Inactive Partial Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

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 Nat... 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 Department of Critical Care Medicine Department (CCMD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The Intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334510 with a Size Standard 1200 # of Employees. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-97, January 24, 2018. 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 ($250,000). 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: To purchase of SonoSites SII Ultra sound system at the Clinical Center. 2. Background Information: The Department of Critical Medicine Department serves as the as the defined, observation, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with the overall or potential failure of vital function. CCMD composed of the 6 Sections of the NIH Clinical Center. It provides both superb care for Clinical Center patients who may benefits from critical care services to improve of the critical diseases processes and train health care professional leadership in directing the standard and goals of critical care clinical practice, training and Research. One of the biggest challenges of keep hospital current is the evolution of technology , in this case Ultrasonography demands evaluation of the patients , which may occur outside the ICU during consultation and emergency purposes, to support patient care and research protocol studies, particularly in areas which utilize the unique strengths of the National Institutes of Health. 3. Purpose or Objective: The purpose of this procurement is to procure Sonosite Ultra sound System including rP19x/5-1 MHz Transducer 4. Period of Performance: BASE of One (1) Year without option period CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS (SCOPE OF WORK) MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONs 1. Dimensions: 17.6” x 11.5” x 4.8” / 44.7 cm x 29.3 cm x 12.3 cm 12.6 lbs / 5.70 kg with battery Monitor: 12.1”/30.7 cm diagonal LCD (NTSC or PAL) with chemically etched glass layer Monitor Viewing Angle: 85 de rees up/down/left/right System Boot up: < 25 seconds from power?on to scanning Image Size: 185 mm x 138 mm Screen Size: 12.1 (246 mm x 138 mm) Screen Resolution: 800 x 600 Architecture: All digital broadband Gray Scale: 256 shades Cine Review available (Up to 255 frame?by?frame images) Dynamic Range Up to 165 dB HIPAA Compliance: Comprehensive tool s t The system shall withstand a drop for a height of 3 feet/91.4. The system shall be safe and function normally after these drops. Clinical display brightness: max 450 cd/m2, default (level 8) at 350 cd/m2 Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA™) Warranty & Service Five?year standard warranty on the system. Five?year standard warranty on rP19x, r60xi, ICTx, L38xi, L25x, HFL50x, HFL38xi, HSL25x, P10x, C35x and C11x transducers. Two? year warranty on L52 (Vet). One?year standard warranty on battery and accessories carrying the manufacturer’s label excluding the system. Next business day loaner or replacement where available (Next?day shipping not available in all geographical locations). CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION The intended sole source is the only known source to meet the technical needs of the scientific equipment/supplies. The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10-Market Research. 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 March 20, 2018, 10:00 PM Eastern time and must reference solicitation number 21-005248 . Responses may be submitted electronically to Priscilla Abalos, Contracting Specialist at Priscilla.abalos@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. "All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency."

Inactive Partial Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

Solicitation # HHSN-NIH-CCOPC-SBSS-21-005248 This is a Small business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is ... Solicitation # HHSN-NIH-CCOPC-SBSS-21-005248 This is a Small business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources:(2) whether there are small businesses, HUBZONE small businesses, service disabled veteran-owned small businesses or (8a) small businesses, veteran- owned small business, woman-owned small businesses or small disadvantaged businesses veteran owned small businesses; woman owned businesses, or small disadvantaged businesses and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your response to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable code should not submit a response to this notice. Background Information The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s foremost federally funded biomedical research institution. It is comprised of twenty-seven Institutes, Centers and Divisions. The Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center is the on-site 267-bed hospital for the NIH campus comprised of clinical, laboratory and administrative staff who support the Institutes as they conduct clinical research working with inpatients and outpatients participating in research studies at the NIH. The Department of Critical Care Medicine Department (CCMD)) provides Clinical Investigation in support for patients enrolled in the experimental protocols of several Institutes. The Department of Critical care Medicine Department Services provides support for several research protocols that demand respiratory therapy. Many of these therapies performs research studies on critical care diseases. The Clinical Center has a critical need to establish a contract to accommodate the instrument operate with the infectious diseases to provide sample , product and personnel protection. Purpose/Duties The purpose of this notice is to procure Ultra sound System including rP19x/5-1 MHz transducer –Armored Cable /L25X/13-6 MHZ Transducer-Armored Cable Biopsy Compatible /SII Stand /SII Ultrasound service Manual /5 year Warranty. One of the challenges of keep the hospital current is the evolution of Technology in this case Ultrasonography. This is system is demand ultrasound evaluation of patient, which need to occur outside CCU during consultation on the other floors or during the emergency occur SCOPE OF WORK The contractor shall deliver the Ultrasound System Location: The device delivery location – National Institute of Health, Clinical Center bldg. 10 –CRC/Room 2C-145, Bethesda, MD 20892. Capability Statement is to include: Information regarding respondents; (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience and informal and other training; (b) current in-house capability to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts; references, and other related information: Respondents, DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contract, and size and type of business (e.g.8(a), HUBZone, etc) pursuant to the applicable NAICS code; Respondents; technical and administrative points of contract including names, titles addresses, telephone and fax numbers and email addresses; Respondents must respond to this notice by March 10, 2021 DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTICES: 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 qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation maybe published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a future solicitation. Primary Point of Contact Priscilla Abalos Contract Specialist Phone Number 703-687-3438