SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Maintenance Services for LSM 510 Microscope w/accessories for October 2006 through September 2007
- Notice Date
- 10/10/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 811211
— Consumer Electronics Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21224
- ZIP Code
- 21224
- Solicitation Number
- LCS-00007
- Response Due
- 10/20/2006
- Archive Date
- 11/3/2006
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation issued pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulations Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being required and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-12. The NACIS code for this solicitation is 811211. This requirement is not set-aside for small businesses. This is a requirement to acquire maintenance services for Carl Zeiss, Microscope, Model LSM 510 NLO w/one microscope, s/n 85073, Axiovert 200 manual, s/n 000586, and Axioplan 2 ? Motorized, s/n 95953 for a period of one year. Services to include: scheduled and emergency services, travel, one (1) preventive maintenance inspection, replacement parts and software upgrades. It is the National Institute of Health, National Institute on Aging intent to negotiate solely with Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc, One Zeiss Drive, Thornwood, NY 10594, as they are the manufacturer of this equipment and the only known source that can provide maintenance for this equipment. Only one responsible source and no other vendors will satisfy agency requirements, 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) FAR 6.302-1(b)(1). The cited authority is applicable because Carl Zeiss is the only known source that can fulfill the requirements of this contract. Services shall be performed at the National Institute on Aging, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21224. The Government will award a purchase order utilizing simiplifiied acquisition procedures resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. Award will be made to the lowest price technically acceptable offer. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by this agency. The provisions at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. The following clauses apply to this solicitation and offerors may obtain full text versions of these clauses electronically at (http://www.arnet.gov/far). 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items; 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items; 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside; 52.222-19 Child Labor - Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies; 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222.26 Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veteran, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.225-3 Buy American Act-Free Trade Agreements ? Israeli Trade Act (Alternate II). Offers must include the price, delivery, and the technical capability. Submit quotes via email to jonesval@grc.nia.nih.gov or deliver them to the Valerie Jones at the above address by noon on October 20, 2006. If an acceptable response is not received by the closing date, an order will be issued to Carl Zeiss MicroImaging.
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institute on Aging, Gerontology Research Center, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland
- Zip Code: 21224-6825
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 21224-6825
- Record
- SN01163314-W 20061012/061010220116 (fbodaily.com)
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