NOTICE OF INTENT- FREEZER WORKS OCA NCI 09796.docx

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

Title: MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR EQUIPMENT FREEZERWORKS

Presolicitation

SYNOPSYS75N98026Q00844

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:

DATAWORKS DEVELOPMENT, INC (DBA)

6608 216TH ST SW STE 100

Mountlake Ter, Washington 98043 United States

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 513210 with a Size Standard $34M.

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: MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR EQUIPMENT FREESERWORKS

2. Background Information: The Contractor shall provide all labor, material and equipment necessary to maintain and provide preventive maintenance for the Freezerworks customer care program that’s being procured from Freezerworks for the next 12 months. Freezerworks customer care program provides unlimited support and access to upgrades to SOP lab’s current Freezerworks Sample Management Software. This manangement software is essential in being in HIPAA compliance with storage of patient clinical samples, as well as tracking of samples as they are being entered in and/or being shipped out. All maintenance services shall be performed on-site in accordance with the manufacturer’s standard commercial maintenance practices

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 30TH 2026 at 9:00 AM Eastern time and must reference solicitation number 75N98026Q00844 Responses may be submitted electronically to Mr. Vishnuvajjala Hanumanth Rao, Lead purchasing agent vishnuh@mail.nih.gov , no 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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