Service Agreement for the NCATS/SCTL SelecT Compact Automated Cell Culture Systems Vesper

INTRODUCTION
PURSUANT TO FAR Subpart 5.2—Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions, THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT TO ACTION.   

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). 

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition (OA) at the National Insitutes of Health (NIH) on behalf of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) intends to negotiate and award a purchase order for a service agreement for the NCATS/SCTL SelecT Compact Automated Cell Culture Systems Vesper to: Sartorius Stedim North America, Inc. (SSNA), 565 Johnson Avenue, Bohemia, New York 11716. UEI: C88MW7TCG4D8.

SSNA is the sole manufacturer of this equipment in use at NCATS facitliites at 9800 Medical Center Drive. As a result of proprietary software and hardware used in these systems, only SSNA can provide these services. All field service engineer personnel must be original equipment manufacturer (OEM) factory trained or certified.
 

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE
The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516 with a Size Standard of 1,000 employees.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY
The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses of the Federal acquisition Requlation (FAR) currently in effect at https://www.acquisition.gov/

STATUTORY AUTHORITY
This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.5 in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 1901. Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT
See attachment.

Project Description
See attachment.

Purpose and Objectives
See attachment.

Period of Performance
12 months.
 

CLOSING STATEMENT
This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals.  However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. 

Responses to this Notice must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror’s capability of fulfilling the requirement.

In addition the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.  The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.  

All responses must be received by 08:00 AM EDT July 17, 2023.Responses must be emailed to the Contracting Officer at mark.mcnally@nih.gov and reference the Notice ID 75N95023Q00512.

“All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.”