NINDS 23-011273 NOTICE OF INTENT

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Post Date/ Solicitation Issue Date
Closing Response Date
Proposed Award Date
Project Title
Node Validation Services
Contracting Office
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Contact Points

Primary Contract Specialist

ELAINE
ESTRELLA
elaine.estrella@nih.gov
NAICS Code Number
334515
Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals
Small Business Size Standard
750
FPDS Classification Code
J066
Estimated Period of Performance
08/07/2023-12/31/2023
Delivery of Goods
BLDG 35 RM GA908
Competition Status
Non-Competitive
Vendor Name
REES SCIENTIFIC
Vendor Address
1007 WHITEHEAD ROAD EXT
EWING, NJ 08638 USA
Single-Sole Source Determination
Rees Scientific Corp. is the sole manufacturer of the Rees Centron Presidio environmental monitoring systems and owns all proprietary rights to the system. Our monitoring systems are unique in their technical capabilities and no other commercial vendor or products possess the features which are required to meet the requirements/specification for integrating equipment with the current Rees equipment currently installed at NIH #35, #35A, #49, & #10. Further, our products are distributed solely by Rees Scientific Corporation; no other companies or other third parties are authorized to sell or service this product.
Any issues resulting from outside tampering with the Rees Monitoring would immediately void all warranties associated with the systems.
Background/Description of Requirement

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS) is requesting the service of the contractor (Rees Scientific) to perform system validation for the Rees Scientific software functionality, system integrity, and automated notification mechanisms following a database server migration. The purpose is to ensure the Rees Scientific environmental monitoring system is functioning as intended to ensure the monitoring of mission-critical scientific samples and alarm notifications function properly to alert laboratory staff of temperature concerns.

In accordance with NIH/CIT security policies, IC servers must operate using permitted Operating Systems (OS). Having a compliant OS ensures that security updates are implemented and technical support is available. With that said, the servers currently hosting the Rees Scientific system are nearing end-of-life and must be upgraded to maintain a supported and cyber-protected environment – per NIH security policy. The lowest level of risk comes from establishing the new server environment and transferring the Rees Scientific database, software, and associated configurations versus upgrading the OS in the existing environment. To accomplish a successful transition to the new OS, the Rees Scientific system and all associated functionality will need to be tested, aka. Validated. This needs to be performed for all nine (9) active system nodes.

The requirement is for (1) environmental monitoring, (2) Rees Scientific validation kit for serv node. Service is to be performed no later than September 29,2023 and must be coordinated between Rees Scientific and Department of Emergency Management and Operations Support team.

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.