This Small Business Sources Sought Notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government. This notice is intended strictly for Market Research. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Eunice Kennedy Shriver, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and technical capability of qualified small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business or HUBZone small businesses capable of providing Human apolipoprotein A5 (Apo-A5) ELISA Kit.

The NIDDK Clinical Core Laboratory processes, labels, catalogues, stores and analyzes clinical samples for investigators within NIDDK. It is essential to use kits for the analyses of samples that are reliable and that have been validated for reproducibility accuracy and precision. Most of the metabolic assays that are used in the lab have already been validated after extensive research and development. This requires testing numerous commercially available antibody pairs and is a time consuming and expensive process. Once the kits have been validated, we cannot change the vendor for a project (since changing antibodies may change the results). The studies where this is crucial is for longitudinal studies where the results must be compared from patient visits over multiple years. The main objective is to measure Human Apolipoprotein A5 (Apo-A5) ELISA kits for NIDDK Phoenix. The goal of Phoenix NIDDK is to investigate the influence metabolic changes on Apo A5 production.

The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industrial Classification (NAICS) code 325414 with a size standard of 1250 All respondents are requested to identify their firm's size and type of business. Interested firms responding to this market survey must provide (a) capability statement demonstrating their experience, skills and capability to fulfill the Government's requirements for the above. The capability statement shall be in sufficient enough detail, but not to exceed 15 pages, so that the Government can determine the experience and capability of your firm to provide the requirements above. Capability statement must be received at the email address identified in this synopsis by 11:00 A.M. local time on August 6, 2019. Any questions regarding this announcement must be sent via email to [email protected] and must include solicitation NICHD-19-179 in the subject line of email.

This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provided feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate response to a solicitation.

Responses to this notice shall contain enough information to establish the interested parties bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: certification by the OEM that you are authorized to provide services.

Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provided feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate response to a solicitation. Confidentiality - No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s)." PLEASE NOTE: In order to receive an award, contractor must be registered and have valid certification in the System for Award Management (SAM) http://www.sam.gov

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