Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking to purchase an Illumina Dragen Server, a bioinformatics data processing platform, for clinical Next Generation Sequencing. The server will be used to support secondary analysis for the data generated by the current clinical TSO500 assay and new TSO500 v2, TSO500 HRD add-on assay, and TSO500 ctDNA assay. The server will be mounted on the NIH Biowulf cluster by the NIH CIT team. The contractor will provide all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to maintain and provide preventive maintenance for the server.
Some key features of the contract include:
• The server will have pre-installed Dragen TruSight Oncology 500 (TSO500) and Dragen TSO500 ctDNA analysis software.
• The contractor will provide 24/7 support, both remotely and on-site, and replace parts and provide labor and software upgrades.
• The contract includes a 12-month manufacturer warranty and 12 months of technical support.
• The contractor will provide emergency repair services during normal working hours, Monday through Friday, excluding Federal Holidays.
• The contract requires the contractor to comply with various Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses and Health and Human Services Acquisition Regulation (HHSAR) clauses.