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Title Non-Federal Temporary Help for Laboratory Research for the Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM) Product Service Code: R499 NAICS Code: 541715 Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892 USA POTS... Title Non-Federal Temporary Help for Laboratory Research for the Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM) Product Service Code: R499 NAICS Code: 541715 Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892 USA POTS: 24-009616 Description This is a notice of intent, NOT a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will NOT be issued, and quotations will NOT be requested. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price purchase order to Dr. Samar Sayedyahossein of London, ON N5X3Y1 to serve as a research scientist within the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chemistry Service from September 15,2024 to January 31, 2025. The Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chemistry Service has a request for a research scientist position. The research scientist will perform a variety of laboratory procedures with high accuracy and technical expertise, often with minimal supervision. Additionally, the research scientist will provide support services to help meet the Clinical Center's overall objectives. The primary aim is to achieve results and deliverables through these support activities. Dr. Samar Sayedyahossein is uniquely qualified to fulfill the above requirement both in education and specialized training. Dr. Samar Sayedyahossein has eleven years of research experience performing the specialized techniques required. Dr. Samar Sayedyahossein has extensive experience evaluating data, troubleshooting experiments, designing approaches when experiments do not work, presenting clearly and logically, writing manuscripts, and submitting them for publication. Dr. Samar Sayedyahossein holds both an MD and a PhD and has designed and conducted a wide and complex variety of assays, tests, and studies. Dr. Samar Sayedyahossein expertise includes proximity ligation assays, confocal microscopy, cell cultures, YAP transcriptional activity measurements, subcellular fractionations, cell Hippo pathway activation, insulin cell stimulation, western blots with Image Studio, evaluation, and quantification of protein phosphorylation on serine/tyrosine residues, generation and expression of fusion proteins, construct and express plasmids and dual luciferase-based assays. Dr. Samar Sayedyahossein is proficient in transcription and translation assays and is familiar with breeding mice and isolating tissues. Dr. Samar Sayedyahossein has performed highly specialized and advanced experiments which have been published in prominent scientific journals. There is no other known scientist that has the breadth of experience and knowledge to perform the stated requirement. ****See attached Statement of Work**** This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. The total dollar value of this requirement shall not exceed the Simplified Acquisition Threshold (SAT), $250,000.00. Interested parties may identify their interest and submit capability statements in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Shasheshe Goolsby, Lead Contract Specialist, shasheshe.goolsby@nih.gov by August 23, 2024, 6:30AM EST. *** Please send your capability statements ONLY. This IS NOT a request for quotation. ***