Maintenance Service for the BD BACTEC FX, BD MGIT 960 and BD Epi NUC Computer System

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 with one (1) twelve-month base year and three (3) twelve-month option periods to Becton, Dickinson, and Company (BD), Sparks, MD 21152 on a sole source basis.

The purpose of this requirement is for BD to provide an Essential Service Plan for BD proprietary instruments and computer system currently located in the Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM), Microbiology Service at the NIH Clinical Center (CC). The Microbiology Service within the DLM requires the establishment of a service agreement for the proprietary BD BACTEC FX, MGIT instruments, and the EPI NUC computer system.

The instruments provide automated detection of pathogenic organisms in clinical patient specimens, and the generated results directly influence the treatment of patients in the CC. The intention of the comprehensive service agreement is to ensure that these instruments and the computer system continue to perform at their highest level to continue providing timely results to the patient care team.

Because this requirement involves technology that is proprietary to BD, no other vendor can provide the service required for the BD BACTEC FX, MGIT instruments and EPI NUC computer system.

List of Equipment: Equipment Description Unit Qty. BD Bactec FX Top 2 BD Bactec FX Bottom 1 BD EPI NUC(Informatics PC) 1 BD MGIT 960 1 The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811210 with a large business standard size of $34.0 million.

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. This notice of intent to award is not a request for competitive quotations. Interested concerns capable of providing the same products or services as described in this notice may submit a capability statement outlining their capabilities. No solicitation is available.

Information received will be evaluated for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Capability Statements must be received within the time set forth in this synopsis to be considered by the Government. A determination to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Each response should include the following Business Information:

a. SAM UEI.

b. Company Name, address, POC, Phone and Email address c. Current GSA Schedules or NAICS codes appropriate to this Award. d. Capability Statement Comments to this announcement may be submitted to the Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Kimala Winfield, kimala.winfield@nih.gov or Malinda Dehner, dehnerm@cc.nih.gov by the due date and time marked in this notice.