75N95022Q00201

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Post Date/ Solicitation Issue Date
Closing Response Date
Proposed Award Date
Project Title
Millipore RO Water Purification System
Contracting Office
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Contact Points

Primary Contract Specialist

Samson
Shifaraw
samson.shifaraw@nih.gov
NAICS Code Number
334516
Small Business Size Standard
1,000
FPDS Classification Code
6640
Estimated Period of Performance
6/9/22-7/9/22
Delivery of Goods
30 days after receipt of order
Set-Aside Status
Not Set Aside
Competition Status
Non-Competitive
Vendor Name
EMD Millipore Corporation
Vendor Address
400 Summit Drive
Burlington, MA 01803
Single-Sole Source Determination
The Millipore Sigma RO water systems are compatible with our robotic systems and have been validated for several assays across multiple groups and projects. Changing this variable would interrupt productivity making the re-validation of a different plate necessary which will be time consuming and cause discontinuity within the numerous ongoing projects. In the interest of continuity of science, a Millipore Sigma Milli-Q® IX 7005 unit must be used.
Background/Description of Requirement
  1. Statement of Need and Purpose:

The purpose of this procurement is the acquisition of a Millipore RO Water Purification System for the Tox21 group to supply them for the 2022 screening season.

  1. Background Information and Objective:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation’s leading medical research agency and the primary Federal agency whose mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability, conducting, supporting and making medical discoveries that improve people’s health and save lives.  The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is a translational science center that prides itself on its productive pipeline and is innovative in a number of ways. NCATS brings together a diverse range of scientists, including medicinal chemists, biologists, toxicologists, and engineers, in order to ultimately translate basic science into real products and services that help improve people’s lives. Included in this process is the development of unique small molecules as potential anticancer agents.

The Tox21 group will soon begin to ramp up into their screening season on the robotic system and as a result will need a supply of RO water for the incubators in order to perform their scheduled assay screens.

  1. Specific Requirements:

Milli-Q® IX 7005 water purification system:

• ZIX7005T0C Milli-Q® IX 7005 water purification system

• ZFCBIXXUS Country box Milli-Q IX 7003/5/10/15X US

• TANKA050 Storage tank frame 50

• TANKT0PA1 Storage tank top assembly

• ZFC0NN2ST Connector 2m System-Tank

• ZWATSENA1 Water sensor

• EXTSV00A1 External solenoid valve

• AIRGAP001 AIR GAP 1/PK

• IX700XPKT1 Milli-Q IX 7003-5 purification kit

• 5874316024 EfferSan Effervescent Tablets Qty 24

• ZWACID012 ROCare A Qty 12

• ZWBASE012 ROCare B Qty 12

• STARTPK01 StartPAK installation pack

• STARTKITA1 StartPAK installation kit

• ZWMQXIXIN2 Milli-Q IX 70XX Installation

• ZWAAZONE1 TRAVEL ZONE 1 1 308.00 308.00 308.00

• ZWMQC0NFEE ACTIVATION FEE MyMilli-Q™ REMOTE CARE

• ZSR0BLDR3 3-GAL RO BLADDER TANK

• ZWACUSTAD INSTALLATION/TRAINING FOR CUSTOM SYSTEMS

• ZW0PIPING INT DISTRIBUTION PIPE – INSTALLATION MATERIALS

• ZSNALFDK1 Low Flow Distribution

• ZFMQ000PR PRESS REGULATOR W/GAUGE

• ZSPMPBLDR PUMP MINI-BOOST 120V-60HZ

• PRPK000A1 Prepak filter pretreatment pack

• ZFPACKSP2 PACK SUPPORT 2 TUBES 2 GAUGES

Interested parties may identify in writing their interest and capability in response to this requirement. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

All responses must be received by closing date and must reference the announcement. Responses may be submitted electronically to the attention of the contract specialist. Fax responses will not be accepted.

All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.