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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. The National Institutes of Hea... 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. The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), in support of the work of the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disease (NIDDK), intends to award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition to Protein Technologies, Inc., 4675 South Coach Drive, Tucson, AZ 85714, USA acquire PurePep™ Chorus, 110/230 VAC, 50/60 HZ, 4RV Synthesizer. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516 with a Size Standard 1000. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Circular (FAC) 2020-06 effective 06-05-2020. 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 ($250,000) and FAR Subpart 12- Acquisition of Commercial Items. 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. Place of Performance National Institutes of Health 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda MD 20892 United States DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Purchase of a PurePep Chorus Automated 4 Channel, Solid-Phase, Peptide/Bio-Organic Synthesizer (110/230 VAC, 50/60 Hz) with induction heating on all channels. Includes embedded computer, detachable external tablet, PurePep Chorus Windows® software, cables and connectors, single waste container, safety-coated solvent bottles (7 x 1 L, 2 x 4 L), and 4 each of 10mL, 25mL and 40mL glass RVs. Standard one-year warranty, with four year extended warrantee. Start-up kit Reaction vessel prep station. On-site installation of PurePep Chorus by GPT-certified personnel. Includes travel, lodging and labor for the Gyros Protein Technologies-certified service engineer. Inside delivery is being ordered. There are no broker fees as the unit manufactures and ships from within the United States. The contractor shall provide the following: CHR-4RVIHEAT PurePep™ Chorus, 110/230 VAC, 50/60 HZ, 4RV Synthesizer, with induction heating CHR-INSTALL PurePep™ Chorus Onsite installation CHR-STARTKIT PurePep™ Chorus start-up kit PPS-RVPREPSTAT Reaction Vessel Preparation Station Freight Charge CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND- NAME) DETERMINATION 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. Only one source is available: Per FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) the Contracting Officer has determined Protein Technologies is the sole provider for the PurePep Chorus Automated 4 Channel, Solid-Phase, Peptide/Bio-Organic Synthesizer (110/230 VAC, 50/60 Hz) with induction heating on all channels. There is only one available source. This synthesizer will be used for research using peptides with non-natural amino acids. These non-natural peptides must be made synthetically thus the only way to make them is via synthetic route. A peptide synthesizer for use in generating Nanobodies, parathyroid hormone (PTH) analogues containing non-natural ?-amino acids and to study the immune properties of non-natural ?/?-peptides. The requested unit is the only configuration available that can run 4 peptide synthesis concurrently and has the capacity for scale-up in both volume and number of parallel reactions that can be performed. 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, unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), 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 to this notice shall be submitted electronically by 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time, on June 23, 2020 to Verne Griffin, verne.griffin@nih.gov and shall reference solicitation number NICHD-20-124 in the subject line.