BioFire ® FilmArray ® Torch System extended warranty service
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- NIH-CC-OPC-25-005576
- Agency
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NIH Clinical Center
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Place of performance
- Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center intends to award a sole source, firm-fixed price purchase order to BioFire Defense, LLC for extended warranty service on one BioFire FilmArray Torch System Base and six BioFire FilmArray Torch Module Boxes used for clinical patient care testing. The agency has determined BioFire Defense is the only vendor capable of providing the required extended warranty for their existing instrumentation, which enables rapid detection of nucleic acid from clinical samples. The contract will be executed using FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures, which exempts the procurement from standard competition requirements. Interested firms can submit capability statements by April 18, 2025, to potentially challenge the sole source determination. Submissions must include specific business information such as SAM UEI, company details, GSA schedules, and NAICS codes, and can be sent electronically to Kimala Winfield or Malinda Dehner at NIH.
The procurement is not set aside for any specific business category and is classified under NAICS code 811210 for Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, with a large business standard size of $34.0 million. The contract period includes a base year of twelve months with four additional twelve-month option years. BioFire Defense, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, is the sole developer and manufacturer of the FilmArray Torch System, which justifies their selection as the exclusive warranty provider. The instruments are critical for the Microbiology Service in the Department of Laboratory Medicine, providing efficient and sensitive detection of infectious agents to expedite patient treatment. The government retains full discretion to determine whether to conduct a competitive procurement based on the capability statements received.
Notice text
This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.
The National Institute of Health, Clinical Center (CC) intends to award a Firm-Fixed price purchase order to BioFire Defense, LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah 84107, on a sole source basis to procure extended warranty service for one (1) BioFire ® FilmArray ® Torch System Base and six (6) BioFire ® FilmArray ® Torch Module Boxes used for clinical patient care testing by the Microbiology Service in the Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM).
BioFire Defense is the only vendor that can provide the extended warranty required for service with already existing instrumentation within the department and already established and validated lab tests. These instruments provide rapid, efficient, and sensitive detection of nucleic acid (DNA) from clinical samples, which allows for timely identification of the presence of infectious agents and hastens treatment. As the sole developer and manufacturer of these instruments. BioFire Defense is the only vendor from which the extended warranty can be purchased. Period of Performance shall be for a base year of twelve (12) months and four (4) twelve (12) month option year from date of award.
This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811210 with a large business standard size of $34.0 million.
This notice of intent to award is not a request for competitive quotations. Interested concerns capable of providing the same products or services as described in this notice may submit a capability statement outlining their capabilities. No solicitation is available. Information received will be evaluated for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Capability Statements must be received within the time set forth in this synopsis to be considered by the Government. A determination to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Each response should include the following Business Information:
a. SAM UEI.
b. Company Name, address, POC, Phone and Email address
c. Current GSA Schedules or NAICS codes appropriate to this Award.
d. Capability Statement
Comments to this announcement may be submitted to the Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Kimala Winfield, kimala.winfield@nih.gov or Malinda Dehner, dehnerm@cc.nih.gov by the due date and time marked in this notice.
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