SOMAscan Assay Kits, 1.3K, Human Plasma for proteomic profiling of human EDTA plasma samples

This notice is a Notice of Intent. (NOI). This notice is published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.101(a)(1) requiring the dissemination of information regarding proposed contract actions. This is a Notice of Intent to award a Sole Source Firm-Fixed Price Contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b) - Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Service Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, and is not a request for competitive quotes. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), NIH Clinical Center, intends to award a firm-fixed price sole source contract to Somalogic, Inc 2945 Wilderness Place, Boulder, CO 80301 The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Center for Human Immunology (CHI) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with Soma Logic Inc., 2945 Wilderness Place Boulder, CO 80301 for Soma Logic's SOMAscan Assay Kits and reagents for proteomic profiling of human EDTA plasma samples This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR Part 13.501(a)(1). Only one award will be made. This will be awarded as a firm fixed price type of contract. SomaLogic Inc's SOMAscan Assay Kits can only be provided by one source. Bill of Materials listing: 1 50% SA Agarose Bead Resin, 6.45mL CATALOG # 651-00011 QTY: 1 2 MB Block, 3.5 mL CATALOG # 651-00030 QTY: 1 3 Magnetic Beads, 5.5 mL CATALOG # 651-00010 QTY: 1 4 100x Tag Reagent, 460 - CATALOG # 651-00008 QTY: 7 5 Assay Buffer, 1300 m CATALOG # 651-00001 QTY: 4 6 Serum Diluent, 9mL CATALOG # 651-00016 QTY: 4 7 MB Prep Buffer, 8.5 mL CATALOG # 651-00032 QTY: 4 8 10x Slide Block, 1.8 mL CATALOG # 651-00009 QTY: 7 9 Plasma Diluent, 9mL CATALOG # 651-00012 QTY: 7 10 Assay Buffer, 200 mL CATALOG # 651-00034 QTY: 8 11 SOMAmer Bead Wash Buffer, 130 mL CATALOG # 651-00004 QTY: 8 12 SOMAmer-Bead Block, 70 mL CATALOG # 651-00004 QTY: 8 13 Tag Diluent, 40 mL CATALOG # 651-00035 QTY: 8 14 Photo-Cleavage Buffer, 40 mL CATALOG # 651-00007 QTY: 8 15 Quench Buffer, 85 mL CATALOG # 651-00003 QTY: 8 16 Elution Buffer, 20 mL CATALOG # 651-00005 QTY: 8 17 MB Wash Buffer, 38 mL CATALOG # 651-00006 QTY: 8 18 Assay Buffer, 30 mL CATALOG # 651-00036 QTY: 8 19 SOMAscan HTS Assay Kit 1.3k, Human Plasma CATALOG # 900-00013 QTY: 2 20 Domestic Shipping and Handling - FOB DESTINATION TO BETHESDA, MD 20814 The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 1901 (a) (1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1 only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources that could provide comparable services may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NOI-RML-C-2079714) to Diana Rohlman at contact@example.gov, by 8:00 am eastern standard time Thursday July 1, 2021. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit offers on NOI-RML-C-2079714. The posting number (NOI-RML-C-2079714) MUST be noted in the subject line of the email.