RFP_N02CM57004_05_amendment_1.pdf

RFP Number : N02CM57004-05 Amendment 1

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OFFICE OF ACQUISITIONS

NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NUMBER: N02CM57004-05

Amendment No.: 1

Date of Issuance: 04/24/2015

The above numbered Request For Proposal (RFP) is amended as set forth below. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offerors remains unchanged.

Offerors MUST acknowledge receipt of the amendment prior to the hour and the date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by separate letter, telegram, or Electronic Mail which includes a reference to the RFP and Amendment number(s). For your convenience, the Proposal Intent Response Form is provided in SECTION J - List of Attachments of this RFP, for this purpose.

FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERORS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER.

This Amendment revises the RFP as stated below:

The purpose of this amendment is to:

1) amend the Statement of Work at attachment #3. Attachment #3 Statement of work dated 1/28/2015 is hereby deleted and replaced with revised Statement of work dated 04/22/2015.

The SOW has been revised to add:

Task 6 - Expansion of Repository Services:

At the direction of the Contracting Officer per the issuance of a task order, the contractor shall provide additional repository and/or related services in support of the NCI mission. At the discretion of the NCI, additional Task Orders may be established for repository and/or related services as outlined in the above Task 1 through Task 5. The storage space needed for these services is in addition to the number of compounds specified in Task 1. These services could comprise of portions of Tasks 1 through 5 and would be delineated in a separate task order statement of work as well as the identification of specific deliverables.

2) Questions and answers are as follows:

A) Question: What is the breakdown of the numbers of vials, tubes and plates? (Does each exist for each compound?)

Answer: There is one vial and one tube for each compound. There are ~130K compounds. The number of plates in storage will vary but you can assume it will be ~3,000 384-well.

B) Question: Please confirm that the vials are 4 dram versus 4 ml.

Answer: The vials are 4 mL in size.

C) Question: Regarding storage in inert atmosphere, is Nitrogen or Argon preferred? Would dry air be acceptable?

Answer: Either nitrogen or argon are acceptable; dry air is NOT acceptable.

D) Question: Regarding the cherry picked sets, from which format (vial, tube, plate) will these plates be created?

RFP Number : N02CM57004-05 Amendment 1

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Answer: The cherry-picked sets are generally created from tubes.

All other terms and conditions of the RFP remain unchanged.

The due date and time for receipt of proposals remains unchanged.