NOTICE OF INTENT to Sole Source.pdf

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT

NON-COMPETITIVE

Solicitation: 75N95025Q00217

Title: Procurement of maintenance services for (4x) Access Systems and twelve (12x)

Echo Acoustic Liquid Handlers, and one (1x) Biomek i7 Hybrid System.

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).

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) intends to intends to solicit by a request for quotation from Beckman Coulter, Inc. for award on or around

September 29, 2025. The purpose of this purchase order will be to provide the National

Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) with maintenance agreement for four (4x) Access Systems and twelve (12x) Echo Acoustic Liquid Handlers, and one (1x)

Biomek i7 Hybrid System.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 811210 – Electronic and

Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance with a Size Standard of $34M.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses of the Federal acquisition Requlation (FAR) currently in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular

(FAC).

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Contracts awarded using FAR Part

13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6—

Competition Requirements. FAR Subpart 13.106-1 (b) Soliciting from a single Source provides that: For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, Contracting officers may solicit from one source IF the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name OR industrial mobilization).

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Purpose and Objectives

NCATS is seeking a service agreement for four (4x) Access Systems and twelve (12x) Echo Acoustic Liquid Handlers, and one (1x) Biomek i7 Hybrid System to ensure that they are always operational. Because these systems are one of the key tools in our research operation, it is necessary that they are operating correctly with little to no down time.

Delivery or Deliverables The contractor shall provide comprehensive maintenance services for (4x) Access

Systems and twelve (12x) Echo Acoustic Liquid Handlers, and one (1x) Biomek i7 Hybrid

System currently located at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

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.

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

Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number

(DUNS), 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.www.sam.gov.”

All responses must be received by Tuesday September 16, 2025 at 12:00 p.m., Eastern

Standard Time, and reference number 75N95025Q00217. Responses may be submitted electronically to Scott Duernberger, Contract Specialist, at scott.duernberger@nih.gov.

http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:scott.duernberger@nih.gov

Fax responses will not be accepted.

Extensions to the deadline will not be granted.

Please contact Scott Duernberger, Contract Specialist, at scott.duernberger@nih.gov with any questions.

mailto:scott.duernberger@nih.gov