Ophthalmic
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- SS-NIH-6364386
- Agency
-
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 333314 Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Special Notice was published by the National Institutes of Health to announce its intent to sole source the award of a purchase order to Heidelberg Engineering. The National Eye Institute within NIH requires a Heidelberg Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Ophthalmoscopy device to assess changes in the macular pigment of the inner eye for early diagnosis and study of various retinal diseases.
The purpose of the notice is to inform the public of NIH's intent to award a purchase order for a Heidelberg FLIO device, including specified equipment, software, and installation/training services. Interested parties are invited to submit capability statements by 12:00 pm EST on September 1, 2022, to potentially compete the proposed acquisition, though award remains at the agency's discretion. The FLIO will support research on conditions like age-related macular degeneration, Macular Telangiectasia, and retinitis pigmentosa already under study at NEI. No set-aside is designated and the notice is not a request for quotes, but serves to publicly disclose the planned sole-source award.
Notice text
Notice of Intent to Sole Source
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price purchase order to Heidelberg Engineering.
In accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1, the Contractor is the only known responsible source who can provide the item listed below within the time frame needed.
The purpose of this notice is to inform the public that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Eye Institute (NEI) anticipates issuing a purchase order for a Heidelberg Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Ophthalmoscopy (FLIO). The FLIO purchase will include a retinal camera head; photon counting box; isolation transformer; Heidelberg Heyex-1 software & dongle; instrument base & table; power supply; workstation pc with monitor, keyboard, mouse; and installation and training. The FLIO is a unique device that uses a novel method for characterizing early changes in the macular pigment of the inner eye. Assessing macular piment has proven to be useful for the early diagnosis of a variety of retinal disease entities changes in the development of many sight-threatening conditions already under study at the NEI, including AMD, MacTel, and retinitis pigmentosa.
This notice is not a request for competitive quotes. However, any party that believes it can fulfill the requirement, may submit a written capability statement that clearly supports and demonstrates their ability to provide the device as stated herein. A determination by the Government to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
It is anticipated that an award will be issued approximately five (5) days after the date of this notice unless the Government determines that another organization has the capability to meet this requirement.
Please email responses to zetherine.gore@nih.hhs.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, September 1, 2022.
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