PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE
Title: Accessories and Consumable for use on the Hamilton Vantage Workstation
ID: NOI-NIAID-24-2234069
Post Date: August 29, 2024
Response Date: September 9, 2024
NAICS: 334516
Introduction
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 on an other than full and open competition basis with Hamilton Company, Reno, Nevada to procure Various Accessories and Consumable for the Hamilton Vantage Workstation.
Currently Molecular Immunoengineering Section and Respiratory Viruses Core has a Hamilton Vantage workstation to perform high-throughput testing. These instrument accessories will function as a shared resource for the entire 2nd floor (multiple labs/PI's) in Bldg. 4.
Description of need:
1. REAGENT CARRIER 5x60ml-1 Track Reagent Carrier, holds up to five 60mL,
Reagent troughs, Part No.194057, QTY 1
2. Precision Tab Carrier, MTP, L5, Microtiter Plate, Landscape, 5 pos, Part No. 93521-01, QTY 3. MultiFlex Carrier Base (landscape
orientation), Part No. 188039, QTY 3
MultiFlex (MFX) Base Plate, Landscape.
Any Combination of 5 MFX modules.
Many MFX modules available.
Enables Autoload Barcode Scanning.
Uses 6 deck tracks
4. MULTIFLEXTIPMODULE BC, Supports one tip rack (5ml, 1000ul, 300ul, 50ul
or 10ul tips), Part No. 188160, QTY 2
5. Shifted Tip Pickup Adapter MPH-384, Intermediate storage position for 50 l tips, allows
pick-up of a single tip/row/column using the CO-RE 384-probe head. Part No.19105, QTY 2
6. ROCKET TIP SUPPORT, Intermediate storage position for tips allows pick-up of a single
tip/row/column using the CO-RE 384-probe head. Part No. 191056, QTY 1
7. MULTIFLEX NTR384 MODULE, Module to position one nestable tip rack (NTR)
with 50 l CO-RE 384 tips. Part No. 196371, QTY 12
8. SMP_CAR_12, Part No. 182045, QTY 2
For 50ml conical tubes, 12 positions.
Uses 2 track spaces on the deck.
9. TIP_CAR_480, Part No. 182085, QTY 1
Holds 5x 96 framed tip racks
For 10,50,300,1000 and 5000ul tips.
Autoload Tip Barcode Scanning.
10. Module, MFX, DWP, Prec-Tab, STD, Part No. 6601988-01, QTY 1
11. 300 L Rocket Conductive Tips 384 to 96 head, Case of 4,800 tips, (Blister 5 x 96 tips per
rack), Part No. 235974, QTY 1 case
12. 50 L 384 Nested Conductive Sterile Filter Tips, Case of 3,840 tips, (NTR 10 x 1 stack;
384/rack), Part No. 235844, QTY 1 case
13. 50 L CO-RE II Conductive Filter Tips, Part No. 235948, QTY 1 case
Case of 5,760 tips, 60 x 96 racks
12 Blisters, 5 x 96 tips per pack
Barcoded and autoload scannable
Highest quality virgin polypropylene
Manufactured with full QA/QC ISO process
Guaranteed RNase /DNase free
14. 60 mL Natural Reagent Reservoir, Self-Standing with Lid, Part No. 56694-01, QTY 1 case
Self-Standing with lid
Case of 28 reservoirs
V Bottom for lower dead volume
Made of virgin polypropylene.
individually wrapped
RNase / DNase free
15. FVK II Independent Channels Consumable Kit 1, Part No. 62964-01
FVK II Consumable Kit for 1,000uL Channels.
Used to Verify Pipetting Accuracy and Precision.
Done at Installation and PM Service.
Verifies Factory Performance Specifications.
16. FVK II MPH-384 with Hamilton Tips, Consumable Kit 5, Consumables Kit for MPH-384
Field Volume, Verification with Hamilton Tips. Part No. 199235, QTY 1
17. FVK II Solutions, Part No. 199030, QTY 1
Hamilton optimized Dye solutions.
Mettler Balance used to Verify Pipetting Accuracy.
Done at installation and PM Svc.
FVK Uses 96 well OD reader.
Verification Report generated.
18. Applications Support, Post Install Method Support,
Part No. APPSSUPPORT
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.
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, UEI number and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) respondents shall indicate if they are the manufacturer or the distributor of Vantage Liquid Handling workstation and consumables and shall include basic information on product specifications. If an equal product is recommended (not specific to the brand proposed) then sufficient details shall be provided by the respondent describing how the equal product being recommended, meets the minimum specifications of the requirement.
Submission Instructions
Interested businesses who consider themselves qualified to provide the above-listed items are invited to submit a response to this Notice of Intent by September 9, 2024 at10:00 AM EST. All responses under this Notice of Intent must be submitted via the NIAID electronic Simplified Acquisition Submission System (eSASS) website at https://esass.nih.gov. All vendors must register in the eSASS system to submit their documentation. Instructions on how to register /submit documents are included on the website. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government.
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).
