Notice_of_Intent_-_Noncompetitive_(NIHDA201800470).pdf

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT

NON-COMPETITIVE

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), Office of Acquisitions on behalf of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences intends to negotiate and award a contract for an IonField 1536 Cleaning Station and Service Agreement.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516–Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with a Size Standard of 1,000 employees.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses of the Federal acquisition Requlation (FAR) in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99, dated June 15, 2018.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This acquisition is conducted as non-competitive under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c) under provisions of the statutory authority of FAR Subpart 6.302-1 -- Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Project Description Project Title: IonField 1536 Cleaning Station and Service Agreement

Background Information and Objective The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) performs numerous High Throughput Assays annually. A key step of any high throughput assay is the addition of compounds into a microwell plate by utilizing a pintool, and multiple groups at NCATS use a pintool to transfer compounds into assay plates to perform the screens as directed by scientific leadership. Those groups continue to use a pintool after comparing the results of transferring compounds between this technique and acoustic transfers.

Although acoustic transfers are non-contact and eliminate the risk of carryover, the pintool is still in heavy use at NCATS due to generally good data quality and the format of most of the compound libraries to utilize pinning for compound transfer.

The purpose of this acquisition is to obtain an additional IonField 1536 Cleaning Station and service agreements for the additional station and an existing station. The cleaning station is the main component of the TipCharger where the pins are cleaned. Having a backup 1536 cleaning station will allow NCATS to eliminate downtime if the existing 1536 cleaning station needs to be repaired or serviced.

Generic Name Pintool cleaning station that facilitates plasma generation.

Brand Name IonField 1536 Cleaning Station and service agreements.

Salient Characteristics The delivered product must include the following:

1. The product must produce atmospheric pressure plasma by use of dielectric barrier discharge. The plasma generator must have an SBS footprint as defined by ANSI/SLAS 1-2004. The power supply and system controller must be compatible with the plasma generator. The overall integrated system must be CE marked.

2. The product must be capable of cleaning 1536 format pin tools in less than one minute when integrated into standard lab automation systems.

Quantities

Contract Year 1 Contract Year 2 Contract Year 3 Backup 1536 Cleaning Station

1 0 0

Service agreement on existing cleaning station

1 1 1

Service agreement on backup cleaning station

1 1 1

Delivery Date Thirty days after receipt of order. Service agreements are on an annual basis.

Options This acquisition includes four option quantities to renew the two service agreements on the two IonField 1536 Cleaning Stations for two additional years. If all options are exercised, the Contractors obligations are extended for a total of three years.

Pursuant to FAR 52.217-6 Option for Increased Quantity, the Government may, by unilateral contract modification, require the Contractor to perform the option quantities specified below.

Contract Year

Option Quantity

Description

Price

Base Year – Contract Year 1

N/A—ordered at time of base award

Backup 1536 cleaning station

1-year service agreement on existing cleaning station

1-year service agreement on backup cleaning station

Contract Year 2 Option Quantity 1 Renewal of 1-year service agreement on existing

Option Quantity 2 Renewal of 1-year service agreement on backup cleaning station

Contract Year 3 Option Quantity 3 Renewal of 1-year service agreement on existing

Option Quantity 4 Renewal of 1-year service agreement on backup cleaning station

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.

Responses to this notice must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror’s capability of fulfilling the agency’s need.

In addition the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification 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.”

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. 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.

http://www.sam.gov/

All responses must be received by Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 2:00 PM Eastern Time and must reference number NIHDA201800470.

Responses must be submitted electronically to Jeffrey Schmidt, schmidtjr@mail.nih.gov, and must reference the solicitation number NIHDA201800470, on your electronic request. FAX requests are not accepted.

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