Notice of Intenent (002) AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES.docx

NICHD, Office of Acquisitions

Title: Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry System Maintenance and Service Agreement Renewal

Presolicitation Synopsis No. 75N98026Q00815

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), NIHBC Office of Acquisitions (OA) intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand -name) to:

Agilent Technologies Inc 5301 Stevens Creek Blvd Santa Clara CA 95051 United States

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 811210 with a Size Standard $34.0M. 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 ($250,000).

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: Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry System Maintenance and Service Agreement Renewal

2. Background Information: The mission of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is to conduct and support medical research and research training and to disseminate science-based information on diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases, nutritional disorders, and obesity; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases, to improve people’s health and quality of life.

3. The Natural Products Chemistry Section of the Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry (LBC) conducts research focused on the discovery and development of novel antibiotics and antiviral compounds. Many of these molecules have the potential to become therapeutic agents that could significantly improve human health and support the mission of NIDDK. The laboratory routinely relies on an existing High-Performance Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-MS) system to identify, characterize, and confirm the structures of synthetic and natural compounds. The HPLC-MS system provides critical data for structural elucidation, molecular composition determination, rapid identification of known compounds, and compound characterization. Continued operation of this analytical system is essential to support ongoing research activities and the generation of data required for publication in peer-reviewed chemistry journals.

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 July 25th at 9:00 AM Eastern time and must reference solicitation number 75N98026Q00815 . Responses may be submitted electronically to Mr.

Vishnuvajjala Hanumanth Rao, Lead Purchasing Agent at vishnuh@mail.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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