THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT AND NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Laboratory of Viral Diseases (LVD) intends to negotiate on an “other than full and open competition” basis with Oxford Nanoimaging Inc. for the Nanoimager compact high resolution microscope system (“Nanoimager”). This acquisition will be processed under FAR Part 12 - Acquisition for Commercial Items and will be made pursuant to the authority in FAR Part 13.501(a)(1). Only one award will be made as a result. This will be awarded as a firm fixed price type of contract. These Nanoimager systems can only be provided by one source. The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one source available and no substitutions are possible. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. All responsible sources who can provide the same or similar equipment may submit a response that could be considered by email to Lu, Chang at
[email protected] by 5:00 PM on August 16th, 2021. All information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail to allow NIAID to determine if it can meet the unique specifications. All responses received by the closing date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any response received after the closing date and time of this notice will be late and will not be considered.