Inactive

(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 HHS-NIH-NIDA-CSS-75N95021Q00138 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). 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. (iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) Number 2021-06, with effective date July 12, 2021. (iv) The associated NAICS code is 334516 and the small business size standard is 1000 employees. This requirement has no set-aside restrictions. (v) Purchase Description: See Purchase Description attached. (vi) The Government anticipates award of a firm fixed-price purchase order for this acquisition, and the anticipated delivery date is 60 days after receipt of order (ARO). The place of delivery and acceptance will be 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda MD 20892. (vii) 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 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal (Aug 1999) FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors--Commercial Items (MAR 2020) FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications – Commercial Items (FEB 2021) FAR 52.222-22, Previous Contracts and Compliance Reports (FEB 1999) 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 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (OCT 2018) 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 incorporated as an attachment. Offerors MUST complete the provisions at 52.204-24 and 52.204-26 and submit completed copies as separate documents with their proposal: FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items (JAN 2021) 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) Invoice and Payment Provisions/Instructions for Submitting Electronic Invoices via Email (viii) 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 item offered to meet the Government requirement; (ii) past performance; (iii) price. When combined, technical capability and past performance 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. (ix) Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. (x) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Addendum to this FAR clause applies to this acquisition and is attached. (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 July 30, 2021 at 12:00 pm Eastern Daylight/Standard Time and must reference solicitation number HHS-NIH-NIDA-CSS-75N95021Q00138. Responses must be submitted electronically to Andrea Clay, Contract Specialist, at amcgee@nida.nih.gov Fax responses will not be accepted. (xiv) The name and of the individual to contact for information regarding the solicitation: Andrea Clay Contract Specialist amcgee@nida.nih.gov

Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE Solicitation Number: HHS-NIH-NIDA-(AG)-SBSS-75N95021Q000138 Title: Automated Cell Culture Processing System NAICS Code: 334516 Description: Automated Cell Culture Processing Syst... SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE Solicitation Number: HHS-NIH-NIDA-(AG)-SBSS-75N95021Q000138 Title: Automated Cell Culture Processing System NAICS Code: 334516 Description: Automated Cell Culture Processing System 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: Automated Cell Culture Processing Systems mimic the manual cell culture process to maintain and expand multiple cell lines in a range from 6-well, 12-well, single well, and 384-well formats. The production of cells in large quantities and in consistent quality is a critical step for the implementation of cell-based high throughput screens (HTS). Current cell production for HTS is done manually, which leads to suboptimal batch-to-batch consistency, is a contamination-prone process, it has limited scalability, and lacks the needed industrial scale reproducibility. This leads to inconsistencies in the results of the screens, reduced productivity, and increased cost. This is particularly challenging when using stem cell and stem cell-derived cells because of the long duration of cultures, frequent media exchange steps to introduce differentiation media, and the high number of steps in the processing protocols. Automated tissue culture enables cell production with greater reproducibility and productivity. Flexible processing capabilities of our IPSCs will enable the provision of larger quantities of cells daily for cell-based assays while simultaneously growing smaller volumes of different cell lines for basic research and development activities. Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this acquisition is to procure an automated cell culture processing system. Scope of Work: The Contractor shall provide the Government with an automated cell culture processing system mimics the manual cell culture process to maintain and expand multiple cell lines in a range from 6-well, 12-well, single well, and 384-well formats. Salient characteristics: Vendor must be able to provide these specifications: 1. The system must be capable of culturing multiple cell lines with cell line specific protocols. 2. It must be able to operate unattended, enabling more effective use of valuable resources. 3. The system must be able to culture delicate or complex cell lines such as iPS cells and primary cells. 4. The system must be capable of maintaining stock cell lines for multiple projects. 5. The system must be equipped with automated system that decaps/caps screw capped tubes and provides barcode reading of 1-D and 2-D barcodes. 6. The system must be equipped with an automated centrifuge for centrifugation of deep well plates to pellet down cells. 7. The system must have a heater-shaker with 3.0 mm orbit as well as a tilting of plates in the y-axis for media aspiration. 8. The system must be equipped with a 4-degree media storage system 9. The system must be equipped with a 37C degree warming delivery system to enable media dispensing (30 - 5,000?L) for multiple and simultaneous media exchanges. 10. The system must be able to send system updates via email. 11. The system must automatically back up valuable information to remote media 12. The system must allow users to generate custom formatted reports as well as adjust protocol programming. 13. The system must be able to generate assay-ready plates for cell-based screening and assay development. 14. The system must be capable of processing 6, 24, 96 and 384-well standard plates and also 24 and 96-well insert plates at consecutively and/or congruently. 15. The system must be equipped with a barcode reader on the plating module to track plates during operation. 16. The system must enable direct imaging and counting of cells in 1 well, 6-well, 12-well and 384-well, confluence measurement and enhanced QA of cells and has to include required lenses for detailed fluorescent imaging. 17. The system must allow life cycle management support including operator training, preventative maintenance, and system upgrades. 18. Installation, training and delivery shall be performed by the contractor. Anticipated delivery: 34 to 48 weeks after receipt or order Place of Performance: 35 Convent Drive Bethesda, MD 20892 Capability statement /information sought. Contractors that believe they possess the ability to provide the requirement should submit documentation of their ability to meet each of the project requirements to the Contract Specialist. The response should directly and specifically state in the capability statement which project requirements you can supply. Contractors must also provide their Company Name, DUNS Number, Physical 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 must be in and outline format that addresses each of the elements of the project requirement 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) page limit. 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 (capability statements) sent in response to this Small Business Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via e-mail) to the Contract Specialist. Facsimile responses are NOT accepted. The response must be submitted to Andrea Clay, Contract Specialist at e-mail address amcgee@mail.nih.gov The response must be received on or before May 10, 2021 at 12:00PM, 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).”