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Notice of Intent to Sole Source – BD BIOSCIENCES

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NOI-OD-26-003977Federal

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This contract involves a five-year service agreement with BD BIOSCIENCES for maintenance and support of specific flow cytometry equipment, including two sets of BD FACSLyric flow cytometers with Universal Loaders and two sets of BD Lyse/Wash Assistants. These devices are integral to processing patient samples such as licensed blood products and cellular therapy products for clinical research, cell therapeutic development, gene modification testing, and quality control of cell selection methods. BD BIOSCIENCES is recognized as the sole provider capable of delivering the necessary periodic preventive maintenance for these instruments. The procurement follows Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures and allows a sole-source purchase due to the unique availability of the vendor, exempting it from competitive bidding requirements under FAR Part 6. The NIH Clinical Center Office of Purchasing and Contracts is managing the contract, with a designated point of contact for comments before the closing date. This notice clarifies that it is an intent to procure and not a request for quotations or solicitations. The contract is managed under solicitation number NOI-OD-26-003977 and will be executed in Bethesda, Maryland.

General Info

Five-year sole-source BD BIOSCIENCES contract for maintenance of flow cytometry equipment at NIH.

Agency

Department Of Health And Human Services → National Institutes Of Health Olao

NAICS

811210 - Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance

Place of Performance

Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

Set-Aside

NONE

Documents

Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition for BD FACSLyric Service Contract

justification-and-authorization

High

SOW for Preventive Maintenance of BD FACSLyric Flow Cytometers at NIH

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High

NOI-OD-26-003977 Notice of Intent to Sole Source – BD BIOSCIENCES

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Low

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PhasePresolicitation

PostedMar 19

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Organization & Contact Information

AgencyDepartment Of Health And Human Services → National Institutes Of Health Olao

Contacts1 person available

OfficeBETHESDA, MD, 20892, USA

Organization / AgencyDepartment Of Health And Human Services → National Institutes Of Health Olao

Office AddressBETHESDA, MD, 20892, USA

Contacts

Chris Ryssa Nix

contact@example.gov

Full Description

This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.

This procurement is for a five year service contract with BD BIOSCIENCES for two sets of BD FACSLyric flow cytometers (S/N: Z662383000114, Z662383000115) with Universal Loaders (S/N: Z662462000213, Z662462000214) as well as two sets of BD Lyse/Wash Assistants (LWAs) (S/N: RR337146001216, RR337146001208). These instruments are used to process patient samples including both licensed blood products and cellular therapy products, and to identify cell population from blood and cell products for clinical research and cell therapeutic product development. It can also provide guidance in test of our gene modification efficiencies, and QC our cell selection methods. BD Biosciences is the sole vendor to provide the periodic Preventive Maintenance (PM) for the mentioned devices.

This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 –Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.

Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the NIH, Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, to the attention of Ryssa Nix, Contract Specialist via email to contact@example.gov by close date.

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