SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Application Scientist Services for DEPArray Instrument
- Notice Date
- 8/26/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- 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, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E128, Rockville, Maryland, 20852, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852
- Solicitation Number
- N02RC62621-24-01
- Archive Date
- 9/24/2016
- Point of Contact
- Kimesha Leake, Phone: 2402765669, Seena Ninan, Phone: 240-276-5419
- E-Mail Address
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kimesha.leake@nih.gov, ninans@mail.nih.gov
(kimesha.leake@nih.gov, ninans@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Room 1E226, Bethesda, MD 20892, UNITED STATES Description The National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Cancer Research (CCR), Genetics Branch plans to procure an Application Scientist for the DEPArray Instrument on a sole source basis from Menarini Silicon Biosystems, 10355 Science Center Drive, suite 210, San Diego, CA 92121. This acquisition will be processed in accordance with simplified acquisition procedures as stated in FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1) and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6. The North American Industry Classification System code is 541690 and the business size standard is $15 million. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. It will be awarded as a firm fixed price type contract. It has been determined there are no opportunities to acquire green products or services for this procurement. The DEPArray TM Instrument V2 is a highly specialized research instrument manufactured by Menarini Silicon Biosystems Inc. It combines image-based sorting of a heterogeneous cell population from diverse types of samples, and uses software-enabled gentle, dielectrophoretic field capture and transport of the targeted cells for recovery as single cells or pools of cells for further analysis or culture. The NCI would like to request the services of a field application specialist who has been trained and certified by the manufacturer, Menarini Silicon Biosystems to run the DEPArray Instrument on-site for one-year application support. The individual will provide dedicated, on-site support to NCI researchers for training, experimental design, troubleshooting, through to running samples on the DEPArray instrument for new and infrequent CCR/NCI users. Menarini Silicon Biosystems is the only known company that provides an application scientist with the level of expertise needed to maintain this rare cell isolation instrument. This notice is not a request for competitive quotation. However, if any interested party, especially small businesses, believes it can meet the above requirement, it may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The statement of capabilities and any other information furnished must be in writing and must contain material in sufficient detail to allow NCI to determine if the party can perform the requirement. Responses must be received in the contracting office by 5:00 PM EST, on September 6, 2016. All responses and questions can be emailed to Kimesha Leake, Contract Specialist via electronic mail at kimesha.leake@nih.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. In order to receive an award, contractors must be registered and have valid certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) through sam.gov. Reference: N02RC62621-24-01 on all correspondence.
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