Transfer of scientific equipment

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 Princeton University, 701 Carnegie Center, Suite 435, Princeton, NJ 08540 to transfer scientific equipment from Princeton University to the NIDDK.

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516 with a Size Standard 1000.

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 procurement of scientific equipment currently located at Princeton University for Dr. Wang, new tenure tract investigator at NIDDK, LCP. Dr. Wang’s customizable system of equipment will provide cutting-edge technologies to the NIH campus and potentially collaborate with many PIs to advance basic understandings of biochemical processes. It is important to purchase the system because it is a highly customized and home-built platform.

AIRSCIENCE-LAMINARFLOWHO D & HLF-24XT

BID-SERVICE-MT-BALANCE

AGILENT - CARY 60 UV-VIS

CHROMA-ZT442/514/640TPC-F2

COHERENT LASER SYSTEM

CRYSTALASER-CL532-025-L & 405NM-50MW

DATA RAY INC. - BEAM PROFILING CAMERA

ELECTRO-OPTICS 1.0 TECHNOLOGY - EOT-BB-ISOLATOR

FISHER SCIENTIFIC - 13100676 SPRING SAVINGS PROMO

GENTEC ELECTRO-OPTICS, INC. -

GENTEC-THERMO-POWERMETER

HARRICK PLASMA CLEANER SYSTEM

INSTEC, INC - 4 CH WIDE-BAND HIGH-VOLTAGE AMPLIFER SYSTEM

ISOMET CORP. - ISOMET AO SYS 405NM

LASER COMPONENTS USA, INC. - LASERCOMPONENTS-COUNTT

LIGHTHOUSE PHOTONICS INC. | LIGHTHOUSEPHOTONICS-SPROU-D-10W

MAD CITY LABS - SINGLE-MOLECULE MICROSCOPE & T112-PIEZO

METTLER-TOLEDO RAININ LLC - RAININ-PIPETTES

NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS FPGA CONTROL & DATA AQUISITION SYSTEM

NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS - NI-USB7845R

NEWARK ELEMENT 14 - OSCILLOSCOPE

NEWARK ELEMENT 14-WAVEFORM GENERATOR, ARBFUNCTION

NEWPORT CORPORATION - NEWPORT LASER POWER METER

OLYMPUS 100X SILICONE OIL OBJECTIVE LENS, NOSEPIECE-TIRF100X

OLYMPUS MICROSCOPE PARTS, IX73PART & IX73SYSTEM

OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - OED-PDM-APD

PACER USA -DUAL CHANNEL PHOTON COUNTING & PHOTON DETECTORS

QUANTA TECH INC. - ACOUSTO-OPTIC DEFLECTION SYSTEM

SAELIG COMPANY INC. - SSA3021X-SPECTRUM-ANALYZE

LLC-BECKMAN-COULTER DU-650 UV/VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETER

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC - EPP CENT MINSPIN PLUS 115V

 THORLABS-BENCHTOP LD CURRENT CONTROLLER, 200 MA HV & GELSCAN

VINCENT ASSOC.-OPTICAL SHUTTERS & 3 CHANNEL UNI-STABLE DRIVE

VWR INTERNATIONAL – VWR RECIRC CHILLER 120V 1171M

PICOQUANT PICOHARP FOR FCS, FLIM, TIME DOMAIN WORK

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 the purpose of this purchase is to transfer scientific equipment from Princeton University to the NIDDK. Dr. Wang is an incoming tenure-track investigator at NIDDK whose research program develops novel single-molecule technologies to address fundamental questions in biophysics and biochemistry. These new techniques are broadly applicable to a wide range of biomedical problems currently studied at the NIH. A huge amount of efforts went into optimizing each component to achieve the desirable system performance. Purchasing the system as a whole from Princeton University is necessary to provide continuation of Dr. Wang’s research in NIDDK.

Because the system was developed at Dr. Wang’s previous lab at Princeton University over the past 5 years, Princeton University is the only place where the system can be purchased. It is also important to purchase the system because it is a highly customized and home-built platform. Replacement or omission of any part would compromise system performance and delay research progress.

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 NICHD-21-175 shall be submitted electronically by 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, on July 27, 2021.