SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Purchase of 50 HPLC columns
- Notice Date
- 4/26/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- 2012-Q-14524
- Archive Date
- 5/26/2012
- Point of Contact
- Vallerie M Redd, Phone: 770-488-2845
- E-Mail Address
-
gfj3@cdc.gov
(gfj3@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Division of Laboratory Science (DLS), intends to award a sole source purchase order to Hamilton Company, 4970 Energy Way, Reno, NV 89520, for the purchase of 50 HPLC columns, specially made for the lab. The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1- only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. The NAICS code for this procurement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. The purpose of this acquisition is to purchase 50 HPLC columns. Hamilton Company is the only responsible source capable of meeting the Government's requirement because they can manufacture these columns that meet CDC's specification for the arsenic speciation method. The composition of the column is a critical component of the performance requirements needed for this analytical method and it cannot be varied. These columns allow for the achievement of the needed scientific separation among species and these columns are rugged enough to withstand the matrix that scientists analyze on a routing basis. The lab was able to analyze more samples with these specially made columns than other columns that were tested. They also obtained higher quality results with these columns. Continuity of the requested columns is vital to the established analytical method. Thus, Hamilton Company, the manufacturer of these standards, is the only company that can be used. As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps. We will issue only one solicitation to Hamilton Company. However, firms that believe they can meet these requirements are encouraged to identify themselves and give written notice by providing a capability statement to the Contracting Officer by May 11, 2012. The Contracting Officer will not respond to verbal request. All requests must be in writing. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action will be based on responses to this notice and are solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries shall be sent to Vallerie Redd by email at gfj3@cdc.gov and reference solicitation number 2012-Q-14524 on the subject line.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: CDC Facility, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Record
- SN02732576-W 20120428/120427000127-b7254c013e84f8bb8141b345339ba7cc (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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