Miscellaneous / Renewal of Yearly Site License

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Flow Cytometry Section (FCS) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition with FlowJo LLC, 385 Williamson Way, Ashland, Oregon 97520 for the renewal of FlowJo's Yearly Site Licenses. This acquisition will be processed FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR Part 13.201(a)(1).

Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm fixed-price type of contract.

Delivery to Bethesda, Maryland 20892 for 1 year after receipt of award.

The FCS investigators uses the FlowJo software to analyze flow cytometry data and then convert into graphic presentation appropriate for publications and presentations. There is no other known software that is compatible with the existing FlowJo software. FlowJo is the original manufacture and the sole provider of their designed FlowJo Software.

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 feel they can meet these requirement of FlowJo Yearly Site Licenses shall submit their capability in writing by email (subject line to reference NIAID-NOI-17-1838254) to Tonia Alexander at talexander@niaid.nih.gov, by 5:00 pm eastern standard time Monday, March 13, 2017. The response should include the certification from FlowJo LLC that you are authorized to sell their software. 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.