Alcon Centurion Machine

THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. - The National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center (NIH CC),Office of Purchasing and Contracts, intends to enter into a contract on a sole source basis, under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) and FAR 6.302-1(a) (2) (ii) and HHSAR 306.302-1 (a) (2) (ii), a contract to purchase supplies. Request to procure an Alcon Centurion machine for Phaco cataract surgery platform. Specifically this unit was requested by the NEI surgeons. Our - current anterior segment surgical experiences with a posterior-segment-designed Constellation machine have - NOT been favorable. The Constellation is - NOT widely-used in the community. This platform isn't the - industry-standard for cataract surgery. During complex cataract cases for example, where the lens support system is compromised and a planned intravitreal injection with anterior vitrectomy will be part of the surgery, the anterior segment - limitations of the Constellation machine become apparent. During an - actual case such as this, the surgeon was unable to apply one of the common settings used to remove cortex - safely and was extremely complex. NEI surgeons, at the moment, have to - turn away patients with any cataract complexity as we cannot really offer the standard-of-care in terms of corneal protection, efficiency and anterior vitrectomy settings. Only one source is capable of providing the supplies or services required at the level of quality required because the supplies or services are unique or highly specialized; However, if there are sources able to perform the requirement, they must respond by submitting a capability statement within 3 days of publication of this synopsis. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within 3 days of publication of this synopsis will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Deliveries should be Hand Carried or sent via other mail or package Delivery Services. NO COLLECT CALLS OR FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. RESPONDENTS MAY SUBMIT THEIR CAPABILITY STATEMENTS VIA E-MAIL TO THE POINT OF CONTACT LISTED IN THIS NOTICE INTENT SYNOPSIS. The Clinical Center (CC), plans to procure, on a sole source basis to Alcon Vision, 6201 S Freeway,Fort Worth, Texas, 76134-2001 This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR 13.106-1(b)(2) and 13.501-(a)(1) to use simplified procedures for commercial acquisitions. The North American Industry Classification System Code is 339112. Only one award will be made as a result of this solicitation. This will be a firm fixed price type contract. The Government shall consider all responses received prior to the close date of this announcement. All responses must be received no later than August 5, 2020 at 10:00 am, Eastern Standard Time. Please email India Payne, Contract Specialist, at ipayne@nih.gov with written responses pertaining to this notice. No phone calls will be accepted.