B02 W912CN-23-Q-0036 Synopsis.docx

Synopsis # W912CN23Q0036: NextSeq 1000 5-Year Service Support Plan

INTRODUCTION

The 413th Contracting Support Brigade is issuing this synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having an interest and industry technologies available to support/provide NextSeq 1000 Service Support Plan.

This synopsis serves to provide notice for this procurement prior to solicitation. This procurement is intended to result in a purchase order of a base year of support with 4 option periods. This is a brand name or similar purchase.

DISCLAIMER

THIS SYNOPSIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

This this warranty plan is essential to support the NextSeq 1000 equipment platform. This is a next-generation sequencing system from Illumina Inc and is a cartridge-based platform to support a variety of customer batching and throughput needs from bulk RNA sequencing to 16S sequencing. The requirement is to contract a 5yr warranty plan as an initial one-year warranty was included with the equipment purchase. This contract is a critical service for the Department of Clinical Investigation. This service contract is required for post warranty on government owned equipment to perform SARS-CoV-2 testing for Command approved research projects and disease surveillance in support of the advancement of readiness and health as well as the graduate medical education at Tripler Army Medical Center. If this contract is not established, protocols that are currently in mid collection phase would be prevented from being completed. With an operational government owned NextSeq 1000 Instrument DCI can generate data to sustain grant awarded projects and other SAR-CoV-2 and Command-approved protocols and support mission requirement as a designated OCONUS sentinel site for the DOD Global Respiratory Pathogen Surveillance Program. This surveillance effort strives to provide actionable public health data for use by health care workers and Combatant Commanders to set force health protection policy.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The Government requires an extended warranty Brand Name or Similar to Illumina Nextseq 1000 Silver Support Plan. This includes full coverage for parts, labor, and travel; reagent replacement due to hardware failures; 1 annual preventative maintenance; Remote Technical Support (require range: 18-24hrs/day 5-7 days/wk); 2 business day on-site response target; control software and hardware updates; on-site applications support; discounts on advanced training; and remote monitoring. The government intends to create a contract with one base year and four option years of this plan.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Any resulting contract is anticipated to have a security classification level of Confidential. Any resulting contract shall be compliant with the specialty metals restriction of the Berry Amendment (10 U.S.C. 2533a and 2533b) in accordance with DFARS clauses 252.225-7008 and 252.225-7009.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 334516 with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,000. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 6640.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten 8.5 X 11 inch pages, font no smaller than 10 point) demonstrating ability to provide the products/systems listed in this Technical Description. Documentation should be in bullet format. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of the RFQ will be accepted prior to its release.

Your response to this synopsis, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Nicholas Zehr, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email nicholas.b.zehr.civ@army.mil no later than 12:00 p.m. HST on 11 August 2023 and reference this synopsis number in subject line of e-mail and on all enclosed documents. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. DO NOT SUBMIT CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.

If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the required products/systems, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, primary points of contact (POCs) and their email address, FAX, Web site address, telephone number, and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the requirements of this notice, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

All data received in response to this synopsis that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.

Version – February 2017