INTRODUCTION
THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center (CC), Office of Purchasing and Contracts (OPC) on behalf of the Center for Cellular Engineering (CCE), Clinical Center (CC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to:

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

115 Norwood Park S.

Norwood, MA, 02062-4633    

UNITED STATES

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516 with a Size Standard 1000 employee.


REGULATORY AUTHORITY
The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2020-5, February 27, 2020.  This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold.


STATUTORY AUTHORITY
This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title: Siemens/ ADVIA 2120i w/Dual Aspirate.

2. Background Information: The Department of Transfusion Medicine/Center for Cellular Engineering  (CCE) provide in-process and lot release testing to support the clinical cell processing laboratory, performs automated cell counts on platelet products to support the DTM blood collection to treat the patients in clinical center.

3. Delivery: 60 Days A.R.O.

CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS (SCOPE OF WORK)

1. Requirements: 

- 1x ADVIA 2120i w/Dual Aspirate- RoHS, CAT.#11219529

- 1x ADVIA 2120i PLUS warranty service for 1 Year.

- 1x Training slot for the ADVIA 2120i w/Dual Aspirate-RoHS at the Siemens training facility, with reasonable airfare to be paid by Siemens.

* Training slots shall remain available for 2 years f rom the date of Equipment installation

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 a technical proposal, a cost-price proposal, the period of performance, 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 June 29, 2020, 9:00 AM Eastern time and must reference pre-solicitation number 20-010490 Responses may be submitted electronically to Mrs. Grace Wong-Darko, Contracting Specialist at [email protected]. Fax responses will not be accepted.

"All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency."