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 VizX Labs, LLC 200 First Avenue West Suite 302, Seattle, WA 98119 to provide an annual subscription renewal of the GeneSifter Lab Edition. This software is used to analyze and manage microarray data. It provides a broad range of statistical and biological tools in a convenient on-line system that helps scientists efficiently reveal the biological relevance of their microarray data. The period of performance will be for 12 months. The GeneSifter Lab Edition software provided by this vendor will provide: ? User Account; (permits up to two concurrent users to access the account at any time and from any internet connected computer) ? Full access to GeneSifter technical and scientific support; ? All GeneSifter software updates; ? Data storage sufficient for 1,000 data sets; ? Daily data back-up; ? Secure, anytime/anywhere web-based access with username and password; ? The One-Click Gene Summary(tm), merging the latest annotation from 11 sources with continuous and automatic updating; ? Comprehensive reports that aid in understanding biological relevance; ? Web-based collaboration to view and share findings worldwide; ? Unparalleled ease of use, which facilitates meaningful conclusions right away with minimal or no software training needed. 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 511210 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-2008-100-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]

Bid Protests Not Available