D_25-001935_NOTICE OF INTENT to Sole Source.pdf

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT

NON-COMPETITIVE

Solicitation: 75N95025001935_1

Title: Procurement of maintenance services for 2 General Electric Healthcare (GEHC) 3

Tesla MR-750 Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners.

INTRODUCTION

PURSUANT TO FAR Subpart 5.2—Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions, THIS IS A

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT TO ACTION.

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

A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN

COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) intends to intends to solicit by a request for quotation from GE Precision HealthCare LLC for award on or around August 1, 2025. The purpose of this purchase order will be to provide the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) with maintenance services for 2

General Electric Healthcare (GEHC) 3 Tesla MR-750 Magnetic Resonance Imaging

(MRI) scanners.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 811210 – Electronic and

Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance with a Size Standard of $34M.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses of the Federal acquisition Requlation (FAR) currently in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular

(FAC).

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Contracts awarded using FAR Part

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

Competition Requirements. FAR Subpart 13.106-1 (b) Soliciting from a single Source provides that: For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, Contracting officers may solicit from one source IF the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name OR industrial mobilization).

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Purpose and Objectives

FMRIF is seeking maintenance services for 2 GEHC 3 Tesla MR-750 MRI scanners to ensure continuous and proper operation, and maxiumum availability, of these scanner as research tools. These scanner are heavilty utilized by researchers within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Over 30 principal investigators (primarily in NIMH and NINDS, but not exclusively so) and their staff use these instruments for a wide array of both clinical and research oriented protocols. These scanners support a variety studies, ranging from MR technology research and development, to basic neuroscience research, to clinical studies involving pathologies of human development, Epilepsy, Parkinsons Disease, and Multiple Sclerosis.

Delivery or Deliverables The contractor shall provide comprehensive maintenance services for GEHC’s MR-750

MRI scanners currently located at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland in Building 10, Rooms B1D65 and B1D67.

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.

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. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. 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.

Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number

(DUNS), 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.www.sam.gov.”

All responses must be received by Friday, March 28, 2025 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern

Standard Time, and reference number 75N95025001935_1. Responses may be submitted electronically to Joe Kennedy, ContractSpecialist, at joseph.kennedy@nih.gov.

Fax responses will not be accepted.

Extensions to the deadline will not be granted.

Please contact Joe Kennedy, Contract Specialist, at joseph.kennedy@nih.gov with any questions.

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