Tool TM 50-8, 1-50uL 8-channel dispensing tool for volume ranges from 1 to 50 μl

960001061

Dispensing Tool TM 1000-8, 40-1000uL 8-channel dispensing tool for volume ranges from 40 to 1000 μl

960001010

Dispensing Tool TS 50, 1-50uL Single-channel dispensing tool for volume ranges from 1 to 50 μl

960001036

Dispensing Tool TS 1000, 40-1000uL Single-channel dispensing tool for volume ranges from 40 to 1000 μl

Brand-name or equal equipment must have the following salient characteristics:

• The automated liquid handling workstation must allow for six (6) American National Standards Institute/Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (ANSI/SLAS) microplate positions

• The system must have a volume range of 1 to 1,000 microliters (uL)

• It must be compatible with tubes 0.2 to 50 milliliters (mL) and microplates with up to 384 wells

• It must have calibrated 1-channel and 8-channel pipetting tools

• The cooling rate must be no less than 4 Celsius (C) per minute (min)

• The heating rate must be no less than 9 C per min

• The gripper carrying capacity must be no less than 1,200 grams (g)

• The system must have an LCD color display with capacitive touch panel

• It must allow USB compatibility

• It must allow for step-by-step application programing

• It must be fully enclosed with compact housing and a door lock

• There must be an optical sensor to detect liquids, labware and tips

• The dimensions must be no larger than 26 × 24 × 27 in (W x D x H)

Delivery & Installation

Delivery and installation must occur within six (6) weeks after receipt of award.

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 8:59am EDT on Wednesday, July 3, 2019, and reference solicitation number 75N95019Q00215. Capability statements must be submitted via email to Kimberly Espinosa at kimberly.espinosa@nih.gov.

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