Controlled Rate Freezer

Added: Jul 12, 2017 1:43 pm This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with Cryo Associates, 7905-A Airpark Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20879 to procure Kryo 750-30 Litre freezing system.

This Freezer will allow current operations to continue at the existing pace of operations and support of ongoing research at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC). Place of delivery is Bethesda, MD 20892.

The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources that could provide comparable services may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NOI-NIAID-D-1856216) to Daniel Herdman at herdmand@mail.nih.gov, by 5:00 pm eastern standard time Friday, July 21, 2016. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.