This notice is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial items using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This acquisition will be made in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6 “Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and solicitation for commercial Items,” as applicable, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation (a written solicitation will not be issued) and quotes are being requested. The Solicitation number is RFQ-NIAID-24-2230524 and the solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotes (RFQ).
This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). The solicitation documents and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024-05 May 22, 2024.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1000 employees. The requirement is being competed with a brand name restriction, and without a small business set-aside.
The Research Technologies Branch provides intramural scientists with state-of-the-art facilities and expertise in flow cytometry, microscopy, and genomics. The RTB Research Technologies Section regularly performs state-of-the-art research for clinicians and researchers within the DIR towards the NIAID goal of the discovery of new diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines against human disease. EM staff members need to work on the Xenium in situ platform to enable projects requiring spatially-resolved cellular resolution of gene expression for models of infectious diseases. The Xenium in situ platform allows investigators to survey gene expression of over 5000 genes at sub-cellular resolution in centimeter scale tissue sections. The transcriptome sequence data generated is detected directly in the tissue sections, providing gene expression changes at single cell resolution with tissue-scale spatial context. The Xenium in situ platform is a newly released sub-cellular transcriptomic spatial imaging platform that will provide 200 nm resolution of over 5000 transcripts and eventually 100s of protein targets for sub-cellular resolution across square-centimeters of tissue. Further, with the incorporation of custom probes, this platform will be used to track both host and pathogen in infected tissue to support unprecedented in situ multispecies experiments to explore the cellular mileu of infection and disease in human and animal models. The acquisition of the Xenium in situ platform is specifically requested to meet a unique, unmet need for deciphering the molecular, cellular and spatial mechanisms of infection and disease. The Xenium in situ platform will be critical for upcoming work from upto 4 laboratories within NIAID/DIR.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has a requirement for a quantity -1 of the following Brand Name Supplies:
- XENIUM ANALYZER, CAT. #1000481
- VIBRATION ISOLATION TABLE, CAT. #1000531
- SHIPPING AND HANDLING
Place of Performance: NIH, NIAID, RML, 903 SOUTH 4TH ST, RM 5108, HAMILTON, MT 59840
The government intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order to the responsible contractor as a result of this RFQ that will include the terms and conditions set forth herein. The award will be based on the following: technical capability to meet the requirements, price, and delivery.
By submitting a quote in response to this solicitation, vendor is accepting the following terms and conditions:
The following FAR provisions apply to this acquisition:
FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (SEP 2023)
FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items (MAY 2024)
FAR 52.204-7 System for Award Management (OCT 2018)
(Offerors must complete annual representations and certifications on-line at http://www.sam.gov/ in accordance with FAR 52.212-3 Offerors Representations and Certifications- Commercial Items (Please ensure FAR 52.209-2 -- Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations--Representation. (Nov 2015) is updated in your SAM record)
FAR 52.203-18 Prohibition on Contracting with Entities that Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements – Representation (JAN 2017)
FAR 52.204–26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation
(OCT 2020) *** Must complete representation if attached to this solicitation- see attachment 52.204-26
The following FAR contract clauses apply to this acquisition:
FAR 52-212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items (NOV 2023)
FAR 52-212.5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items (MAY 2024)
*The applicable subparagraphs of FAR52.212-5 are included in the attachment to this posting.
FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (MAR 2023)
FAR 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018)
FAR 52.204-25 Prohibition on Contracting for Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (NOV 2021)
HHSAR 352.222-70, Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations (DEC 2015)
52.252-2 -- Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998)
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 this address: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/vffara.htm
By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation (www.sam.gov).
Copies of the above-referenced provisions and clauses are available from http://www.acquisition.gov/far/loadmainre.html & http: //www.hhs.gov/regulation/index.html or, upon request, either by telephone or fax.
Submission shall be received not later than Monday, August 26, 2024 @ 1:00 PM EST
All quotations and required documents 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 a quotation. Instructions on how to register / submit quotes are included on the website. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by this Agency.
