Added: Apr 22, 2008 11:35 am
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Aging (NIA), intends to negotiate a nine-year contract with Coriell Institute for Medical Research to provide support for the maintenance of an Aged Cell Bank.
The Aging Cell Repository was established at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research (then known as Institute for Medical Research) in June, 1974, by the Aging Branch, NICHD (later to become the Institute on Aging) through contract N01 AG 4 2865. The repository continued at the same location from January 1, 1980 through January 31, 1986 as contract N01 AG 0 2100. The contract was competed and continued at the same location from February 1986 through January 31, 1991 as contract N01 AG 6 2109. The contract was competed and continued at the same location from February 1991 through January 31, 2000 as contract N01 AG 1 2101, and again from 2000 to 2009 under contract N01-AG-0-2101.
The specific requirement to be accomplished by this contract is for the Contractor to continue to establish, characterize, store and distribute normal and genetically marked cell lines for aging research. The importance of this resource lies in the unique collection of cell lines for aging research and the research opportunities they present.
Statutory authority: The appropriate statutory authority is 41 USC 253 (c) (1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1.
The cited authority is applicable because due to the risk of moving the repository, and the costs associated with such a move, there is only one responsible source that will satisfy agency requirements. Coriell Institute for Medical Research has the highest possible qualifications to carry out the work in this contract, as exemplified by their past performance over the past 35 years.
Added: Apr 23, 2008 3:50 pm
The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within forty-five days (thirty days if award is issued under an existing basic ordering agreement) after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with 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.
