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This is a Sources Sought notice for domestically manufactured products only This is NOT a solicitation for proposals proposal abstracts or quotations Per the Buy American Act and Executive Order 14005 the National Institutes of Allergy Infectious Disease NIAID is seeking information for domestically manufactured products only Per the requirements under the Buy American Act and requirements relating to Executive Order 14005 entitled Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of Americas Workers in the event that a nonavailability waiver request submitted through the Made in America Office MIAOs Digital Waiver Portal is required Respondents must certify in capabilities statement that products are manufactured in the United States The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of all US manufactured products that are equal to the following product 1 automated hematology analyzer one 1 instrument starter pack for animal blood that evaluates and provides the results of 27 parameters for each blood sample in approximately two minutes for veterinary use only Will employ three stateoftheart technologieslaser flow cytometry optical fluorescence and Laminar Flow Impedanceas well as the SLShemoglobin method with the following requirementsspecifications Laser flow cytometry delivers an advanced fivepart white blood cell differential Optical fluorescence provides a highly sensitive and accurate reticulocyte count Laminar Flow Impedence performs the fastest most precise red blood cell count The broadest hematology test menu in the veterinary industry Veterinaryspecific algorithms for 17 species Loadandgo operation and results in just 2 minutes Detection of band neutrophils Reticulocyte count Reticulocyte hemoglobin RETICHGB True fivepart white blood cell differential Detection of nucleated red blood cells The ability to run abdominalthoracic synovial fluid analyses 27 whole blood parameters plus fluid analysis Red blood cell parameters Red blood cell RBC count Hematocrit HCT Hemoglobin HGB Mean cell volume MCV Mean corpuscular hemoglobin MCH Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration MCHC Red blood cell distribution width RDW Reticulocytes RETIC and Reticulocyte hemoglobin RETICHGB Nucleated red blood cells nRBC when presence suspected White blood cell parameters White blood cell WBC count Neutrophils NEU and Lymphocytes LYM and Monocytes MONO and Eosinophils EOS and Basophils BASO and Band neutrophils BAND when presence suspected Platelet parameters Platelet PLT count Platelet distribution width PDW Mean platelet volume MPV Plateletcrit PCT Fluid analysis parameters Total nucleated cell count TNCC Agranulocytes AGRANS and Granulocytes GRANS and Red blood cell RBC count Dimensions weight Width 126 in 32 cm Depth 1626 in 413 cm Height 158 in 403 cm Weight approximately 55 lb 25 kg Capability StatementInformation Sought All capable vendors should respond with a brief capability statement demonstrating an equal product that is manufactured in the United States by April 26 2024 by 1100 AM EST Capabilities statement must also include the following information 1 organization name address point of contact email address website address telephone number UE ID with an active SAMgov registration and a tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort with appropriate documentation supporting claims of capability Submission Instructions Interested businesses who consider themselves qualified to provide an equal product that is manufactured in the United States for the abovelisted product are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by April 26 2024 by 1100 AM EST All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to directly to Rita Davis ritadavisnihgov with the Sources Sought ID SSNIAID242216290 in email the subject line Disclaimer and Important Notes This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organizations qualifications to perform the work Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted After a review of the responses received a presolicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities However responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation Confidentiality No proprietary classified confidential or sensitive information should be included in your response The Government reserves the right to use any nonproprietary technical information in any resultant solicitations
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Department/Ind.Agency
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
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Subtier
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
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Office
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIAID