Service contract

PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS

INTRODUCTION

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

The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), in support of the work of the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease (NIDDK), intends to award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition to Rigaku  Americas Corporation 9009 New Trails Drive, The Woodlands, TX 77381 to acquire Service contract for X-ray diffraction.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 811219 with a Size Standard $20.0 M.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Circular (FAC) 2021-03 effective 02-16-2020.  This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($250,000) and FAR Subpart 12- Acquisition of Commercial Items. 

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.  Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6—Competition Requirements.

PlaceofPerformance

National Institutes of Health

9000 Rockville Pike

Bethesda MD 20892

United States

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

The instrument covered under this agreement plays a critical role in support of the NIDDK research activities. As such, any prolonged downtime because of mechanical failure would have a seriously crippling effect on our abilities to perform our work. Only the manufacturer has the technical expertise and readily available parts inventory to ensure that our instrument downtimes are mitigated to the lowest possible level.  Applicable warranties would be voided by unauthorized service.

The contractor shall provide the following service for LSM 780:

Installed                      Description                                                     SN #

02/2008                      MicroMax-007 HF                                           ED215905                                                                    Haskris R400 Chiller                                        HB18890

03/2018                      Eiger 4M                                                          E-08-0121       

01/2007                      Haskris R250 Chiller                                        HB17901

01/2014                      BioSAXS (LP)                                                    PW10734

*Includes Optic, Software

Pilatus 100k

ASC96

CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-  NAME) DETERMINATION

The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10—Market Research.  Only one source is available: Per FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) the Contracting Officer has determined that Rigaku America’s Corporation is the sole provider of the required services.

The continued operation of all these pieces of equipment is essential and mission critical as the X-ray diffraction laboratory is an NIDDK resource and over 40 scientists are dependent on it for their research. All equipment covered in this contract have been manufactured by Rigaku and Rigaku is the sole vendor who has the necessary expertise to repair, adjust or calibrate these equipment’s. Rigaku is the sole manufacturer of all parts that are in these equipment’s. The service requested must include software support. All software controlling X-ray generators and X-ray detectors are propriety software produced by Rigaku.

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. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provided feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.  Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement, unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. 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 to this notice shall be submitted electronically by 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, on March 26, 2021.

Assessmentof Capability

The contractor will be evaluated on their capability to provide the product to the specifications as stated on the solicitation and shall be required to provide required service with certification from the OEM.