Maintenance Service for Vantera NMR Clinical Analyzer
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- NIH-CC-OPC-25-008222
- Agency
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NIH Clinical Center
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Place of performance
- Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center intends to award a sole source maintenance contract to Laboratory Corporation of America for one Vantera NMR Clinical Analyzer used for lipoprotein particle quantification on patient samples from NIH protocols. The NIH Clinical Center's Department of Laboratory Medicine requires specialized maintenance services that only Laboratory Corporation of America can provide, as they are the sole manufacturer of the Vantera NMR Analyzer and possess proprietary diagnostic tools, trained engineers, and exclusive access to compatible parts. This procurement falls under NAICS code 811210 for Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, with the acquisition being conducted using FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures due to only one source being reasonably available. While this is a notice of intent rather than a formal solicitation, interested parties may submit capability statements demonstrating their ability to provide equivalent services for government evaluation. Capability statements must include SAM UEI, company information, GSA schedules or appropriate NAICS codes, and detailed capability descriptions, and must be submitted to the specified contacts by June 30, 2025.
No set-aside designation applies to this procurement, making it available to all business sizes under the large business standard of $34.0 million for NAICS code 811210. Laboratory Corporation of America, based in Burlington, North Carolina, is identified as both the intended sole source awardee and the original equipment manufacturer of the Vantera NMR Analyzer requiring maintenance. The contract will be structured as a firm-fixed price purchase order for maintenance services on a single piece of specialized laboratory equipment. The procurement value falls below the simplified acquisition threshold, allowing the contracting officer to utilize streamlined acquisition procedures and bypass standard competition requirements. The timeline for interested parties to respond with capability statements spans ten days from the June 20, 2025 posting date to the June 30, 2025 deadline.
Notice text
This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.
The National Institute of Health, Clinical Center (CC) intends to award a Firm-Fixed price purchase order to Laboratory Corporation of America, Burlington, NC 27215 on a sole source basis to provide maintenance service for one (1) Vantera NMR Clinical Analyzer. The Department of Laboratory medicine utilizes the Vantera NMR Analyzer to perform lipoprotein particle quantification on samples from patients enrolled in NIH protocols.
Laboratory Corporation of America is the sole vendor of the Vantera NMR Analyzer, and is the only vendor that can provide this maintenance, as well as phone and on-site service for this analyzer. The Vantera is produced by Laboratory Corporation of America and other parts from related instruments cannot be interchanged. Laboratory Corporation of America engineers are fully trained to install and repair their own equipment, troubleshoot problems and optimize the system with their proprietary diagnostic tools.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811210 with a large business standard size of $34.0 million.
This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.
This notice of intent to award is not a request for competitive quotations. Interested concerns capable of providing the same products or services as described in this notice may submit a capability statement outlining their capabilities. No solicitation is available. Information received will be evaluated for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Capability Statements must be received within the time set forth in this synopsis to be considered by the Government. A determination to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Each response should include the following Business Information:
a. SAM UEI.
b. Company Name, address, POC, Phone and Email address
c. Current GSA Schedules or NAICS codes appropriate to this Award.
d. Capability Statement
Comments to this announcement may be submitted to the Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Kimala Winfield, kimala.winfield@nih.gov or Malinda Dehner, dehnerm@cc.nih.gov by the due date and time marked in this notice.
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