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NON-COMPETITIVE

COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION

Title: Service Maintenance Agreement for the Ab Sciex Mass Spectrometeres

(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) The solicitation number is 75N95023Q00184 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ)

This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplif ied Acquisition Procedures;

and FAR Part 12—Acquisition of Commercial Items, and is not expected to exceed the simplif ied acquisition threshold.

This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplif ied Acquisition Procedures;

FAR Subpart 13.5— Simplif ied Procedures for Certain Commercial Items; and FAR Part 12—Acquisition of Commercial Items, and is expected to exceed the simplif ied acquisition threshold.

THIS IS A NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) COMBINED SYNOPSIS

SOLICITATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT

PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition (OA), on behalf of the the National institutes on Aging (NIA), intends to negotiate and award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition (including brand-name) to Ab Sciex LLC for a Service Maintenance Agreement for the Ab Sciex Mass Spectrometeres

This acquisition is conducted as non-competitive for a commercial item or service and is conducted pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

(iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) Number 2022-06, with effective date May 26, 2022.

(iv) The associated NAICS code 334516, Aanalytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, and the small business size standard of 1,000 employees. There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement.

(v) This requirement is for the following services, Service Manitenance Agreement for the Ab Sciex Mass Spectrometers .The Laboratory of Clinical Investigation (LCI) within the National Institute on Aging (NIA) requires a service agreement for service maintenance for the Ab Sciex mass spectrometers. This request is required for this facility to continue usage of the designated equipment that contributes to several bioanalytical and proteomic assays which are heavily dependent on the proper functioning on the Ab Sciex mass spectrometers.

(vi)

The mission of The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is to support and conduct genetic, biological, clinical, behavioral, social and economic research on agin. To foster the development of research and clinician scientitst in aging. To provide research resources and disseminate information about aging and advances in research to the public, health care professionals, and the scientif ic community in addition a variety of audiences. The Laboratory of Clinical Invesitgation (LCI) requires the use of these instruments to do bioanalytical,metabolomic and proteomic assaysw of plasma samples in the lab. This agreement is needed to maintain services of the Ab Sciex mass spectrometers under a service maintenance agreement. This preventive maintenance contract shall be effective from 06/01/2023 to 05/31/2024 in order to keep the equipment running and process all bioanalytical samples, including metabolomic, lipidomic, proteomic and bioanalysis without any problems a service maintenance agreement for the Ab Sciex mass spectrometers, including the API 4000, API 5500, API 6500+, Selexion device, the Shimadzu XR system, gas generator and software plus plan will be procured. This equipment is heavily used, NIA has many bioanalytical and proteomic assays that are dependent on the proper functioning of the instrument.

(vii) The Government anticipates award of a firm fixed-price purchase order for this acquisition, and the anticipated period of performance is within 6 months after contractor receipt of order (ARO). Perormance shall be FOB Destination and shall be delivered to 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD, 20850 between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday (except on Federal Holidays).

(viii)

The provision at FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998), applies to this acquisition. This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text.

Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identif ier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at these addresses:

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html

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The following provisions apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference:

• FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

• FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020)

• FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Nov 2021)

• FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Nov

2021)

• FAR 52.225-2, Buy American Certif icate (Feb 2021)

• HHSAR 352.239-73, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Notice

(December 18, 2015)

The clause at FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998), applies to this acquisition. This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at these addresses:

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The following clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference:

• FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018)

• FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug

2020)

• FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Nov 2021).

Addendum to this FAR clause applies to this acquisition and is attached.

• HHSAR 352.239-74, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility

(December 18, 2015)

The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are attached in full text. Offerors MUST complete the provisions at 52.204-24 and 52.204-26 and submit completed copies as separate documents with their proposal.

• FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021)

• FAR 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services- Representation (Oct 2020)

• FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Jan 2022)

• NIH Invoice and Payment Provisions (Feb 2021)

(ix) The Government will evaluate quotations or offers in accordance with FAR 13.106-2 and award a purchase order from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes:

a. Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement;

b. Price; and

c. Past performance [see FAR 13.106-2(b)(3)].

The Government will evaluate offers for award purposes by adding the total price for all options to the total price for the basic requirement. The Government may determine that an offer is unacceptable if the option prices are significantly unbalanced. Evaluation of options shall not obligate the Government to exercise the option(s).

(x) The Offerors to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Nov 2021), with its offer.

If the offeror has completed FAR clause 52.212-3 at www.sam.gov, then the offeror does not need to provide a completed copy with its offer.

(xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Nov 2021), applies to this acquisition. Addendum to this FAR clause applies to this acquisition and is attached.

(xii) The following additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions as determined by the contracting officer are necessary for this acquisition and consistent with customary commercial practices.

http://www.sam.gov/

DELIVERY OR DELIVERABLES

The contractor shall provide a detailed protocol for the government to review and sign off 5 business days before the start of the proposed experimental tasks. The contractor shall set up monthly meetings to discuss progress and provide a monthly summary update inclusive of pertinent discussion points from the monthly meeting. The monthly summary report shall be delivered within 5 business days after the last day of the month.

The government shall review the report within 5 business days of receipt of the report from the contractor and provide feedback (if any). The contractor shall deliver a final report within 15 business days after completion of the tasks.

Note: timely submission of deliverables is essential to successful completing this requirement. All deliverables are to be submitted in “electronic copy” form.

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

The contractor shall provide monthly written update reports on the progress of the experiments including preliminary data. The reports will summarize the experimental progress. Only 1 progress report is required per month with the final report a compilation of prior and last summary health report.

(xiii) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this

(xiv) requirement.

Responses to this solicitation must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror’s capability of fulf illing the requirement as it relates to the technical evaluation criteria. The price proposal must include the labor categories, an estimate of the number of hours required for each labor category, fully loaded fixed hourly rate or each labor category, breakdown and rationale for other direct costs or materials, and the total amount.

The Unique Entity ID from SAM.gov, the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certif ication of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

All questions must be received by 9:00AM., Eastern Daylight/Standard Time, on April 26, 2023, and reference Solicitation Number 75N95023Q000184 Questions may be submitted electronically to Chandani Hangilipola, Contract Specialist, at chandani.hangilipola@nih.gov

All quotations must be received by 9:00 AM, Eastern Daylight/ Standard Time, on April 26, 2023.and reference Solicitation Number 75N95023Q00184. Responses http://www.sam.gov/ must be submitted electronically to Chandani Hangilipola, Contract Specialist at chandani.hangilipola@nih.gov

Fax responses will not be accepted.