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This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This acquisition is NOT expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY
This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1.
DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT
Purpose and Objectives
The purpose of this requirement is acquisition of one (1) Plexon, Inc. OmniPlex Neural Data Acquisition System to conduct in-vivo electrophysiological studies examining the neural correlations underlying individual differences in animal reward seeking. This equipment will be used by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program (IRP) in conjunction with an owned Plexon OmniPlex Neural Data Acquisition System and to ensure standardization of data and research integrity only another Plexon OmniPlex Neural Data Acquisition System is acceptable.
Project Description
The Contractor must be able to provide the following:
1. One (1) OmniPlex D [Plexon Part No. 94200]
2. One (1) Digitzing Amplifier DA1/16 [Plexon Part No. 94210]
3. One (1) OmniPlex SW/16 [Plexon Part No. 94230]
4. One (1) OFS/v3 with OmniPlex D [Plexon Part No. 94205]
5. Two (2) HST/8o50-G1-GR [Plexon Part No. 50982]
6. One (1) HSC/2/8-MCW-19.25L [Plexon Part No. 91768]
7. One (1) HTU/8o50 [Plexon Part No. 51015]
8. Ten (10) CON/8o50m-10P [Plexon Part No. 51014]
9. One (1) COM/B-ADP-DB25M-HW26M [Plexon Part No. 50129]
10. One (1) COM/T-ADP-DB25M-HW26F [Plexon Part No. 50137]
11. One (1) CBL/DI-OmniPlex-BW-15L [Plexon Part No. 90426]
12. One (1) NEX/v5-3usb [Plexon Part No. 92229]
13. One (1) TDS1001C [Plexon Part No. 91251]
14. One (1) PLX-4 System Controller [Plexon Part No. 80001]
15. One (1) MON/24LCD-W-OPX [Plexon Part No. 24800]
16. One (1) OmniPlex-INS [Plexon Part No. 90394]
17. Shipping and Handling
Delivery/Period of Performance
It is expected that the above described project requirements will be delivered within sixty (60) days after contractor receipt of award. A firm fixed price purchase order is anticipated.
CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION
The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted. Specifically, only Plexon, Inc. is capable of meeting the needs of this requirement because of research data standardization requirements. The NIDA IRP is currently using a Plexon OmniPlex Neural Data Acquisition System to perform the above-described research and now requires an additional system to handle the volume of efforts. To ensure that research data integrity is not jeopardized and results-acquisition remains standardized throughout the study, only another Plexon OmniPlex Neural Data Acquisition System is acceptable for this requirement. Use of any other equipment would lead to discrepancies in data that would invalidate correlations and conclusions that may be discovered via this research. Further, this equipment is proprietary to Plexon, its Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), and Plexon does not allow other contractors to sell its products. Accordingly, only Plexon is capable of meeting the needs of this requirement.
The intended source is:
Plexon, Inc
6500 Greenville Avenue, Suite 700
Dallas, Texas 75206, USA
CLOSING STATEMENT
THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov."
A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.
All responses must be received by the closing date and time of this announcement and must reference the solicitation number. Responses may be submitted electronically to Lauren Phelps, Contract Specialist, at [email protected]. US Mail and Fax responses will not be accepted.