Service plan agreements for wyatt technology light scattering and differential refractive index instruments (ambis 2205288)
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- NOI-NIAID-24-2205288
- 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
- Bethesda, Maryland 20814, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases intends to negotiate sole source contracts with Wyatt Technology Corporation to provide silver and gold service plans for seven light scattering and refractive index instruments from March 2024 through March 2025. The service plans will cover maintenance, repairs, annual inspections, loaner equipment, and priority support for the instruments located at NIH facilities in Bethesda, Maryland. These instruments are critical to characterizing proteins and conjugates used in vaccine research, development, and manufacturing. Responses to the notice of intent were due by January 22, 2024 to be considered for award at the agency's discretion.
There is no set-aside designation for this requirement. The primary NAICS code is 334516 and PSC code is J067. Wyatt Technology Corporation is the original equipment manufacturer with qualified technicians and replacement parts to maintain this specialized scientific equipment, as cited in the sole source justification. The period of performance for individual service agreements ranges from one to two years. Service plans will cover seven instruments total at fixed prices to be determined.
Notice text
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 Wyatt Technology Corporation, 6330 Hollister Avenue, Goleta, CA 93117-3115, to procure a Silver Service agreement for the T-REX, DAWN, QELS, Optilab, and a Gold Service agreement for the µDAWN, QELS, and UT-REX instruments.
Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be awarded as a firm-fixed price type of contract.
Period of Performance(s) are as follows:
- 03/05/2024 – 03/04/2025
- Optilab TrEX, Ser #1282-TrEX
- μDAWN, Ser #1119-T2UD
- QELS Ser, #1216-WIQ
- UT-REX, Ser #1490-TRXU
- 05/10/2024 – -3/04/2025
- DAWN Heated/Cooled, Ser #4079-D3HC
- QELS, Ser #1864-WIQ
- Optilab, Ser #4120-OP1
Service shall be performed at the following locations: NIH/NIAID/DIR/LMIV, 29 Lincoln Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892.
The Laboratory of Malaria Immunology & Vaccinology (LMIV), Vaccine Development Unit develops and performs the clinical evaluation of prototype malaria vaccines. Each candidate vaccine has to undergo a rigorous development process that requires the input of many highly skilled scientists with specific areas of expertise. These include creation of expression systems, fermentation optimization, scale-up of purification technology, clinical good manufacturing practices (cGMP) production, formulation, quality control, preclinical testing, and clinical trials. The light scattering and differential refractive index detectors characterize the recombinant proteins and protein conjugates that are made for vaccine research, development, and manufacturing, usually as online detectors following fractionation by size-exclusion chromatography HPLC. A maintenance/services award is required to maintain various light scattering and differential refractive index detectors that are CRITICAL to characterizing the recombinant proteins and protein conjugates that are made as part of the mission of the LMIV. This includes materials that are prepared for clinical trials in human volunteers. The equipment manufacturer is the only vendor qualified to maintain these specialized equipment. They have certified technicians to repair these sensitive detectors and perform the same quality control with every annual service of the instruments that they would do before shipping out new instruments. The equipment parts are not distributed to other companies for resale, and using non-manufacturer parts would be inadvisable.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has a requirement for service agreements for seven (7) instruments, including:
- Optilab TrEX, Ser #1282-TrEX
- μDAWN, Ser #1119-T2UD
- QELS Ser, #1216-WIQ
- UT-REX, Ser #1490-TRXU
- DAWN Heated/Cooled, Ser #4079-D3HC
- QELS, Ser #1864-WIQ
- Optilab, Ser #4120-OP1
Please see the attached service requirements.
The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (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 SOLICITATION FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. All responsible sources that could provide the required services may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NOI-NIAID-24-2205288 to Rita Davis at rita.davis@nih.gov, by 11:00am eastern standard time Monday, January 22, 2024. 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.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| NOI-NIAID-24-2205288 Service Requirements.pdf |
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