Combined presolicitation/solicitation

The Department of the Interior, on behalf of the National Cancer Institute, seeks acquisition and installation of an integrated Magnetic Resonance Linear Accelerator System for radiation therapy, with proposals due September 17 at 5:00 PM EDT and questions due September 16 at 3:00 PM EDT. The procurement is designated as a women-owned small business set-aside.

Place of performance is the NIH Clinical Center, NCI Radiation Oncology Branch, Bethesda, Maryland (10 Center Drive, CRC/B2-3661, Bethesda, MD 20892-1682), with manufacturing, staging, and pre-installation planning at contractor facilities. The system consists of a 1.5 Tesla MR imaging scanner integrated with a 7 megavolt photon beam linear accelerator equipped with a 160 leaf multi-leaf collimator, all within a fixed reference coordinate system. The requirement includes an online adaptive planning system with server and treatment planning/review workstation, imaging protocols for MR-guided external beam radiotherapy, MR receive coil with low radiation beam attenuation, dedicated MRI console, patient positioning system with flat and indexable table, quality assurance phantoms and software, adjustable treatment room lighting, patient alignment lasers, and CCTV with intercom. The contractor must provide site planning, shielding and integration support, delivery, installation by Original Equipment Manufacturer certified technician, commissioning, onsite training, and a minimum 12-month warranty covering all parts, materials, labor, and travel for repairs or replacements.

The contract is firm-fixed-price for one year, with performance from September 28, 2026 to September 27, 2027. Delivery is required within a specified number of business days of purchase order award; training must be provided within a specified number of business days after installation. NAICS code is 339112 with a 1,000-employee size standard. Evaluation is based on technical capability and approach (Factor A) and price reasonableness (Factor B). Prevailing wage rates apply per DOL WD 2015-4269 rev. 34 and DOL General Decision Number MD20260120. The Contracting Officer is Timothy Murphy; the Primary Contracting Officer's Representative is Dr. Robert Miller.