BiobankPro sample management software

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 Brooks Life Sciences, Frederick, MD 21703 to procure a maintenance agreement for the existing 20 concurrent licenses of BiobankPro sample management software. The NIAID Integrated Research Facility is part of the National Interagency Biodefense Campus, a group of federal biomedical research facilities based at Fort Detrick, Maryland. The IRF is composed of 6 core laboratories: (1) Clinical Core, (2) Anatomic Pathology, (3) Cell Culture, (4) Imaging Physics, (5) Comparative Medicine, and (6) Aerobiology. Scientists at the IRF focus on developing prevention and treatment options that will be directly relevant to human diseases—whether they emerge naturally or are deliberately introduced. Advanced imaging technology and other state-of-the-art features inside a secure laboratory allow researchers to follow disease processes. Operations and activities include labs, wastewater treatment plant, and water storage, treatment and distribution. The IRF building is approximately 144,000 square feet, is located at 8200 Research Plaza in Frederick, MD and has 75 employees The National Institutes of Health, Division of Integrated Research Facility requires the additional licenses (both 5 concurrent users and 2 additional server) to support the implementation and transition of BioBank Pro into operations. The BioBankPro replaces the current Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) component of the IRF Research Operations management system (ROMS). The facility has developed and begun testing with licenses purchased in FY 18 (which now require Y2 Maintenance). BioBankPro is a proprietary framework and the current request extends the facility’s uses of that framework. Place of performance is Frederick, MD. 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 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 by email (subject line to reference NOI-NIAID-2017239 to Rita Davis at [email protected] by 1:00 pm eastern standard time, April 6, 2020. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis 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.