LaVision BioTech Gmbh Service Plan

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF INTENT
NON-COMPETITIVE

Solicitation: HHS-NIH-NIDA-NOI-19-002955

Title: LaVision BioTech Gmbh Service Plan

INTRODUCTION
PURSUANT TO FAR Subpart 5.2-Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions, THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT TO ACTION.

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) intends to intends to solicit by a request for quotation from LaVision BioTech Gmbh. for award on or around May 1, 2019. The purpose of this purchase order will be to provide the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) with a Preventative Maintenance and Service Agreement for a LaVision Ultramicroscope II Light Sheet Microscope.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE
The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 811219 - Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance with a Size Standard of $20,500,000.00

REGULATORY AUTHORITY
The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses of the Federal acquisition Requlation (FAR) in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2019-01, December 20, 2018.

STATUTORY AUTHORITY
This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. FAR Subpart 13.106-1 (b) Soliciting from a single Source provides that: For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold,
Contracting officers may solicit from one source IF the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name OR industrial mobilization).

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Purpose and Objectives
The purpose of this order is to procure a preventative maintenance and service agreement for the LaVision Ultramicroscope II Light Sheet Microscope. The National Institutes of Mental Health's Systems Neuroscience Imaging Recourse users routinely utilize the LaVision Ultramicroscope II Light Sheet Microscope for scientific research. The LaVision Ultramicroscope II Light Sheet Microscope is a professional machine which requires highly technical and specialized service and maintenance on a regular basis. This service contract is required in order to maintain this equipment in operable condition to prevent costly repairs and ensure minimal downtime due to hardware and software malfunction.

Delivery or Deliverables
Please see the attached Statement of Work (SOW) for further details.

CLOSING STATEMENT
THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.

Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.www.sam.gov."

All responses must be received by Thursday, April 25, 2019 at Noon, Eastern Standard Time, and reference number HHS-NIH-NIDA-NOI-19-002955. Responses may be submitted electronically to Robin Knightly, Contract Specialist, at Robin.Knightly@nih.gov.

Fax responses will not be accepted.

Extensions to the deadline will not be granted.

Please contact Robin Knightly, Contract Specialist, at Robin.Knightly@nih.gov or (301) 827-5302 with any questions.

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