Annual Service Agreement for Unchained Labs Big Kahuna Customized Automated Workflow and Junior Benchtop Automation Platform with PolyView, Automation Studio, and Library Studio License Support

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). 

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition (OA) at the National Insitutes of Health (NIH) on behalf of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order for Annual Service Agreement for Unchained Labs Big Kahuna Customized Automated Workflow and Junior Benchtop Automation Platform with PolyView, Automation Studio, and Library Studio License Support to: Unchained Labs LLC, 6870 Koll Center Pkwy, Pleasanton, CA 94566-3176. These are highly-sensitive, scientific instruments and can only be serviced by original equipment manufacturer (OEM) trained or certified personnel using OEM parts and software. Unchained Labs is the OEM of these systems and is the only source for the required personnel and proprietary parts and software necessary for proper maintenance.

 

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a Size Standard of 1,000 employees.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses of the Federal acquisition Requlation (FAR) currently in effect at https://www.acquisition.gov/

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Project Description

See Attachment 1 – Statement of Work

Purpose and Objectives

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Analytical Chemistry Core (ACC) requires a renewal of service agreement and license support for Big Kahuna and Junior Automated Reaction Dosing System used by NCATS chemists and biologists. To ensure that research data remains standardized across the NCATS Chemistry Section, only Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) service and parts are acceptable to meet the needs of this requirement.

Period of Performance

12-months

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 must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror’s capability of fulfilling the requirement.

In addition the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. 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 3:00 PM EST February 5, 2024.Responses must be emailed to the Contracting Officer at mark.mcnally@nih.gov and reference the Notice ID 75N95024Q00138.

“All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.”