Instruments & Laboratory Equipment / GX Robot System

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), intends to negotiate with Peak Analysis & Automation Inc., 3330 Fillmore Ridge Heights, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907 (a small business) on an other than full and open competition basis to procure one (1) GX Robot 330x525mm Stroke 4-Axis Direct-Drive Collaborative Robot with gripper actuator - #GS500; Top Grip Finger for GX Robot Finger - #44510002; Tech Plate - #TCH2; three (3) each of Docking Station, 1 Capacity, KiNEDx - #DS1-KX; three (3) each Sequential Stack, 30 Capacity, Top Grip Portrait - #SS30TP; two (2) each Re-grip Nest, 68mm - #RNST68; Overload with 2 sockets on Windows 7, instrument drivers - #LA-0301-02; Barcode Scanner - #33-033; System Baseplate - #Workcell; Remote Services & Method Development - #Remote; and Integration & Installation - #Installation. This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR Part 13.501(a)(1).

Only one firm fixed price award will be made as a result of this solicitation.

Delivery to Rockville, Maryland 20852 approximately 60 days after receipt of award.

The Malaria Infection Biology and Immunity Section (MIBIS) has a requirement to obtain Peak Analysis & Automation GX Series Robotic arm that is to be assembled with an existing iQue Screener Plus instrument. The resulting instrumentation will allow the lab researchers to program an automatic series of movements allowing dozens of plates to be tested utilizing a "walk-away" capacity. The ability to test multiple plates overnight and without supervision will allow many more thousands of samples to be tested in a time efficient manner. This automation also ensures a level of Quality Control and Quality Assurance that is difficult to achieve across multiple users performing this procedure by hand. The GX Robot arm is manufactured and sold exclusively by Peak Analysis & Automation. There are no known third-party vendors to offer the robotic arm or have the extensive knowledge and expertise in the intricacies of the GX Robot Arm being attached to the iQue Screener Plus instrument.

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 source available, no substitutions possible. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. All responsible sources who can provide the same or similar equipment may submit a response that could be considered by email (subject line to reference NIAID-NOI-18-1912561) to Tonia Alexander at talexander@niaid.nih.gov, by 3:00 pm eastern standard time Monday, July 16, 2018. All information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to allow NIAID to determine if it can meet the above unique specifications described herein. All responses received by the closing date of this solicitation 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.

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