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

Title: Rapidly autopsied postmortem human brain and blood specimens from sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Autosomal Dominant AD, and Controls

Pre-solicitation

Synopsis No. PCA-NIA-05858

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:

Banner Health 2901 N Central Ave Phoenix, AZ 85012

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 325414 with a Size Standard 1,250.

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: Rapidly autopsied postmortem human brain and blood specimens from sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Autosomal Dominant AD, and Controls

2. Background Information: The National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), conducts research to identify and characterize molecular derangements that occur in the Alzheimer’s disease (AD) process. NIA has collaborated with Banner Health and determined capability to withstand the harsh staining, stripping, and re-staining procedures of the multiplex protocol.

NIA requires Banner Health to provide (1) Rapidly autopsied specimens (postmortem interval <or=3hours); (2) both minimal and uniform fixation of all specimens; (3) adequate numbers of sporadic and autosomal dominant AD cases; (4) Available as both formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) specimens and frozen specimens from the same cohort of autopsied participants; and (5) Able to withstand our harsh retrieval, stripping and re-staining procedures necessary to continue this ongoing research program. The Lipid Peroxidation Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, NIA, NIH is the sponsoring organization for this requirement. Based on these factors, this is considered the only product reasonably available that meets all functional, operational, and cost criteria. Therefore, in accordance with FAR 13.106- 1(b)(1)(i), this procurement is justified as a sole-source acquisition.

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 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM Eastern time and must reference solicitation number PCA-NIA-05858. Responses may be submitted electronically to Ms. Luz Casey, Contracting Specialist at Luz.Casey@nih.gov or Mr. Michael Falzone, Contracting Officer at Michael.falzone@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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