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(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued.

(ii) The solicitation number is 75N95023Q00384 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).

This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures; and FAR Part 12—Acquisition of Commercial Items, and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

THIS IS A NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) COMBINED SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition (OA), on behalf of The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) intends to negotiate and award a Firm Fixed Priced contract without providing for full and open competition (including brand-name) to CDI Laboratories Inc, 12 Oests Calle Mendez Vigo, Mayaguez, PR 00680-4983 for the purchase of CDI Biolabs HuProt v4.0 and VirD protein arrays.

This acquisition is conducted as non-competitive for a commercial item or service and is conducted pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

The essential characteristics that make this requirement sole source are that that the HuProt and VirD arrays listed herein are available from only one source, and competition is precluded for the reasons indicated below. There are no substitutes available. For continuity of work, we cannot use a different vendor as the results may cause an incompatibility of autoantibody data previously collected. The incompatibility would additionally cause delays in the timely evaluation of currently enrolled NIH clinical research participants (protocol 15N0125).

(iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) Number 2023-04 dated June 2, 2023.

(iv) The associated NAICS code 339999 – All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing Manufacturing and the size standard in number of employees is 500.

(v) This requirement is for the purchase human protein arrays as an unbiased reagent for screening for autoantibodies that bind to conformational and/or post-translationally modified human proteins.

(vi) Background: The NIMH Translational Immunopsychiatry Unit (TIU) seeks to purchase human protein arrays as an unbiased reagent for screening for autoantibodies that bind to conformational and/or post-translationally modified human proteins.

The NIMH TIU is engaged in autoantibody discovery and validation. We require reagents that allow us to screen for autoantibodies against a large number of autoantibodies, in an unbiased manner, using minimal volumes of human biofluids—a nonrenewable reagent.

Purpose: The purpose of this requirement is to purchase CDI Biolabs HuProt v4.0 and VirD protein arrays.

Project Requirements:

Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services,qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government as needed to perform the Statement of Work.

Specific Requirements:

(1) A microarray programmed with human proteins that have been synthesized in a eukaryotic expression system (HuProt and VirD)

(2) A human protein microarray that consists of more than 21,000 human proteins (HuProt)

(3) A human protein microarray that consists of proteins derived from 16,794 unique human genes (HuProt)

(4) A human protein microarray with R^2 > 95% (high reproducibility) (HuProt)

(5) A human protein microarray programmed with 515, conformationally intact human G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) (VirD)

(6) A human protein microarray programmed with conformationally intact GCPRs derived from 358 unique genes (VirD)

(vii) The Government anticipates award of a firm fixed-price contract for this acquisition, and the anticipated delivery is:

90 days after the award of the contract

(viii) The provision at FAR 52.252-1, Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998), applies to this acquisition. This solicitation incorporates one or more solicitation provisions by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. The offeror is cautioned that the listed provisions may include blocks that must be completed by the offeror and submitted with its quotation or offer. In lieu of submitting the full text of those provisions, the offeror may identify the provision by paragraph identifier and provide the appropriate information with its quotation or offer. Also, the full text of a solicitation provision may be accessed electronically at these addresses: https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html

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The following provisions apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference:

• FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management (Oct 2018)


• FAR 52.204-16, Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (Aug 2020)


• FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items (Nov 2021)


• FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Nov 2021)


• FAR 52.222-48, Exemption from Application of the Service Contract Labor Standards to Contracts for Maintenance, Calibration, or Repair of Certain Equipment-Certification (May 2014)


• HHSAR 352.239-73, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Notice (December 18, 2015)

The clause at FAR 52.252-2, Clauses Incorporated by Reference (Feb 1998), applies to this acquisition. This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at these addresses:

https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far

https://www.hhs.gov/grants/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/index.html

(End of clause)

The following clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference:

• FAR 52.204-13, System for Award Management Maintenance (Oct 2018)


• FAR 52.204-18, Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (Aug 2020)


• FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (DEC 2022). Addendum to this FAR clause applies to this acquisition and is attached.


• FAR 52.217-9, Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000).


• HHSAR 352.239-74, Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility (December 18, 2015)

The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are attached in full text. Offerors MUST complete the provisions at 52.204-24 and 52.204-26 and submit completed copies as separate documents with their proposal.

• FAR 52.204-24 Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Nov 2021)


• FAR 52.204-26 Covered Telecommunications Equipment or Services-Representation (Oct 2020)


• FAR 52.204–27, Prohibition on a ByteDance Covered Application (Jun 2023)


• FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items (Jan 2022)


• NIH Invoice and Payment Provisions (APR 2022)

(ix) The Government will evaluate quotations or offers in accordance with FAR 13.106-2 and award a purchase order from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes:

a. Technical capability of the item offered to meet the Government requirement;

b. Price; and

c. Past performance [see FAR 13.106-2(b)(3)].

(x) The Offerors to include a completed copy of the provision at FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (Nov 2021), with its offer. If the offeror has completed FAR clause 52.212-3 at www.sam.gov, then the offeror does not need to provide a completed copy with its offer.

(xi) The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (Nov 2021), applies to this acquisition. Addendum to this FAR clause applies to this acquisition and is attached.

(xii) There are no additional contract requirement(s) or terms and conditions applicable to this acquisition.

(xiii) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) are not applicable to this requirement.

(xiv) Responses to this solicitation must include sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities of providing the product or service. The price quote shall include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, delivery days after contract award, delivery terms, prompt payment discount terms, F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), product or catalog number(s), product description, and any other information or factors that may be considered in the award decision. Such factors may include: past performance, special features required for effective program performance, trade-in considerations, probable life of the item selected as compared with that of a comparable item, warranty considerations, maintenance availability, and environmental and energy efficiency considerations.

The Unique Entity ID (UEI), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size must be included in the response. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

All offers must be received by 2:00p.m., Eastern Daylight/Standard Time, on June 20, 2023, and reference solicitation number 75N95023Q00384. Responses must be submitted electronically to Morgen Slager, Contract Specialist at morgen.slager@nih.gov.

Fax responses will not be accepted.

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