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Title

MESO Quick Plex SQ 120MM Reader for the Critical Care Medicine Department (CCMD) of the NIH Clinical Center

• Product Service Code: 6640


• NAICS Code: 334516


• Place of Performance:

Bethesda, MD 20892

USA

POTS: 23-008934

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 Meso Scale Diagnostics LLC Rockville, Maryland 20850 on a sole source basis to replace an existing Meso Quick Plex SQ 120mm Reader.

The purpose of this requirement is to replace a Meso Quick Plex SQ 120mm Reader currently being used in the CCMD. CCMD has been using this piece of equipment for more than 10 years. The Meso Quick Plex SQ 120mm Reader is unique in its method for detection and it possesses the following salient characteristics:

Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) Detection – MSD’s ECL detection utilizes proprietary SULFO-TAG™ labels that emit light upon electrochemical stimulation initiated at the electrode surfaces of MULTI-ARRAY® and MULTI-SPOT® microplates through biomolecular interactions between the analyte and labeled reporter at the surface.

Sample Throughput – The SECTOR® S 600 instrument can read plates in 1 to 1.5 minutes regardless of the multiplexing level. As an illustrative example, the S 600 can read approximately 50 96-well, 10-spot plates (measuring 10 analytes per each well) per hour resulting in 48,000 measurement per hour.

Non-fluidic, high-reliability instruments – All assay processing and readout steps take place in MSD’s disposable plate-based format. No sample is transferred from the plate to the instrument and hence there are no complicated fluidics that may be prone to clogging and other failures.

The proposed vendor, Meso Scale Diagnostics LLC is a small business and is the manufacturer as well as the only distributor of the MESO® SECTOR S 600 and MESO QuickPlex® SQ 120 laboratory analytical instruments.

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, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Shasheshe Goolsby, Contract Specialist, shasheshe.goolsby@nih.gov by June 22, 2023 8:00AM EST.

*** Please send your capability statements ONLY. This IS NOT a request for proposal. ***

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