The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Cancer Research (CCR), Developmental Therapeutics Branch (DTB), DNA Replication Group requires a Brand Name or Equal Diagenode Bioruptor Pic Sonicator. 

This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial items, prepared in accordance with the format in FAR 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice, and shall be processed in accordance with FAR Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures.This announcement constitutes the only solicitation that will be provided in relation to the stated need contained herein. This solicitation is a request for quote (RFQ) and includes applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAR Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2021-03 (2/16/2021). 

This requirement is a Total Small Business Set-Aside, under North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing) for which the small business size standard is 1,000 employees. One Firm-Fixed-Priced award is anticipated to be made in relation to this solicitation.   

***Please see attached Combined Synopsis Solicitation document titled "CombSyn_BNorE_Diagenode Bipruptor" for full solicitation details, to include: Statement of Need, Purchase Order Terms and Conditions, and Quotation Evaluation/Submittal Instructions. At the Governments discretion, failure to comply with the instructions contained in this document could result in quotations not recieving consideration for award.*** 

Questions:

Questions must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist, John Russell, at [email protected]. Questions may be submitted as attachments to emails in MS Word, or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Submittals are due not later than 2:00 P.M. EST on Friday, March 5th, 2021 (03/055/21). Note that the Government reserves the right to transmit questions and answers of a common interest to all prospective Contractors. 

Quotations:

Quotations must be submitted via email to the Contract Specialist, John Russell, at [email protected] no later than 2:00 P.M. EST, on Monday, March 15th, 2021 (03/15/21). Quotations may be submitted as attachments to emails in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).

Please reference the Solicitation number: 75N91021Q00034 on all correspondence.