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Title

Hanks ‘Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS) (4 Liter bags) for use in manufacturing cellular therapies for patients for the Cellular Engineering Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) Facility

• Product Service Code: 6640


• NAICS Code: 325413


• Place of Performance:

Bethesda, MD 20892

USA

POTS: 23-007210

Description

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 Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price contract to Lonza Walkersville Incorporation Walkersville, Maryland on a sole source basis to provide Hanks’ Balanced Salt Solution in 4-liter bags for the cGMP facility at the NIH Clinical Center (CC).

The purpose of this requirement is to acquire the equipment needed for the activation of the new cGMP Facility. This equipment is for use in manufacturing cellular therapies for administration to patients enrolled on NIH sponsored clinical trials. The proposed vendor, Lonza Walkersville Incorporation, is the only manufacturer to supply HBSS in 4-liter bags.

This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.

Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the Office of Purchasing and Contracts electronically to the attention of Shasheshe Goolsby, Contract Specialist, shasheshe.goolsby@nih.gov by May 19, 2023 8:00AM EST.

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