NOTICE OF INTENT FOR CO-RE PIPETTE TIPS

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

Title: CO-RE Pipette Tips for use on the Hamilton Vantage Workstation

ID: NOI-NIAID-24-2224755

Post Date:  August 14, 2024

Response Date: August 24, 2024

NAICS: 334516

Introduction

This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal.  The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with Hamilton Company, Reno, Nevada to procure CO-RE Pipette Tips.

Currently VIP has two Beckman automated liquid handlers and a Hamilton Vantage workstation to perform high-throughput testing. This request would be for additional workstation pipette tips for performing experiments on the workstation.

Description of need:

•  120 cases x 384_50L TIP 20X384, STERILE (Item Number 235694)

•  25 cases x 300UL CO-RE TIPS STACK STERILE (Item Number 235985)

•  25 cases x 384_50UL TIP 20X96, STERILE (Item Number 235695)

•   Shipping and Handling QTY of 1

The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1 only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.  All responsible sources that could provide comparable services may submit a capability statement that will be considered.

If your organization has the potential capacity to support this requirement, please provide the following information: 1) organization name, address, point of contact, email address, website address, telephone number, UEI number and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) respondents shall indicate if they are the manufacturer or the distributor of Vantage Liquid Handling workstation and consumables and shall include basic information on product specifications. If an equal product is recommended (not specific to the brand proposed) then sufficient details shall be provided by the respondent describing how the equal product being recommended, meets the minimum specifications of the requirement.

Submission Instructions

Interested businesses who consider themselves qualified to provide the above-listed items are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by August 24, 2024 at 2:00 PM EST. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted via the NIAID electronic Simplified Acquisition Submission System (eSASS) website at https://esass.nih.gov. All vendors must register in the eSASS system to submit their documentation. Instructions on how to register /submit documents are included on the website. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government.

Disclaimer and Important Notes

This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

Confidentiality

No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).