Benchtop Flow Cytometer 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).

The Office of Acquisition (OA) at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under the Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS), on behalf of the National Center for the Advancement of Transalational Sciences (NCATS) intends to negotiate and award a contract to obtain a Benchtop Flow Cytometer System from ACEA Biosciences, Inc located at 6779 Mesa Ridge Rd, San Diego, CA, 92121. The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted. Specifically, sources sought type of notice, number 75N95019Q00063, released on FedBizOpps from January 7, 2019 through January 17, 2019, indicates only one source of supply or service is capable of achieving this Government requirement.
NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE
The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516-Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing with associated small business size standard of 1000 employees.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY
The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses of the Federal acquisition Requlation (FAR) in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-01 dated 01-22-2019.

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.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT
Specifically, the benchtop flow cytometer system will achieve the following salient characterisitcs:

Power requirements: Input 12 VDC, Power: 90 VA

18-27 detection channels to maximize signal detection and provide flexible configuration options for Forward scatter (FSC), side scatter (SSC) and 16~25 fluorescent detection channels.

16~25 independent silicon photomultipliers (SiPM) detectors for collecting and processing signals from each of all 16~25 fluorescent channels.

Upgradeable to add extra fluorescence channels from 16 up to 25.

Four excitation lasers (405nm, 488nm, 640nm, 561nm) at the 100mW output power to maximize fluorophore options and detections sensitivity.

Ability to detect and resolve particles of size down to 100nm with FSC and SSC.

Fluorescence threshold sensitivity of FITC.