Instruments & Laboratory Equipment / Multi-Scan LFER 150 PET/CT In-Vivo Preclinical Imager

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 Mediso USA, 2 Oliver Street, Suite 613, Boston, MA 02109 for a Multi-Scan LFER 150 PET/CT In-Vivo Preclinical Imager for Small, Medium Animals and Non-Human Primates, #MS-L150-115v. This equipment is required because of the size and it is portable. 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 ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE NOT BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. 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-16-1790764) to Tonia Alexander at talexander@niaid.nih.gov, by 5:00 pm eastern standard time Monday, June 6, 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.