MODIFICATION
66 -- Serology Laboratory Equipment
- Notice Date
- 9/26/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- Agency for International Development, Overseas Missions, Kazakhstan USAID-Almaty, Dept. of State, Washington, DC, 20521-7030
- ZIP Code
- 20521-7030
- Solicitation Number
- CDC115-03-019
- Response Due
- 10/6/2003
- Point of Contact
- John Lord, Contracting Officer, Phone 7-3272-507612/17 ext. 319, Fax 7-3272-507635/36, - Natalia Portnyagina, Acquisition Specialist, Phone 011-7-3272-50-76-17 ext. 290, Fax 011-413-771-5698/7-3272-507635/507636,
- E-Mail Address
-
jlord@usaid.gov, nportnyagina@usaid.gov
- Description
- The purpose of this Amendment #1 is to post questions and answers related to this procurement. Question 1. We have described variance between consumables for pipettes and tips. There is no 300ul tips specified for 50-300ul 8-ch. pipettor. Should we consider the specs of pipettor as 50-200ul. Answer: We need tips of ranges up to 300ul. The specification is changed from “Tips, STERILE, 20-200 ul - 1000/pk - 6” to “Tips, STERILE, 50ul (or less)—300ul – 1000/pk – 6” Question 2. Please clarify the type of microplate reader that is required. In the last bid, there was a reader with on board software (in russian language, english, etc). You may recall that in our last bid, the spec called for a reader with on board software for data analysis. One advantage was that the language choice included Russian. In this bid, it doesn't specify whether the reader should be computer controlled or have on board software for use without a computer. If it is intended for use with a computer, what type of software do you want. For example, will you do curve fitting, what type, report types desired, etc. What language should the software be in? What kind of computer will it need to run on? What type of printer will you use? What file formats are required? The software specification for microplate readers is much more complicated than the reader itself. Perhaps you simply want to control the reader from Microsoft excel and capture the raw data. Please let us know the details. When responding to a bid such as this one, if you follow the letter of the bid, you will end up with a reader that cannot be used without a computer and the software required to control it, because the reader alone is the least expensive and that is all that the bid calls for. Answer: On-board LCD, and ports for PC interface, and printer output; Windows-capable, with user-definable protocol; Software: Courve fits, and endpoint screening assay; Self-test; Manual and automatic plate layout, control and assay validation, cutoff criteria, data analysis; Lab technical and/or service manuals (operating instructions, installation, maintenance) in Russian. Question 3. No capacity requirement is listed for the centrifuge do you have a minimum number of tubes that you would need? Answer: Centrifuge must accommodate at least 6 tubes. Question 4. The cylinders listed do not specify glass but I am assuming glass is needed? Answer: Cylinders should NOT be glass. They must be polystyrene or polymethylpentene. tion marks? Answer: (1) Cylinders; Polypropylene or Polymethylpentene; Graduated with 1.0 mL subdivisions; Error limit: < or = 1.0 mL. (2) Cylinders, 1000 ml; Polypropylene or Polymethylpentene; Graduated with 10.0 mL subdivisions; Error limit: < or = 6.0 mL Question 8: Please provide the specifications on the centrifuge tubes - conical, constructed of what material, graduated, sterile/nonsterile, etc? Answer: Conical leakproof polypropylene or polystyrene tubes, 15mL, clear or translucent, with polypropylene, polystyrene or polyethylene plug seal cap, nonsterile, graduation marks not necessary Question 9: Specifications for the item listed as CENTRIFUGES. At a minimum, we would need- RPM speed, fixed or variable speed, rotor type, number of places and number of tubes, size of tubes to be spun, timer and range, any other requirements. Answer: Centrifuge for Serum Separation, Speed range: 0-3200 rpm or greater; Maximum Relative Centrifugal Force: 1,212 x g or greater; Timer: at least 30 min in 5 min increments; Tubes accepted: 2-15 mL (or broader; tube holder adjusters must be supplied); Rotor: angled Question 10: Can you please indicate where we may find 22CFR228.51? Could you advise where we may find an explanation of the meaning of the following paragraph; or, could you offer an explanation, please? Origin (country of manufacture) of each product. The Authorized Geographic Codes for this contract are 000 (United States) and 110 (independent countries of the former Soviet Union). If a 000 or 110-origin product is not available, the offeror must provide an explanation and request a waiver in accordance with 22CFR228.51. The origin of the products we could offer differ from the codes 000 or 110. Could we still proceed with our products? Answer: 22CFR 228.51 may be found at the following link: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_01/22cfr228_01.html It is a Federal Regulation that specifies administrative practice and procedures regarding Source, Origin and Nationality of USAID-financed commodities and services. For this solicitation, products manufactured in and shipped from countries in Geographic Codes 000 and 110 are being sought. However, if one of the required products is not manufactured in any of the authorized countries, then the offeror may propose a product manufactured elsewhere, with an explanation and request for a waiver of the geographic restriction. There is no prescribed format or form for a waiver request. For example, if there is no company in the United States or the independent countries of the former Soviet Union that manufactures an incubator that meets the solicitation’s specifications, then an offeror may propose a product manufactured elsewhere. Geographic code 000 is defined as USA. Geographic Code 110 is defined as New Independent States - Collective for New Independent States of the former Soviet Union. Question 11. NAICS code is 541990. Does it mean that the company whose business status is not applicable to this code could not send their offers? Answer: The code is intended to describe the product or service, not the seller. Question 12: For some of the countries in question, standard freight delivery services will not deliver palletized goods to the US embassy. Since the bid calls for a delivery cost to the US embassy in each of the countries mentioned, is one able to quote the delivery cost to the airport only, if obvious carriers such as Federal Express will not deliver palletized goods directly to the embassy? Answer: 16 sets of equipment must be consigned to USAID/CDC, American Embassy, Almaty, Kazakhstan. 19 sets of equipment must be consigned to USAID/CDC, American Embassy, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Freight costs should include the cost of local delivery from the port of entry to a warehouse, exact location TBD, within Almaty and Tashkent. USAID will arrange for duty and tax-free customs clearance at ports of entry. Question 13: Is used equipment acceptable? Answer: No. [End of Modification] NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (26-SEP-2003). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 20-JAN-2004. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.eps.gov/spg/AID/OM/ALM/CDC115-03-019/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Central Asian Republics
- Record
- SN00507030-F 20040122/040120213315 (fbodaily.com)
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