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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 03, 2004 FBO #1012
SOLICITATION NOTICE

66 -- Gene Chips

Notice Date

9/1/2004
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, MSC 4811, Bethesda, MD, 20817
 

ZIP Code

20817
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-NOI-RML-40018
 

Response Due

9/16/2004
 

Archive Date

10/1/2004
 

Point of Contact

Jenny Lovitt, Purchasing Agent, Phone 406-363-9489, Fax 406-363-9288, - Rebecca Guenthner, Chief Contracting Officer, Phone 301-402-2284, Fax 301-480-3695,
 

E-Mail Address

jlovitt@niaid.nih.gov, rguenthner@niaid.nih.gov
 

Description

This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation, Notice of Intent. The Government intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Affymetrix, Inc. for a probe array and 240 GeneChips, in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are not being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This acquisition is issued as a Notice of Intent (NOI-RML-40018). The acquisition documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-24 dated 06/18/04. This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 ? Acquisition of Commercial Items and is not a small business set-aside. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 and the small business size is 500 employees. The Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites (LICP) performs basic research contributing to the development of diagnostic reagents, therapeutics and vaccines against human bacterial pathogens. The LICP has a requirement for a gene chip containing 6 different bacterial pathogen genus? from thirteen genomes. The chip must be high density, at 106 per cm2. The custom GeneChip? will be made by photolithography manufacturing technology developed solely by Affymetrix. The multi-genome GeneChip? probe array must enable identification of 2-fold or greater levels of change in expression levels, and detection of as little as 1 mRNA transcript in a complex mixture of 100,000. The GeneChip? probe array must contain multiple unique probes designed to be Perfect Match (PM), 25-mer oligonucleotide probe pairs, to represent each mRNA transcript (full length gene) tested, and multiple probes designed to be Mis-Match (MM), to enable calibration of non-specific hybridization data. Additional control sequences (yeast and commensal) must also be available on the chip for hybridization control, and housekeeping gene analysis. The probe selection strategy for the multi-genome custom GeneChip? probe array will be based upon a probe design database and will be able to distinguish between highly homologous sequences and those of closely related gene families, strains, species and genus of bacteria. The multi-genome custom GeneChip? probe array will be housed in a fixed volume reaction chamber providing automated and consistent hybridization of samples to the array. The chips processed by NIAID are in Frederick, MD where the Affymetrix GeneArray Scanner, Fluidics Station, 640 Hybridization Oven, Micro Array Suite/Data Mining Tool, MicroDB, and LIMS software database are located. No other photolithography-based chip, apart from those purchased from Affymetrix is compatible with the Affymetrix system currently in place in Frederick, MD. In addition, there is no photolithography-based chip processing system on site at RML. FOB Point shall be Destination, Hamilton, MT. Delivery location is Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 S. 4th Street, Hamilton, MT. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items; FAR 52-212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; FAR 52-212.5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders-Commercial Items; FAR52.246-2 Inspection of Supplies-Fixed Price. Offerors must include with their offer a completed copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. Award will be based on: The capability to meet the above stated salient characteristics, delivery, past performance and price. Offers may be mailed or faxed to the POC indicated above (Fax - 406-363-9288). Offers must be submitted not later than 4:30 PM (MDST) 09/16/04. By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation. Copies of the above-referenced clauses are available upon request, either by telephone or fax. All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by this Agency.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT

Zip Code: 59840

Country: US
 

Record

SN00662986-W 20040903/040901211905 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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