# SOMASCAN ASSAY KITS Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/noiniaid242183344 - Solicitation number: NOI-NIAID-24-2183344 - Notice type: Presolicitation - Status: Closed. Deadline was June 28, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT - Department: Department of Health and Human Services - Agency: National Institutes of Health - Contracting office: National Institutes of Health Niaid (75N930) - NAICS: 325414 Biological Product (except Diagnostic) Manufacturing - Product or service code: 6550 In Vitro Diagnostic Substances, Reagents, Test Kits and Sets - Place of performance: Bethesda, Maryland - County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031 - City: Bethesda. https://abierto.us/cities/bethesda-md-2407125 - First posted: June 18, 2024 - Last posted: June 18, 2024 - SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/945c88841cc04834860f93b934a45a08/view ## Description PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE NOI-NIAID-24-2183344 NAICS – 325414 Biological Product Manufacturing PSC – 6550 – IN VITRO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES, REAGENTS, TEST KIT Title: SOMASCAN ASSAY KITS This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate an other than full and open competition basis with SOMALOGIC, 2945 WILDERNESS PLACE, BOULDER, CO 80301, United States, to procure SOMASCAN ASSAY KITS. **Requirements List:** -SomaScan 7K Assay kits, - Plasma (900-00020), Serum (900-200021), Urine (900-00026), Cerebral Spinal Fluid (900-00025), Cell and Tissue Kits (900-00027) (900-00020 And/Or SomaScan 11K Assay kits - Plasma (900- 00050), Serum (900-00051) Available only to qualified Som-QTY-7 -Shipping and Handling-QTY-7 Period of Performance: **8/12/2024 TO 8/11/2025 Place of Delivery:** **Bethesda, MD 20892 Sole Source Justification:** The purpose of this acquisition is to procure a SomaLogic SomaScan7K HTS Kits for the Center for Human Immunology, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity (CHI). The CHI develops and applies systems biology approaches—combining computation, modeling, and experiments—to study the immune system at the organismal, cellular, and molecular levels. The proteomic data generated from the samples run on the assay from this acquisition will be coupled to information from orthogonal experimental techniques to uncover a systems immunology-based model of disease. SomaLogic Inc. is the only manufacturer that manufactures compatible kits that meets the requirement. The equipment and software designed to integrate exclusively with SomaScan Assay Kits which are available only from SomaLogic, and any attempt to use alternative kits could void the warranty. The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1 only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources that could provide comparable services may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NOI-NIAID-24-2183344) to Angela Puddy at angela.puddy@nih.gov by 12:00 pm EASTERN Standard Time, Friday, June 28, 2024. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for proposal. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate an other than full and open competition basis with SOMALOGIC, 2945 WILDERNESS PLACE, BOULDER, CO 80301, United States, to procure SOMASCAN ASSAY KITS. **Requirements List:** -SomaScan 7K Assay kits, - Plasma (900-00020), Serum (900-200021), Urine (900-00026), Cerebral Spinal Fluid (900-00025), Cell and Tissue Kits (900-00027) (900-00020 And/Or SomaScan 11K Assay kits - Plasma (900- 00050), Serum (900-00051) Available only to qualified Som-QTY-7 -Shipping and Handling-QTY-7 Period of Performance: **8/12/2024 TO 8/11/2025 Place of Delivery:** **Bethesda, MD 20892 Sole Source Justification:** The purpose of this acquisition is to procure a SomaLogic SomaScan7K HTS Kits for the Center for Human Immunology, Inflammation, and Autoimmunity (CHI). The CHI develops and applies systems biology approaches—combining computation, modeling, and experiments—to study the immune system at the organismal, cellular, and molecular levels. The proteomic data generated from the samples run on the assay from this acquisition will be coupled to information from orthogonal experimental techniques to uncover a systems immunology-based model of disease. SomaLogic Inc. is the only manufacturer that manufactures compatible kits that meets the requirement. The equipment and software designed to integrate exclusively with SomaScan Assay Kits which are available only from SomaLogic, and any attempt to use alternative kits could void the warranty. The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1 only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources that could provide comparable services may submit a capability statement that will be considered by email (subject line to reference NOI-NIAID-24-2183344) to Angela Puddy at angela.puddy@nih.gov by 12:00 pm EASTERN Standard Time, Friday, June 28, 2024. Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. ## Publications - June 18, 2024: Presolicitation, due June 28, 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT. Notice 945c88841cc04834860f93b934a45a08. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/945c88841cc04834860f93b934a45a08/view ## Points of contact - Angela Puddy, angela.puddy@nih.gov, 4068026368 - Tonia Alexander, talexander@niaid.nih.gov, 2406695124 --- Source: SAM.gov Contract Opportunities bulk extract. 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