Maintenance Agreement of GE, Biocore T-100

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 other than full and open competition basis with GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences, Marlborough, MA to service for our Biacore T-100. The Biacore T-100 is an instrument for quantifying macromolecular interactions or the protein-protein interaction to aid in the research of drug resistance and immune evasion responses in the human body. Services include, scheduled maintenance, emergency maintenance, and parts for one year.

Service is in support of ongoing research at the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research (LMVR) to maintain an array of on-campus and overseas activities investigating disease-transmitting insects and broad areas of malaria biology and pathogenesis. Basic discoveries from these investigations support searches for new drug treatments, diagnostic tools, and vaccines. The LMVR environment is highly collaborative and is organized to foster research teamwork by experts in various disciplines of the biological, physical, and medical sciences. Place of service is Rockville, MD 20852.

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-RML-D-1833313) to Skye Duffner at skye.duffner@nih.gov, by 5:00 pm eastern standard time Friday, March 3, 2017. 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.