National Institutes of Health (NIH) NeuroBioBank (NBB) Tissue Toxicology Testing Services

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition (OA), on behalf of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), NeuroBioBank (NBB), has a requirement for tissue toxicology testing services. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) NeuroBioBank (NBB), supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), is composed of six (6) Brain and Tissue Repositories (BTRs) that are federated through an IT Portal (www.neurobiobank.nih.gov) to increase coordination and sharing of valuable tissue and data resources. Since its inception in 2013, the NIH NBB has sought to identify ways to centralize services to enhance standardization thereby limiting the variability of specimens obtained by different BTRs. One way is to provide centralized toxicology services for all brains acquired by the NBB BTRs. Delivery or Deliverables Please see the attached Statement of Work for further details. CLOSING STATEMENT THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.www.sam.gov.” All responses must be received by Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, and reference number NIMH-20-000645. Responses may be submitted electronically to Robin Knightly, Contract Specialist, at [email protected]. Fax responses will not be accepted. Extensions to the deadline will not be granted. Please contact Robin Knightly, Contract Specialist, at [email protected] or (301) 827-5302 with any questions.