5 Each Animal Intensive Care System Units.

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE SYNOPSIS

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, Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (OLAO), Office of Acquisitions (OA) intends to award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition to PLAS-LABS, INCORPORATED.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE
The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 339113 with a Size Standard 750.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY
The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-97

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 41 U.S.C. 253(c) under provisions of the statutory authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b) -Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1).

Place of Performance
National Institutes of Health,
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 14
Bethesda MD 20892

 
DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Please see attached specification sheet.

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: 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."

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 to this notice shall be submitted electronically by 3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, on Friday, August 30, 2019 to the Contracting Specialist, Arash Seddique at arash.seddique@nih.gov

Assessment of Capability
Best Value Tradeoff Source Selection Procedures

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