Notice of Intent to Sole Source to SCC INC

Agency: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
State: Maryland
Level of Government: Federal
Category:
Opps ID: NBD00159798891474999
Posted Date: Apr 22, 2024
Due Date: Apr 26, 2024
Solicitation No: 24-003309
Source: Members Only
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Notice of Intent to Sole Source to SCC INC
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24-003309
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General Information
  • Contract Opportunity Type: Presolicitation (Original)
  • All Dates/Times are: (UTC-04:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA
  • Original Published Date: Apr 22, 2024 11:05 am EDT
  • Original Response Date: Apr 26, 2024 06:30 am EDT
  • Inactive Policy: Manual
  • Original Inactive Date: Apr 27, 2024
  • Initiative:
    • None
Classification
  • Original Set Aside:
  • Product Service Code: 7B20 - IT AND TELECOM - HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTE (HARDWARE AND PERPETUAL LICENSE SOFTWARE)
  • NAICS Code:
  • Place of Performance:
    Bethesda , MD 20892
    USA
Description

Title





Preventative Maintenance Service Agreement for the Department of Laboratory Medicine at the NIH Clinical Center








  • Product Service Code: 7B20

  • NAICS Code: 513210

  • Place of Performance:



Bethesda, MD 20892 USA







POTS: 24-003309





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 firm fixed price purchase order to Soft Computer Consultants Inc of Clearwater, Florida 33760-3116.





The purpose of this acquisition is to procure a preventative maintenance service agreement for the purchase and installation of the Alcor Scientific iSED interfaces provided by Soft Computer Consultants Inc. This system is replacing the Elitech Group Excyte 20 automated ESR instruments currently located within DLM. The Alcor iSed system is used for the automatic detection of erythrocyte sedimentation rates. The period of performance is from 05/01/2024 to 09/30/2024.





The proposed vendor, Soft Computer Consultants Inc., is the sole manufacture of this system. This equipment is currently located in the Department of Laboratory Medicine.



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, Lead Contract Specialist, shasheshe.goolsby@nih.gov by April 26, 2024, 6:30AM EST.



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




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  • 6707 DEMOCRACY BLVD, SUITE 106
  • BETHESDA , MD 20892
  • USA
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