NINDS 23-006002

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Post Date/ Solicitation Issue Date
Closing Response Date
Proposed Award Date
Project Title
AKTA PURIFIER PARTS AND PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
Contracting Office
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Contact Points

Primary Contract Specialist

ELAINE
ESTRELLA
ESTRELLAEK@MAIL.NIH.GOV
NAICS Code Number
334516
Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
Small Business Size Standard
NA
Estimated Period of Performance
04/01/2023 - 03/31/2024
Delivery of Goods
BLDG 35 RM 3B205
Competition Status
Brand Name or Equal
Brand Name
CYTIVA / GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES
Rationale/ Salient Characteristics
Contractor must be a Cytiva/Global Life Science factory trained and able to respond to emergency request within 24 hours and be onsite within 72 hours of the request. Trained technician should be able to troubleshoot issues as the government owned equipment is heavily used by the program to continue their research and support the missions of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS)
Single-Sole Source Determination
The AKTA system is proprietary to GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC-Cytiva (formerly GE Healthcare), and it has been manufactured and serviced exclusively by this company for multiple years. Any deviation with 3rd party contractor will void the warranty of the existing government owned equipment.
Background/Description of Requirement

The purpose of this acquisition is to procure parts, repair and preventive maintenance services for the AKTA Purifier 10 liquid chromatography system, which is used for protein purification procedures by the Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit within the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS). The AKTA system is proprietary to GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS USA LLC-Cytiva (formerly GE Healthcare), and it has been manufactured and serviced exclusively by this company for multiple years. The system did not resume operation after being powered down for laboratory flood remediation efforts. It requires part replacement, repair and preventative maintenance visit..

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.