SOURCES SOUGHT
Q -- Tissue Culture Technician
- Notice Date
- 5/3/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 6120 Executive Blvd., EPS Suite 600, Rockville, Maryland, 20852
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- SS-NCI-100080-MM
- Archive Date
- 6/1/2010
- Point of Contact
- Melissa P Marino, Phone: 301-402-4509, Caren N Rasmussen, Phone: (301) 402-4509
- E-Mail Address
-
marinome@mail.nih.gov, cr214i@nih.gov
(marinome@mail.nih.gov, cr214i@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE: Tissue Culture Technician Providing GMP-Level Support for the Adoptive Cell Therapy Clinical Trials. Notice Number: SS-NCI-100080-MM Issued By: National Cancer Institute (NCI), (http://www.nci.nih.gov) Office of Acquisitions (OA) Key Dates: Capability Statement Due Date: 05/17/2010 General Information: This Sources Sought Notice (SS) is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Purpose: The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to identify qualified small business concerns including 8(a), HUBZone or Service-Disabled Veteran-owned business concerns that are interested in and capable of providing the services described herein. The NCI does not intend to award a contract on the basis of responses received nor otherwise pay for the preparation of any information submitted. As a result of this Sources Sought Notice, the NCI may issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ). THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. However, should such a requirement materialize, no basis for claims against NCI shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought Notice or the NCI's use of such information as either part of our evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement. Description of Information to be included in the Capability Statement: Description of Requirement: The Surgery Branch in the Division of Clinical Sciences of the National Cancer Institute requires the services of a laboratory tissue culture technician. The contractor shall provide support for the Cell Processing Laboratory in the Tumor Immunology Section. This laboratory generates cellular immune reagents for treating cancer patients, particularly lymphocytes that destroy cancer cells. The contractor shall support tissue culture tasks by providing flexible, "on demand" tissue processing, media preparation, and application of highly specific, cell-culture procedures during periods of high laboratory through-put, as well as generating records, which are associated with the contract work and are required by the laboratory and by regulatory agencies. Contractor Requirements: The contractor shall have a college science degree and a minimum of 4 years of work experience within the last 5 years in these task areas: 1) Preparing tissue culture media under cGMP conditions; 2) Preparing viable cells from human peripheral blood and human tumor biopsies, 3) Establishing and maintaining human tumor cell lines and cultures of human lymphocytes, and 4) Maintaining laboratory records that comply with FDA mandated guidelines and established laboratory procedures. Tasks 1-3 require use of and extensive experience with Universal Precautions and cGMP laboratory procedures. Task 4 requires detailed record keeping, as described in further detail below. The contractor will be required to provide prolonged periods of working within a biological safety cabinet with potentially pathogenic human cell cultures and tissue culture reagents. The task involves moving within and between laboratories to transfer cell cultures, get reagents, and carry out procedures. Period of performance shall be for one 12 month base period with four 12 month option periods. The government plans to award this contract as an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract. The contractor shall provide a minimum of 260 hours and a maximum of 2600 for the base period and all option period. NAICS Code and Size Standard: In the event an RFQ is issued, North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541690 with a size standard of $7.0M is being considered. How to Submit a Response: Page Limitations: Interested qualified small business organizations should submit a tailored capability statement for this requirement not to exceed 10 single sided pages including all attachments, resumes, charts, etc. (single space, 12 point font minimum) that clearly details the ability to perform the aspects of the notice described above. All proprietary information should be marked as such. Statements should also include an indication of current certified small business status; this indication should be clearly marked on the first page of your capability statement (preferably placed under the eligible small business concern's name and address). Responses will be reviewed only by NCI personnel and will be held in a confidential manner. Due Date: Capability statements are due no later than 11a.m. 05/17/2010. Number of Copies and Delivery Point: Please submit one (1) original and three (3) copies of your response as follows: If hand-delivered or delivery service:If using U.S. Postal Service Melissa Marino - Contract SpecialistMelissa Marino - Contract Specialist 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 60706120 Executive Boulevard, Room 6070 Rockville, MD 20852-7194Rockville, MD 20852-7194 All capability statements sent in response to the Sources Sought Notice must be submitted in writing to Melissa Marino. All responses must be received at NCI by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. No faxed or electronic mail submissions will be accepted. Point of Contact: Inquiries concerning this Notice may be direct to: Melissa Marino Contract Specialist 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 6070 Rockville, MD 20852-7194 marinome@mail.nih.gov
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