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Sources Sought Announcement Title: Brand Name Pipette Tips for use on the Hamilton Vantage Workstation ID: SS-NIAID-24-2224755 Post Date: July 2, 2024 Response Date: July 2, 2024 NAICS: 334516 Introdu... Sources Sought Announcement Title: Brand Name Pipette Tips for use on the Hamilton Vantage Workstation ID: SS-NIAID-24-2224755 Post Date: July 2, 2024 Response Date: July 2, 2024 NAICS: 334516 Introduction This is a Sources Sought Notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement. Background, Purpose, Objectives The Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) was established to facilitate research in vaccine development. The Vaccine Immunology Program (VIP), at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC), supports the development of novel methodologies and optimization of assays, along with immunological basic research for the attainment of biologics and vaccines in the fight against infectious diseases such as Influenza, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Ebola, Corona-virus (COVID-19) and other infectious diseases. The Pandemic Response Repository Microbial/Immune Surveillance and Epidemiology (PREMISE) and COVID-19 response needs high throughput, multiplexed serological and cellular assays as part of one of its main objectives that will be supported by the VIP laboratory. The VIP laboratory (GCLP compliant), is fundamental in supporting intramural and extramural clinical trials through method development and clinical sample testing with the generation of data for the advancement of treatments and vaccines for the above-named diseases. Currently VIP has two Beckman automated liquid handlers and a Hamilton Vantage workstation to perform high-throughput testing. This request would be for additional workstation pipette tips for performing experiments on the workstation. Project Requirements Successful offerors must have the knowledge, skill, ability, and resources to reliably provide a brand name or equal set of the sterile tips as follows: Note, the tips must be compatible with the Hamilton Vantage workstation. Minimum requirements of the type of tips to be used on this system can be found at https://www.hamiltoncompany.com/automated-liquid-handling/disposable-tips Description of need: • 120 cases x 384_50L TIP 20X384, STERILE (Item Number 235694) • 25 cases x 300UL CO-RE TIPS STACK STERILE (Item Number 235985) • 25 cases x 384_50UL TIP 20X96, STERILE (Item Number 235695) • Shipping and Handling QTY of 1 The Government anticipates awarding a firm fixed price purchase order, after solicitation for this requirement. Date of Delivery: 30 days from ARO Place of Delivery Gaithersburg, MD 20878 Capability Statement/Information Sought All capable vendors should respond with a brief capability statement by July 12, 2024 at 2:00 PM EST. The capability statement must include the ability to provide the required brand name or equal products, as per specifications, and that are compatible with the Hamilton Vantage workstation. Capability statement must include place of manufacturer. If your organization has the potential capacity to support this requirement, please provide the following information: 1) organization name, address, point of contact, email address, website address, telephone number, UEI number and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) respondents shall indicate if they are the manufacturer or the distributor of Vantage Liquid Handling workstation and consumables and shall include basic information on product specifications. If an equal product is recommended (not specific to the brand proposed) then sufficient details shall be provided by the respondent describing how the equal product being recommended, meets the minimum specifications of the requirement. Capability statements should also include documentation indicating that offerors business size as determined by the Small Business Administration’s Table of Size Standards located at: (https://www.sba.gov/content/small-business-size-standards) for NAICS 334516. This SBA size standard is currently 1000 employees but is subject to change. Prospective offerors may also note whether they meet any other socio-economic business categories such as 8(a), Hub-Zone, or Service-Disabled Veteran when submitting their capability statement. Submission Instructions Interested businesses who consider themselves qualified to provide the above-listed items are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by July 12, 2024 at 2:00 PM EST. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted via the NIAID electronic Simplified Acquisition Submission System (eSASS) website at https://esass.nih.gov. All vendors must register in the eSASS system to submit their documentation. Instructions on how to register /submit documents are included on the website. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. 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