monitoring and alarm services for the sample storage equipment
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- NOI-NIAID-25-2258856
- Agency
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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
- Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health, intends to negotiate a sole-source contract with Rees Scientific Corporation for monitoring and alarm services for sample storage equipment at their Integrated Research Facility in Frederick, Maryland. The contract will provide comprehensive monitoring for over 200 points across biosafety level 2 and 4 laboratory spaces, tracking temperature fluctuations for critical research samples and equipment. The primary objective is to maintain uninterrupted coverage of a proprietary monitoring system that ensures live reporting, server licensing, and immediate alarm notifications for research sample preservation. All interested vendors must submit capability statements through the NIAID electronic Simplified Acquisition Submission System (eSASS) by April 22, 2025, at 5:00 pm ET, with registration required prior to submission. The government reserves the sole discretion to determine whether to compete this requirement based on responses received.
The pre-solicitation notice indicates no specific set-aside designation for this contract opportunity. The proposed contract is specifically with Rees Scientific Corporation, who is described as the sole provider capable of servicing their proprietary monitoring system for laboratory equipment. The contract will cover a one-year period from June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, and includes comprehensive service agreement components such as parts replacements, server licensing, software and hardware support, calibration, and repair services. The contract is categorized under NAICS code 811210 for Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, with a Product Service Code (PSC) of J066 for maintenance and repair of laboratory instruments and equipment. The statutory authority for this sole-source procurement is 41 U.S.C. 1901(a)(1), which allows for procurement from only one responsible source that can satisfy agency requirements.
Notice text
PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE **NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE
NOI-NIAID-25-2258856
NAICS – 811210
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 Rees Scientific Corporation to procure ongoing monitoring and alarm services for the sample storage equipment located at the NIAID IRF Building in Frederick, Maryland.
A mission of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Integrated Research Facility (IRF) is to study emerging infectious diseases and use cold storage equipment, such as laboratory freezers and refrigerators along with Incubation chambers to keep samples at the correct temperatures during the research process. This research is conducted in biosafety level 4 laboratory and in biosafety level 2 lab space. All select agent samples along with media and other research samples need to have active monitoring in case of temperature fluctuations. The Rees Scientific monitoring system keeps track of over 200 monitored points and keep live reporting to a server to access these points through the Rees workstation software along with run a dialer system to call out designees if there is an alarm. The service agreement covers the parts replacements, Rees server licensing, software and hardware support, calibration services and repair services for the entire system. Without continued, uninterrupted coverage of the Rees monitoring system, the result would be loss of select agent sample stock and the inability of designees to react to alarm situations. Rees Scientific is the only supplier that can provide service, licensing and continued support for their proprietary monitoring system and all of it components. Without this system functioning the IRF would no longer be able to have critical active monitoring of systems. This is a continuation of multiple years of Rees service for an additional one-year period June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026.
The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 1901 (a) (1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1 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. All required documents must be submitted via the NIAID electronic Simplified Acquisition Submission System (eSASS) website at https://esass.nih.gov by April 22, 2025 at 5:00 pm ET. All vendors must register in the eSASS system to submit their documentation. Instructions on how to register /submit documents are included on the website. 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.
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