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Hospital and Laboratory Support Division Office of Logistics and Operations (OLAO) Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management (OALM)

Title: Blue Line Cage Bottoms and Cagewash Logistics Equipment

Presolicitation

Synopsis No. 75N98026Q00666

SYNOPSIS

General Information

Contracting Office Address

National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Director (OD) Office of Logistics and Operations (OLAO) Office of Acquisition and Logistics Management (OALM) Hospital and Laboratory Support Division 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20817

Description

INTRODUCTION

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to:

Tecniplast USA Inc 1345 Enterprise Drive West Chester, PA 19380-5964

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516 with a Size Standard 1,000.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99-1, July 16, 2018. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($350,000).

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

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 and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title: Blue Line Cage Bottoms and Cagewash Logistics Equipment

2. Background Information: The purpose of this request is to procure equipment to replace worn and broken caging manufactured by Tecniplast, and to procure racks and related logistics equipment for transporting and washing that equipment in the cagewash facility. The equipment procured must be interchangeable and compatible with the Building 35 Shared Animal Facility's existing Tecniplast 1145T "Blue Line" mouse cages, refillable water bottles, and water-bottle logistics equipment.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), conducting research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders and stroke. The NINDS mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease.

The Porter Neuroscience Research Center (PNRC) in Building 35, Bethesda, Maryland, brings together principal investigators from nine NIH institutes for collaborative neuroscience studies. Its basement-level Shared Animal Facility (SAF), led by NINDS's Animal Health Care Section, provides veterinary care, operational management, and housing for rodents used on research protocols across institutes. The SAF covers approximately 62,885 square feet, offers space for up to 23,000 rodent cages, and includes dedicated cage and bottle processing areas. Approximately half of the rodent housing cages in use are Tecniplast 1145T Blue Line models, and all refillable water bottles are also produced by Tecniplast.

The Building 35 SAF requires additional Tecniplast 1145T Blue Line mouse cage bottoms, as well as water bottle trolleys, crates, and presentation racks used for transporting and washing caging and water bottles. Although durable, rodent cage equipment naturally wears over time and must be replaced to meet the operational demand for clean caging. AHCS also requires racks, crates, and trolleys to move equipment between the cagewash area and animal holding rooms, and to securely hold items during the washing process. All required equipment incorporates Tecniplast's proprietary designs.

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 shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include a technical proposal, a cost-price proposal, the period of performance, the Unique Entity ID (UEI), 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.

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.

All responses must be received by June 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM Eastern time and must reference solicitation number 75N98026Q00666. Responses may be submitted electronically to Ms. Luz Casey, Contracting Specialist at Luz.Casey@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted.

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

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