SAM - Pre-Solicitation NICHD-23-093.pdf

NICHD-23-093

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.

The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order with a base year and option year(s) without providing for full and open competition to PROTEINSIMPLE for maintenance services on ProteinSimple Imager Equipment.

JUSTIFICATION

ProteinSimple, Inc., is the original equipment manufacturer of our current imaging equipment. Due to the proprietary nature of the equipment and patent regulations, they are the sole provider of the needed support, repair and service. ProteinSimple, Inc. maintains trained engineers to service the instrument at the level of performance required, which ensures maximal function and reduces risk/liability. Failure of this equipment to remain in working order would impact our research. To our knowledge, there are no other companies that can provide the needed services at the level of performance required.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 811210 with a Size standards in millions of dollars: $30.0.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2023-01 effective 12/30/2022. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($250,000), FAR Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items, and FAR Subpart 17.2 - Options.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of FAR 13.106(b)(1) Soliciting from a single source - For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold.

PLACE OF DELIVERY

NIH/NICHD

9000 Rockville Pike

BLDG 49

Bethesda, MD 20892

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

A service contract is needed for 5 ProteinSimple instruments (Wes, FluorChem R x3, AlphaImager System Serial Number: WS-2223, FR-0166, FR-1084, FR-0172, 15061824) used by 3 NICHD labs in

PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS

NICHD-23-093

Bldg 49 to keep the equipment in operation. The equipment is designed to produce the images of the protein’s and nucleic acid gels for the data storage.

CLOSING STATEMENT

This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability in response to this notice and may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement that includes management, technical data and cost information in sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to perform the required work. 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 respondents must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. All responses to this notice shall be submitted electronically by 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, on 3/28/2023 to jacob.balenson@nih.gov and shall include pre-solicitation # NICHD-23-093 in the subject line.

http://www.sam.gov/ mailto:jacob.balenson@nih.gov