BioFire® FilmArray® Torch System  

• Product Service Code: 6515-Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies
• NAICS Code: 423450 – Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers.
• Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD

POTS:  24-005541

Description:

This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued, and quotations will not be requested.

The National Institute of Health, Clinical Center (CC) intends to award a Firm-Fixed price purchase order to BioFire Defense, Salt Lake City, Utah 84107, on a sole source basis for replacement instruments nearing the end-of-life cycle.

The Department of Laboratory Medicine, Microbiology Service Section requires replacement instruments used in clinical testing in support of patient care.  BioFire Defense, LLC. is the only vendor that can supply the specific BioFire® FilmArray® Torch System required for use with existing instrumentation within the department and have established and validated laboratory tests.  These instruments provide rapid, efficient, and sensitive detection of nucleic acid (DNA) from clinical samples, which allows for timely identification of the presence of infectious agents and hastens treatment.  

List of Supplies

Line Item: 0001 Description: Torch Base – Quantity 1
Product Code: HTFA-ASY-0001

Line Item: 0002 Description: Torch Duplex Box – Quantity 2
Product Code: HTFA-ASY-0002

Line Item: 0003 Torch Module – Quantity 6

Product Code: HTFA-ASY-0003

This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.  Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.

Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number on the email subject line, may be submitted to the CC, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Emeka Onyejekwe, Contract Specialist at [email protected] by the due date March 31, 2024 and time marked in this notice.