Neuro Surgery Electrodes and Accessories

This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.

The National Institute of Health/Clinical Center/Office of Purchasing and Contracts intends to award a blanket purchase order to PMT CORPORATION, Chanhassen, Minnesota 55317, to procure electrodes and accessories for Neuro Surgery in The Department of Peri-Operative Medicine at the NIH Clinical Center. The electrodes and accessories help identify and map critical areas of the brain that control speech and motor control, which must be avoided during surgery.

PMT CORPORATION is the only vendor/manufacturer of the electrodes with proprietary specs that can provide electrodes and accessories at a less invasive depth due to a smaller diameter (0.8mm). They are offered with a removable stylet or permanent stylet and as nonmagnetic. These electrodes are intra-cranial strip, grid, or depth electrodes in the patient’s brain and allow for exact mapping of areas causing the onset of seizures. The performance period shall be eight (8) months from the award date. This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of the FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b)(i) allowing the Contracting Officer (CO) to solicit from one source.

The estimated product list is attached to this notice and titled – Attachment 1 – List of Supplies 23-005914. The exact quantity of products cannot be estimated at the time of award. The government reserves the right to increase quantities pursuant to FAR 52.217-6.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 423450 with a small business standard size of 500 employees.

This notice of intent to award is not a request for competitive quotations.  Interested concerns capable of providing the same or similar products or services as described in this notice may submit a capability statement outlining their capabilities. Capability Statements must be received within the time set forth in this synopsis to be considered by the Government. A determination to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Each response should include the following Business Information:

a. DUNS.

b. Company Name, address, POC, Phone and Email address

c. Current GSA Schedules or NAICS codes appropriate to this Award.

d. Type of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, hubZone, veteran owned, etc.) as validated in System For Award Management (SAM). All offerors must register on the SAM located at http://www.sam.gov/portal/SAM/#1

e. Capability Statement

Comments to this announcement may be submitted to the Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Kimala Winfield, kimala.winfield@nih.gov or Malinda Dehner, dehnerm@cc.nih.gov by the due date and time marked in this notice.