Notice of Intent to Sole Source – ECIS Upgrade

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE. This is not a request for competitive proposals/quotes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), hereby announces its intent to issue a sole source order/contract to Applied Biophysics. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a size standard of 1000 employees. Purpose: ECIS® (Electric Cell-substrate Impedance Sensing) is a real-time, label-free, impedance-based method to study cell behaviors in tissue culture. These include monolayer barrier function, cell growth rates and viability, wound-healing migration and other behaviors directed by the cell’s cytoskeleton. HELD currently has a ECIS 1600R system which is more than two decades old. The vendor will provide an upgrade of ECIS 1600R to ECIS Z -Theta system and ship it to HELD, Morgantown. Scope of Work The vendor shall deliver the following equipment and components: 1) ECIS-1600UG; Upgrade of ECIS 1600R to ECIS Z -Theta. 2) ECIS-16WAS; 16 Well Station including electronics & cables 3) ECIS 8 Well Array Re-Etching process A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action will be based on responses to this notice and is solely in the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. All vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. This action is for services which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit quotations. This is not a request for competitive quotations ; however, the Government will review any/all product, capabilities, and pricing information submitted prior to the closure of 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. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any responses should be emailed to Stephanie Reid at [email protected] by JUN 13, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. ET .