The solicitation number is 75N95024Q00198 and the solicitation is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ).

This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13—Simplified Acquisition Procedures; and FAR Part 12—Acquisition of Commercial Items, and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.

THIS IS A NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) COMBINED SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition (OA), on behalf of the National Center for Advanced Translational Sciences (NCATS), intends to negotiate and award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition (including brand-name) to the following for the acquisition of six (6) dCas9-KRAB cell lines:

Cellecta, Inc.

320 Logue Avenue,

Mountain View, CA 94043

This acquisition is conducted as non-competitive for a commercial item or service and is conducted pursuant to FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

This requirement is for the following services:

The National Institutes of Health has established an RNAi/CRIPSR Cas9 screening facility to provide intramural researchers with access to the equipment and expertise necessary to conduct genome-wide RNAi/ CRIPSR Cas9 screens in mammalian cells.

The NCATS Functional Genomics Lab requires six (6) dCas9 cell lines that will be used to repress the target gene expression when applied in a CRISPRi screen. See attached Statement of Work.