This is a notice of intent to award a sole source purchase order and is not a request for competitive proposals under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1) as set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1(a)(4). The resultant purchase order will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 05-81, dated April 10, 2105. The government intends to enter into a firm fixed price award with Jali Medical, Inc., 330 Bear Hill Road, Suite 303, Waltham, MA 02451, DUNS: 00508482.

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), conducting research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders and stroke. The NINDS mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the brain and nervous system and to use that knowledge to reduce the burden of neurological disease.

The Behavioral Neurology Unit (BNU) studies the mechanisms of human learning and memory and explores ways of enhancing these processes in brain-damaged patients and healthy individuals. The Jali Medical, Inc. Magstim SUPER RAPID product is the only one compatible with equipment currently possessed by BNU; the equipment is needed for standardization purposes as the only product compatible with both the RAPID AIR FILM COIL and the Sham coil. The purpose of this requirement is to acquire a new rTMS system, a set of 2 Magstim 200 stimulators connected into a Bistim configuration and a TMS coil.

Please refer to the attached Statements of Work for complete details and specifications.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, small businesses are encouraged to respond to this notice if they are capable of meeting the needs of this requirement. Written responses to this notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bona fide capability and compatibility to fulfill the 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.

The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System Code 334516 and the small business size standard is 500.

The Government shall consider all responses received prior to the close date of this announcement, May 15, 2015 at 5:00PM, Eastern Standard Time. Please email Andriani Buck, Contract Specialist, at [email protected] with technical questions or written responses pertaining to this notice. No phone calls will be accepted.

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