75N95024Q00180

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Post Date/ Solicitation Issue Date
Closing Response Date
Proposed Award Date
Project Title
Annual Service and Maintenance Agreement for Waters UPLC-QDA Instrument in APP Chemistry.
Contracting Office
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Contact Points

Primary Contract Specialist

Chandani
Hangilipola
chandani.hangilipola@nih.gov
NAICS Code Number
334516
Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
Small Business Size Standard
1000 Employees
Estimated Period of Performance
12 Months
Set-Aside Status
Not Set Aside
Competition Status
Non-Competitive
Vendor Name
Waters Technologies Corporation
Vendor Address
34 Maple Street
Milford, MA 01757-3604
Single-Sole Source Determination
This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 13.106-1 (b) Soliciting from a single source. (1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, or industrial mobilization).
Background/Description of Requirement

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) is a part of the NIH, with a mission to catalyze the generation of innovative methods and technologies that will enhance the development, testing, and implementation of diagnostics and therapeutics across a wide range of human diseases and conditions. A significant emphasis of NCATS is the rapid development of effective therapies for patients diagnosed with these conditions. NCATS is directly addressing this problem by discovering new technologies and other approaches that could significantly accelerate the process of developing and deploying solutions that all translational researchers can use. The Waters UPLC-QDA instrument yields qualitative and quantitative information about the purity of the reactions and target molecules synthesized by the NCATS chemists. This instrument is a key tool in the DPI Chemistry identification and purification process, as well as utilized for reaction screening and compound library analysis. This results in the instrument having in high use in the NCATS Chemistry labs making their constant operability a high priority to maintain productivity. All current Waters components currently in the Waters UPLC-QDA instrument yields qualitative and quantitative information about the purity of the reactions and target molecules synthesized by the NCATS chemists. This instrument is a key tool in the DPI Chemistry identification and purification process, as well as utilized for reaction screening and compound library analysis. This results in the instrument having in high use in the NCATS Chemistry labs making their constant operability a high priority to maintain productivity.

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.

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