-SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE-.FDA 1090099.doc

FDA 1090099-THIS A TOTAL SET ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

49 – UPGRADE TO FOUR (4) FDA VELOS SYSTEMS

Notice Date

08/09/2011

Notice Type

Sources Sought

NAICS:

334516 with a small business size standard of 500 employees.

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, (OAGS) - 5630 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, United States.

ZIP Code

20857

Requisition Number

1090099

Archive Date

Automatic-15 Days after response date.

Response Date

08/12/ 2011 12:00 PM EST

Primary Point of Contact

Emmanuel T. Mbah, Contract Specialist

Emmanuel.mbah@fda.hhs.gov Phone: 301 827-7156.

Fax: 301 827 7101 Small Business Set-Aside

N/A

DESCRIPTION:

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE to determine the availability and capability of small businesses, including 8(a) certified businesses, service-disabled veteran owned small businesses, HUB Zone small businesses, small disadvantaged business, veteran-owned small business, and women-owned small businesses to provide UPGRADE TO FOUR (4) FDA VELOS SYSTEMS. See Attachments below for requirement specifications.

Each response should include the following Business Information: (a) DUNS. (b) Company Name. (c) Company Address. (d) Current GSA Schedules appropriate to this Sources Sought Notice. (e) Do you have a Government approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved the system. (f) Type of Company (i.e. small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.) as validated via the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). All offerors must register on the CCR located at http://www.ccr.gov/index.asp g. Company Point of Contact, Phone and Email Address GENERAL INFORMATION Offerors must provide descriptive literature or other materials that demonstrates their ability to meet the forgoing requirements. Firms with the capability of providing the requirement as listed above are required to submit a capability statement to assist the Government in determining in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.502(b) whether or not this procurement will be set aside for any of the programs described above. The intended procurement will be classified under the North American Industrial Classification (NAIC) code 334516 with a size standard of 500. All respondents are requested to identify their firm's size and type of business. The capability statement should not exceed 25 pages and be in sufficient detail so that the Government can determine the experience of your firm to provide the requirements above. Capability statement can be submitted by mail, fax or email to Emmanuel T. Mbah, Room 2142, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857 or Emmanuel.mbah@fda.hhs.gov no later than 12:00 PM EST on 08/12/2011. This notice is a market survey and is for information and planning purposes only and does not commit the Government to any contractual agreement. This Is Not a Request for Proposals. The Government will not award a Purchase order or Contract based upon vendor responses to this announcement. The Government shall not assume any costs for preparing or submitting any information in response to the market survey or the Government's use of the information. Any proprietary information should be clearly identified as "proprietary information". Respondents will not be notified of the results of this evaluation.

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink (https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/FDA/NCTR/1081368/listing.html)

Attachment 1

PART 2 – SUPPLIES AND PRICES/COST

2.

DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES

2.1.

The U. S Food & Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services is requesting quotes to provide UPGRADE TO Four (4) Existing FDA VELOS SYSTEMS.

2.2.

Contract Type

2.2.1.

Firm-Fixed Price Contract.

2.3.

Pricing Terms. All charges must be included in the proposal. Any charges presented after contract award shall be unacceptable.

2.3.1.

“CLIN defined by 0001 etc” means a contract line item that corresponds to each task.

PART 3 – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

3.1. Background and Objectives:

The FDA needs to Upgrade four (4) Existing Velos Systems to four (4) Velos Pro Ultra-High Sensitivity Dual Pressure Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LCIMS) Systems, one each for Pacific Regional Lab-Southwest (PRLSW), Kansas District Lab (KAN Lab), Southeast Regional Lab (SRL) and Denver District Lab (DEN Lab).

3.2. Salient Performance Specifications. The Four Upgrade Packages, shall each include:

3.3.Upgrade from Velos to Velos Pro hardware/software

3.3.1. Software upgrade that allows for peak scanning up to 66kDa/sec (which represents a fourfold increase in ion isolation and a threefold increase in ion fragmentation over the Velos).

3.3.2. Hardware configuration change/upgrade consisting of ion optics (addition of an "S-Lens" (improves sensitivity) and addition of a rotated quadrupole and a beam blocker (improves robustness) configuration and physical changes and an accompanying software change which together improve the sensitivity of the instrument up to two to four fold over the Velos depending upon analyte compound matrix effects.

3.3.3. New EM and high current electrometer detection board (hardware) that provides for superior quantitation (one to two orders of dynamic range increase over the Velos) which improves precision and accuracy at the low end of a standard curve.

3.4. Trap-HCD Fragmentation

3.4.1. Trap-HCD Fragmentation (software that allows for the isolation of the parent ions and processing them in a way that provides for a broader range of fragment ions including unique ions (as compared to the Velos) that can be used for structural determinations.

3.5. Service and Training

3.5.1. The vendor shall provide two days of Service and Training associated with these upgrades.

3.6. Installation

3.6.1. The upgrades will be installed at each location at mutually agreeable times during normal business hours, Monday through Friday.

3.7. Reporting Requirements and Deliverables.

3.7.1. Four Upgrade packages, one each, for each of the existing Thermo LTQ Velos Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (LC/MSn) Systems to be installed on the instruments located in each of the following laboratories.

3.8. Equivalent hardware/software is acceptable if it meets the specifications of the SOW, above, and integrates/functions seamlessly with the existing Thermo equipment.