Laboratory Equipment
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) Emergency Response Branch within the CDC's National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), intends to award a sole source purchase order to Perkin Elmer Health Sciences, Inc to obtain 2 Sciclone G3 20/24 Position Desk System.
The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C 2304(c) (1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1 only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. The NAICS code for this procurement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. The lead-time for delivery of the systems is 3 months.
The Sciclone G3 20/24 Position Desk System will be used for rapid, automated sample preparation to facilitate method development and sample analysis of toxic compounds in biological matrices. Additionally, Sciclone G3 20/24 Position Desk System will provide for liquid handling automation providing an invaluable step in biomonitoring method development, specifically for analytes used in chemical terrorism. The G3 Sciclone will provide reliable automated liquid handling with minimum input by the user. This will allow for rapid and reproducible sample preparation a critical need for emergency response method development.
This system also has proprietary software that allows the user to process many samples in the most efficient manner possible this interoperability will drastically decrease system delays.
Perkin Elmer is the only vendor that manufactures, distributes and installs this equipment. As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on Federal Business Opportunity. The Government will issue only one solicitation to Perkin Elmer Health Sciences, Inc. However the Government will review all capabilities statements and determine if other qualified sources do exist that could provide this requirement. Information received in response to this announcement will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Capabilities statements must be sent to: Matthew Ellington at: [email protected] with the solicitation number 2014-Q-68623 referenced in the subject line no later than 1:00PM EST., May 27, 2014.
MATTHEW ELLINGTON, Phone 7704880073, Email [email protected]
