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(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This annou... (i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. (ii) The solicitation number is 75N95021Q00211 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation. This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures; FAR Subpart 13.5—Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items; and FAR Part 12—Acquisition of Commercial Items, and is expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. THIS IS A NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) COMBINED SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition (OA), on behalf of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), intends to negotiate and award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition (including Brand-Name) to Bruker Bruker Corporation, 15 Fortune Drive, Billerica, MA, 01821-3991, for the purpose of purchasing a Bruker Biospin 1H MRI CryoProbe 4 Element Array for Mice. This acquisition is conducted as non-competitive for a commercial item or service and is conducted pursuant to FAR Subpart 13.5—Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items and FAR 13.501, Special Documentation Requirements, in accordance with 41 United States Code (U.S.C.) 1901.). (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) Number 2021-06, with an effective date of July 12, 2021. (iv) The associated NAICS code 334516 and the small business size standard is 1,000 Employees. (v) The National Institute on Aging (NIA) requires a Bruker Biospin 1H MRI CryoProbe 4 Element Array for mice. Project Requirements: The requested mouse brain MRI array cryoprobe must offer the following salient characteristics: 1. Must be tuned to receive signals at 400 MHz, the proton NMR frequency at 9.4 Tesla, under the dielectric load of a mouse head (or mouse head phantom) 2. Must fit within existing Bruker 86 mm quadrature proton transmitter coil 3. Must be possible to place the center of the coil at the center of our Bruker 9.4 Tesla 20 cm USR magnet, BGA12S-HP gradient/shim coil and 86 mm quadrature proton transmitter coil 4. Must include all necessary mounting hardware to fix coil at center of B0 and B1 magnetic fields while reducing vibration at the field center to ambient levels 5. Must be actively detuned for use as a receive-only coil in existing Bruker 86 mm quadrature proton transmitter coil 6. Must at least 4 and no more than 8 receive channels 7. Must have ODU plug compatible with low-power proton socket in Bruker CCM cabinet 8. Must have built-in preamplifiers for each receive channel 9. Coil elements and preamplifier must be cryogenically cooled (at or below 77 K) to achieve an increase in signal-to-noise of at least two-fold relative to room temperature operation when imaging a standard mouse head phantom 10. Coil housing must include passive insulation and/or a heating system to maintain all surfaces contacted the mouse head at a temperature between 25 and 40 C 11. Must be equipped with a removable animal bed equipped with a nose cone for inhalation anesthesia, stereotaxic fixation by bite bar and ear bars and provision for reproducible placement in the cryoprobe assembly 12. Must be equipped with all necessary hardware, transfer lines and cables to maintain continuous cryogenic cooling of all coil elements and preamplifiers so long as electrical power and water cooling are supplied according to manufacturer's standards 13. Must be sized to fit mice up to 50 grams body weight with coverage of entire brain in one scanning station 14. With removable animal bed, cryoprobe must support scanning of both mouse brain and mouse kidneys in no more than two stations 15. 12 month warranty following installation All deliverables required under this contract shall be packaged, marked and shipped in accordance with Government specifications. At a minimum, all deliverables shall be marked with the contract number and Contractor name. The Contractor shall guarantee that all required materials shall be delivered in immediate usable and acceptable condition. (vi) Delivery shall be to: National Institute on Aging (NIA) Attn: Kenneth Fishbein 251 Bayview Boulevard BRC Bldg, Rm 04B120 Baltimore, MD 21224 (vii) The Government anticipates award of a firm fixed-price purchase order for this acquisition with an anticipated delivery date of 12 months after receipt of purchase order. Delivery will be f.o.b. destination. (viii) The provision at FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998), applies to this acquisition. This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at these addresses: https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html (End of provision) The following provisions apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference: • FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2018) • FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020) • FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Jun 2020) • FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Feb 2021) • HHSAR 352.239-73, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Notice (December 18, 2015) The clause at FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998), applies to this acquisition. This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at these addresses: https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html (End of clause) The following clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference: • FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018) • FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 2020) • FAR 52.204-25, Prohibition on Contract for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Oct 2020) • FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Oct 2018). Addendum to this FAR clause applies to this acquisition and is attached. • HHSAR 352.222-70, Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations (December 18, 2015) The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are attached in full text. Offerors MUST complete the provisions at 52.204-24 and 52.204-26 and submit completed copies as separate documents with their quote. • FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Oct 2020) • FAR 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation (Oct 2020) • FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (July 2021) • NIH Invoice and Payment Provisions (Rev. Feb 2021) (ix) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: (i) technical capability of the items offered to meet the Government requirement;, (ii) price, and (iii) past performance. Technical capability and past performance, when combined, are significantly more important than price. (b) A written notice of award or acceptance of an offer, mailed or otherwise furnished to the successful offeror within the time for acceptance specified in the offer, shall result in a binding contract without further action by either party. Before the offer’s specified expiration time, the Government may accept an offer (or part of an offer), whether or not there are negotiations after its receipt, unless a written notice of withdrawal is received before award. (x) The Offerors to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. (xi) There are no additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions applicable to this acquisition. (xii) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement. (xiii) Responses to this solicitation must include sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities of providing the product or service. The price quote shall include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, delivery days after contract award, delivery terms, prompt payment discount terms, F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), product or catalog number(s), product description, and any other information or factors that may be considered in the award decision. Such factors may include past performance, special features required for effective program performance, trade-in considerations, probable life of the item selected as compared with that of a comparable item, warranty considerations, maintenance availability, and environmental and energy efficiency considerations. The Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov All quotations must be received by Tuesday, August 3, 2021, at 3:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight/Standard Timeand reference Solicitation Number 75N95021Q00211. Responses must be submitted electronically to Diedra Prophet, Contract Specialist, at diedra.prophet@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted. (xiv) The name and telephone number of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation: Diedra Prophet, Contract Specialist 301-402-8070 diedra.prophet@nih.gov

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Description: 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:... Description: 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 they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small 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 responses 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 NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. This notice is issued to help determine the availability of qualified companies technically capable of meeting the Government requirement and to determine the method of acquisition. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this notice. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by the respondents to this notice. This notice is strictly for research and information purposes only. Background: Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy of the mouse brain is one of the major applications for the NIA IRP’s preclinical MRI scanners and is of major importance in collaborative projects involving the characterization of neurodegeneration in mouse models. An example is our ongoing collaboration with LMG on the effects of dietary interventions on regional cerebral volume loss in a triple-transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. This and other projects involving MR scanning of the mouse brain will benefit directly from the purchase of a mouse head array cryoprobe, which will dramatically boost sensitivity in both imaging and spectroscopy experiments without requiring any upgrades to our 9.4T MRI scanner’s magnet or console electronics. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) requires a Bruker Biospin 1H MRI CryoProbe 4 Element Array for mice. This requirement covers a state-of-the-art, cryogenically-cooled mouse head MRI coil for use in our new Biospec 9.4T/20 cm scanner. Relative to the NIA existing coils. This coil offers an approximately 2.5-fold improvement in MRI signal-to-noise ratio, which can be used to image the mouse brain at much higher spatial resolution and/or to accelerate image acquisition by a factor of 5 or more. This is achieved by cooling both the coil itself and its preamplifiers to a temperature of 10 Kelvin, where thermal noise is greatly reduced relative to room temperature. Project Requirements: The requested mouse brain MRI array cryoprobe must offer the following salient characteristics: Must be tuned to receive signals at 400 MHz, the proton NMR frequency at 9.4 Tesla, under the dielectric load of a mouse head (or mouse head phantom) Must fit within existing Bruker 86 mm quadrature proton transmitter coil Must be possible to place the center of the coil at the center of our Bruker 9.4 Tesla 20 cm USR magnet, BGA12S-HP gradient/shim coil and 86 mm quadrature proton transmitter coil Must include all necessary mounting hardware to fix coil at center of B0 and B1 magnetic fields while reducing vibration at the field center to ambient levels Must be actively detuned for use as a receive-only coil in existing Bruker 86 mm quadrature proton transmitter coil Must at least 4 and no more than 8 receive channels Must have ODU plug compatible with low-power proton socket in Bruker CCM cabinet Must have built-in preamplifiers for each receive channel Coil elements and preamplifier must be cryogenically cooled (at or below 77 K) to achieve an increase in signal-to-noise of at least two-fold relative to room temperature operation when imaging a standard mouse head phantom Coil housing must include passive insulation and/or a heating system to maintain all surfaces contacted the mouse head at a temperature between 25 and 40 C Must be equipped with a removable animal bed equipped with a nose cone for inhalation anesthesia, stereotaxic fixation by bite bar and ear bars and provision for reproducible placement in the cryoprobe assembly Must be equipped with all necessary hardware, transfer lines and cables to maintain continuous cryogenic cooling of all coil elements and preamplifiers so long as electrical power and water cooling are supplied according to manufacturer's standards Must be sized to fit mice up to 50 grams body weight with coverage of entire brain in one scanning station With removable animal bed, cryoprobe must support scanning of both mouse brain and mouse kidneys in no more than two stations Anticipated Delivery Date: 12 months after receipt of order Capability statement /information sought. The intent of this sources sought notice is to define the procurement strategy (e.g. set-aside, sole source, unrestricted) for a solicitation that is intended to be posted soon. Interested vendors are requested to respond by (1) identifying how their proposed product meets or exceeds the project requirements listed above; and (2) providing product literature, white papers, or capability statements that demonstrate their bona fide ability to supply such an item within the time frame described above. In addition, please state your business size status and whether you are the manufacturer or authorized distributor of the item you propose. Please note that the NIA is particularly interested in small business sources. If you are a small business, please state the type of small business (small business; HUBZone; service-disabled, veteran-owned; 8(a); veteran-owned; woman-owned; or small disadvantaged businesses) and your size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. The respondent must also provide their DUNS number, organization name, address, point of contact, and size and type of business (e.g., 8(a), HubZone, etc., pursuant to the applicable NAICS code and any other information that may be helpful in developing or finalizing the acquisition requirements. One (1) copy of the response is required and must be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format using 11-point or 12-point font, 8-1/2” x 11” paper size, with 1” top, bottom, left and right margins, and with single or double spacing. The information submitted must be in an outline format that addresses each of the elements of the project requirements and in the capability statement /information sought paragraphs stated herein. A cover page and an executive summary may be included but is not required. The response is limited to ten (10) pages. The 10-page limit does not include the cover page, executive summary, or references, if requested. The response must include the respondents’ technical and administrative points of contact, including names, titles, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. All responses to this notice must be submitted electronically to the Contract Specialist. Facsimile responses are NOT accepted. The response must be submitted to Diedra Prophet at e-mail address Diedra.Prophet@nih.gov. The response must be received on or before Monday, June 14, 2021 at 12:00 pm Eastern Time. 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 provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a presolicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses 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).