THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED.It is the intent of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions (OA) for the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to negotiate on a sole source basis with Cimarron Software, Inc. 30 East Broadway, Ste 204, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 to provide software customization and maintenance on the Cimarron Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Laboratory Workflow System (LWS). This software is being used in a large scale Sequencing Initiative for handling patient DNA samples. The software customization will provide local control and flexibility needed to keep up with revolutionary changes in the laboratory. Cimarron provided the initial design and implementation of the LWS and therefore are uniquely qualified to create the additional features required to support the rapidly evolving laboratory pipeline. An equally important component of this package is the standard maintenance support. The period of performance will be for 12 months from date of award. The vendor will provide the following services: ? Development of new components to the existing LWS ? Participate in conferences ? Document system specifications ? Provide programmer consultation ? Provide annual maintenance and software support The sole source determination is based upon the fact that Cimarron is the sole source manufacturer of this system and as such are the only ones that can provide the necessary technical support. There are no other authorized vendors for this equipment so they are the only known source that is currently able to assist the NHGRI in this software expansion project. This acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and is exempt from the requirements of FAR part 6, Competition Requirements. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 541511 and the Size Standard is $23.0M. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NHLBI-PB-HG-2008-20-KLW may be submitted by mail to the National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, Procurement Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 6042, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention: Kesha Williams, by fax transmission to (301) 480-3345 or by email to [email protected]

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