Brand Name Only: SomaLogic SOMAscan HTS Assay Kits
Sources Sought Announcement
Title: SomaLogic SOMAscan HTS Assay Kits
ID: SS-NIAID-1972981
Post Date: July 12, 2019
Response Date: July 18, 2019
Classification Code: 66
NAICS: 334516
Introduction
This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all qualified sources to perform a potential requirement.
Background, Purpose, Objectives
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Center for Human Immunology (CHI), Division of Intramural Research (DIR) focuses their research on obtaining a better understanding of and achieve a more integrated and predictive understanding of human immunity and immune-microbiome behavior and function in health and disease. They are seeking sources capable of providing SOMAscan HTS Assay Kits.
Anticipated Award date: It is anticipated that an award will be made 45 days after this closing of this posting on 7/18/2019.
Capability Statement/Information Sought
All capable vendors should respond with a brief capability statement by July 18, 2019 at 5:00 PM EST.
Project and Brand name requirements: Successful offerors must have the knowledge, skill, ability, and resources to reliably fulfill the following requirements:
SomaLogic COMAscan Assay Kit requirements:
o HTS Assay Kit, Cells & Tissue - CAT# 900-00013
o HTS Assay Kit, Human Serum - CAT# 900-00014
o HTS Assay Kit, Human Plasma - CAT# 900-00010
Manufactured by SomaLogic
https://somalogic.com/
If your organization has the potential capacity to support this requirement, please provide the following information: 1) organization name, address, point of contact, email address, website address, telephone number, DUNS number and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of capability. 3) Place of manufacture.
Capability statements should also include documentation indicating that offerors business size as determined by the Small Business Administration's Table of Size Standards located at: (https://www.sba.gov/content/small-business-size-standards) for NAICS 325414. This SBA size standard is currently 1250 employees but is subject to change. Prospective offerors may also note whether they meet any other socio-economic business categories such as 8(a), Hub-Zone, or Service Disabled Veteran when submitting their capability statement.
Submission Instructions
Interested businesses who consider themselves qualified to provide the above-listed products are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 5:00 PM EST. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to purchasing agent, Jesse Weidow: jesse.weidow@nih.gov.
Disclaimer and Important Notes
This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.
Confidentiality
No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
Jesse Weidow, Purchasing Agent, Email weidowjd@niaid.nih.gov
