75N95024Q00572

E- REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ)

RFQ NUMBER: 75N95024Q00572

RFQ TITLE: X-Ray Crystallography Studies of ALDH1A2 in Complex with a small molecule Inhibitor for NCATS ETB

DATE ISSUED: September 4, 2024

ISSUED BY CONTRACTING OFFICE: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition (OA), National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) Section

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contracting Officer Mark McNally 
Email: mark.mcnally@nih.gov
Phone: 301-827-5869

NORTH AMERICAN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE: 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services

SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: $19 million

SET-ASIDE STATUS: 

☐         This requirement is a total small business set-aside pursuant to FAR Clause 52.219-6, Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2020).

☐         This requirement is a partial small business set-aside pursuant to FAR Clause 52.219-7, Notice of Partial Small Business Set-Aside (Nov 2020).

☒        No small business set-aside restrictions

COMPETITION STATUS:

☐         This requirement is competitive, restricted to small businesses.

☐        This requirement is competitive, with no small business set-aside restrictions. 

☒        This requirement is noncompetitive

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition (OA), on behalf of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), intends to negotiate and award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition (including brand-name) to Curia Global Inc., 21 Corporate Circle, Albany, NY 12203-5154 for x-ray crystallography work.

This acquisition is conducted as non-competitive for a commercial product or service and is conducted pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). The rationale for this sole single-source justification is this work is a continuation of activities under a previous contract (PO # 75N95023P00575; POTS # 23-006177).

QUOTATION DUE DATE: All responses to this request for quote must be received on or before 01:00 PM EDT September 9, 2024, and must reference the request number cited above.   

Responses must be submitted by email to the contact(s) cited under the FOR INFORMATION CONTACT above.

IMPORTANT: This request does not commit the Government to pay any costs incurred in the preparation of the submission of this quotation or to contract for supplies or service. Supplies are of domestic origin unless otherwise indicated by quoter. Any representations and/or certifications attached to this Request for Quotation must be completed by the quoter.

DESCRIPTION FOR SUPPLIES: See Attachment 1 Statement of Work. 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

FAR provision 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998)

This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):
https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far 
https://www.acquisition.gov/hhsar 

The following provisions apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference:

• FAR provision 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Oct 2018)
• FAR provision 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications (May 2024)
• FAR provision 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020)
• FAR provision 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021)

FAR clause 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated By Reference (Feb 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es):
https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far 
https://www.acquisition.gov/hhsar

The following clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference:

• FAR clause 52.204-13 System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018)
• FAR clause 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 2020)
• FAR clause 52.204-19 Incorporation by Reference of Representations and Certifications (Dec 2014)
• FAR clause 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services (May 2024)
• FAR clause 52.227-14 Rights in Data-General (May 2014)
  
  

The following apply to this acquisition and are incorporated as attachments. Copies of the attachments are available upon email request to the Contracting Officer:

1. Statement of Work
2. Invoice and Payment Provisions (Vendor has Transitioned to IPP) Dated 03/21/2023
   
   
   

EVALUATION CRITERIA: The Government will evaluate quotations or offers in accordance with FAR 13.106-2 and award a purchase order from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes:
a. Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement;
b. Price; and
c. Past performance as defined under FAR 13.106-2(b)(3).

SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Responses to this solicitation must include clear and convincing evidence of the offeror’s capability of fulfilling the requirement as it relates to the technical evaluation criteria. The quote must be for a firm-fixed-price total amount inclusive of all costs and fees.

The price proposal must include the labor categories, an estimate of the number of hours required for each labor category, fully loaded fixed hourly rate or each labor category, breakdown and rationale for other direct costs or materials, and the total amount.