TOX21 Lab Robotic Arm Upgrade Services

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 TOX21 Lab robotic arm upgrade services to: Arimation LLC, 14140 Northdale Blvd., Rogers, MN 55374-9611. Arimation technicians were involved in the original design, build, and maintenance of the main High Throughput Assay System and Tox21 robotic systems. Arimation has serviced and upgraded NCATS 2 large robotic systems in Building B1 (HTS platform – big robot) and the Tox21 robot in Building C1. Based on the obsolescence of the highly customized  instruments involved, NCATS requires the highest level of technical knowledge of these these systems from personnel who upgrade them. Arimation is the only remaining vendor in the market today that can supply NCATS with this level of expertise. 
 

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 541420, Industrial Design Services, with a Size Standard of $17 million.

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.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Project Description

See Attachment 1 – Statement of Work

Purpose and Objectives

The purpose of this procurement is s to supply NCATS Automation team in the Tox21 lab’s Staubli robotic arm/robot controller/code update work to make daily protocols more efficient. 

Period of Performance

6 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 10:00 AM EST February 5, 2024.Responses must be emailed to the Contracting Officer at mark.mcnally@nih.gov and reference the Notice ID 75N95024Q00127.

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