SOURCES SOUGHT
K -- HiSeq2000 upgrade
- Notice Date
- 6/8/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, Bldg 50 Room 422, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079, United States
- ZIP Code
- 72079
- Solicitation Number
- FDA1104832
- Archive Date
- 6/25/2012
- Point of Contact
- Nicholas E Sartain, Phone: 870-543-7370
- E-Mail Address
-
nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov
(nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR SOLICITATION The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is conducting market research to support the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) requirement for a requires an upgrade of an existing HiSeq 2000 system to HiSeq 2500 system with post-warranty service/maintenance options inclusive of all parts, labor and travel for the entire system. The FDA is seeking business sources, including total small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, 8(a) certified companies and other than small businesses. The following information is provided to assist the FDA in conducting Market Research to identify potential contractors for this effort: The government is seeking capability statements from manufacturing businesses capable of meeting the performance requirements. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Facility Biotechnology Resources (FBR) within the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) requires an upgrade of an existing HiSeq 2000 system to HiSeq 2500 system with post-warranty service/maintenance options inclusive of all parts, labor and travel for the entire system. The Facility for Biotechnology Resources (FBR) provides next generation sequencing (NGS) services for scientists within CBER of the FDA. FBR currently has a HiSeq2000, serial number 7001029, next generation sequencer from Illumina. It is a high-throughput DNA sequencing system capable of generating ~600 gigabase sequencing information in one run. Its high efficiency is based on running one or two flow cells, each has 8 lanes for samples. However some researchers do not need 8 lanes in the flow cells for their work when only a few samples for analysis are needed. The upgrade of the HiSeq 2000 to a HiSeq 2500 will enable the instrument to run 2-lane flow cell at a time, thus significatnly reducing the cost of an experiment requiring only 1-2 lanes in a flow cell. The upgraded instrument will allow the reagent flow appropriately for both 2-lane and 8-lane flow cells and the ability to alternate between the two run times as needed A validation run of the upgrade system shall be completed prior to acceptance. Post-Warranty Service Agreement The service agreement shall include, at a minimum, the following: • Minimum of one (1) Preventative Maintenance visit per contract year; • Unlimited on-site preventative maintenance, services, and repairs; • Unlimited Priority Telephone and Email Support; • Peak performance maintenance kits; • Software updates; • Preventative maintenance, services, and repairs performed by an OEM trained and certified technician; • Preventative maintenance, services, and repairs include all labor, travel, and new OEM factory-certified replacement parts, components, subassemblies, etc. (except consumables); • Phone support available from 8am to 5pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday; • Priority scheduling for requests for service within 24 hrs; and The offeror may provide information on multiple types of service agreements plans available and pricing of each. Place of Performance Work shall be formed on-site at the location of the instrument: 29 Lincoln Dr. Room 208 Bethesda, MD 20892 The offeror shall furnish sufficient technical information necessary for the Government to conclusively determine that the offered instrument and components meet the technical requirements identified above. Firms believing they can meet the requirements to the above specifications are encouraged to respond electronically with no less than the following information: • Business name, DUNS number, business address, business website, business size status (i.e., SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone SB, SDB, WOSB, LB), point of contact name, mailing address (if different from business address), phone number and email address; • Sufficient descriptive literature that unequivocally demonstrates that offered products and services meet or exceed above specifications. • At a minimum provide the following: All descriptive material necessary for the government to determine whether the product offered meets the technical requirements including: technical specifications, descriptive material, literature, brochures and other information, which demonstrates the capabilities of the contractor to meet the requirement. Indicate whether the organization is the manufacturer of the items or authorized reseller. If reseller, include the manufacturer's name, address and DUNS number. • Include commercial warranty information. • If applicable, identification of the firm's GSA Schedule contract(s) by Schedule number and SINs that are applicable to this potential requirement are also requested. • Provide information if any of these specifications are too restrictive. No response will be considered that the listed specifications are adequate in a competitive environment. • If a large business, provide if subcontracting opportunities exist for small business concerns. • Though this is not a request for quote, informational pricing must be submitted for the instrument and service plans. The government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, not identified in the response. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is- 334516- Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; Small Business Size Standard is 500 employees. Interested Contractors must respond with capability statements which are due in person, by postal mail or email to the point of contact listed below on or before June 22, 2012 by 13:00 hours (Central Time in Jefferson, Arkansas) at the Food and Drug Administration, OC/OA/OAGS, Attn: Nick Sartain, 3900 NCTR Road, HFT-320, Jefferson, AR 72079-9502 or email nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov. Reference FDA1104832. Notice of Intent Responses to this sources sought announcement will assist the Government in determining whether or not any future requirement similar to this one should be set aside for small business, made available to full and open competition or procure through sole-source acquisition procedures. Disclaimer and Important Notes This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in FedBizOpps. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 29 Lincoln Drive, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02770126-W 20120610/120608234649-1d8cc55208ad61d952035a12b5574406 (fbodaily.com)
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