SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- (1) Caliper Zephyr SPE Workstation - Sole Source Justification
- Notice Date
- 5/29/2012
- 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
- 46246
- Archive Date
- 6/28/2012
- 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
- Sole Source Justification The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS), intends to award a sole source contract to PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc., (PerkinElmer) 710 Bridgeport Ave, Shelton, Connecticut, for the purchase of (1) Caliper Zephyr SPE workstation. 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 Caliper Zephyr SPE workstation will be used for the extraction and clean-up of serum and whole blood specimens for the analysis of different folate forms for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) as well as other studies. The Caliper Zephyr SPE workstation is a compact fully-automated SPE system capable of significantly reducing sample handling time (and thereby increasing sample throughput) while also improving the analytical recovery of all folate forms. This will help the DLS increase its efficiency and meet its research time-requirements. PerkinElmer is the sole manufacturer of the Caliper Zephyr SPE workstation. Therefore, PerkinElmer is the only source for this requirement. The Caliper Zephyr SPE workstation will allow our laboratory to improve the analytical recoveries of the various folate forms and to significantly reduce sample handling time from 6 hour to <1 hour and thereby increasing sample throughput. Currently we cannot process an entire SPE plate of 96 samples in one day because additional steps prior to and after the 6-hour SPE process need to be carried out and exceed an 8-hour workday. The Caliper Zephyr will allow us to extract 96 samples per day as a minimum, and even a second 96-well plate could be extracted. The Caliper Zephyr SPE workstation provides integrated waste and exhaust systems that will maintain a safe laboratory environment. As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps. We will issue only one solicitation to PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. However, all responsible sources that believe they can meet these requirements may submit their capabilities/qualifications statement to provide this equipment to Vallerie Redd VIA EMAIL ONLY at gfj3@cdc.gov with the solicitation number 46246 referenced in the subject line NO LATER THAN June 13, 2012. The Contracting Officer will not respond to verbal requests. 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.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/CDCP/PGOA/46246/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: CDC NCEH DLS, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Bldg. 102, Room 2002, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341, United States
- Zip Code: 30341
- Zip Code: 30341
- Record
- SN02760164-W 20120531/120529235126-866f52774aad6ded562f21a8b1e8f019 (fbodaily.com)
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