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7) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
Acquisitions Management and Operations Branch
10401 Fernwood Drive, Room: 2NE-70, MSC: 4811
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
8) 66 - Instruments and Laboratory Equipment
9) NIAID RFQ 1150
10) 083011
11) Merle Dixon, Purchasing Agent/301-402-6548
Sylvia Robinson, Contracting Officer
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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation Request for Quotation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number for this acquisition is NIAID RFQ 1150 and the solicitation is being issued as Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation document and its incorporated provisions are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC 05-53). This acquisition will be processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures and is not a Small Business set aside, but small, small disadvantage, minority, veteran owned, and HUD zone companies, etc. are encouraged to submit quotes. All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered by the Agency. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 334516, and the small-business size standard is 500. The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) intents to procure a multimode microplate reader, (Qty) 1 each. The instrument must include the following:

• must allow for the measurements of fluorescence, luminescence, absorbance, and alpha assays in a modular-designed format.

• several positions for different detection cartridges for fluorescence, luminescence, absorbance and alpha assay measurements, for top reading and bottom reading each, so that individual cartridges can be swapped in and out, maintained, or replaced, on a per-need basis.

• the ability to employ multiple light sources, including a series of high power light emitting diode (LED) light sources for fluorescence, a Xenon flash lamp for deep UV HTRF measurements, a laser diode for AlphaScreen® and monochromatic illumination for absorbance readings in the range of 230-1000nm.

• two single photon counting photomultiplier tubes (PMT) for fluorescence and luminescence detection and a silicon photodiode for absorbance detection.

• read 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 384 and 1536 well SBS standard microplates.

• For kinetic studies, provide "on-the-fly" read mode for high-speed measurements.

• For measurements using different plates, the plate reader must be able to adjust and optimize the read height for top and bottom measurements via controlling software.

• software that enables full instrument control including cartridge configuration, shaking, temperature control, cartridge ejection, and plate carrier loading and ejection.

• The software must contain an extensive library of pre-configured plate types, as well as for defining new or unique plate types.

• The plate reader software must provide programmable linear and orbital microplate shaking methods.

Award will be based on: a) Technical capabilities to meet the required specifications; b) Delivery;c) Warranty; d) Training e) Price. The FOB Destination, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. The government will award a firm fixed price purchase order to the responsible contractor. FAR provisions and clauses that apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors, Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-3, Offer Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders, Commercial Items; FAR 52.225-1, Buy American Act-Supplies; FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; and FAR 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Other than Central Contractor Registration. In order to be considered for an award, an offeror must have completed the online electronic Representations and Certifications located at http://orca.bpn.gov/ in accordance with FAR 4.1201(a). By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the CCR at www.ccr.gov/ prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation [Note: Lack of registration in the Central Contractor Registration will make an offeror ineligible for award.] Offers must be submitted no later than 4:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time on Tuesday, 30 August 2011. For delivery of responses through the Postal Service, the address is NIH/NIAID/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, MSC/2811 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4812. E-mail and Fax submissions are not authorized. Requests for information concerning this requirement must be submitted in writing, and can be faxed to 301-402-2285, or e-mailed to [email protected]. It is the vendor's responsibility to confirm receipt of all quotations and/or questions by the closing date of this announcement by contacting Merle Dixon at 301-402-6548. Collect calls will not be accepted.

Point of Contact
Merle Dixon, Purchasing Agent, Phone 301-402-6548, Fax 301-402-2285, Email [email protected] - Sylvia Robinson, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-402-6321, Fax 301-402-2285, Email [email protected]