SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- On-Site Preventive Maintenance, Inspection & Emergency Repair of Government-Owned Applied Biosystems Laboratory Equipment
- Notice Date
- 1/24/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, Rm 538, Rockville, MD, 20892-7663, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 263-2007-P(BC)-0022
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is soliciting contractual support to provide On-Site Preventive Maintenance, Inspection and Emergency Repair of Government-Owned Applied Biosystems Instruments. This product is commercially available. The contractor shall provide on-site preventive maintenance, inspection and emergency repair of government-owned Applied Biosystems (AB) instruments in accordance with the salient characteristics listed. (1) The contractor shall perform preventive maintenance in sufficient detail and frequency to ensure the capability and availability of the AB instruments. (2) The contractor shall perform preventive maintenance calls which shall consist of, but shall not be limited to, inspection, examination of all functioning parts, through cleaning, proper lubrication, replacement or repair of worn or unserviceable parts, adjustment and calibration made with the expressed intent of maintaining the instrument(s) to the manufacturer?s original specifications. (3) The contractor shall respond to emergency repair calls from NIH users. The contractor?s response shall include but shall not be limited to the inspection and restoration of each instrument to its original specified operating parameters in 24 consecutive hours, not to exceed 48 hours, excluding weekends and Federal holidays, after an emergency call has been placed. (4) The contractor shall remotely and proactively track critical system parameters over the internet and identify potential instrument problems before they affect NIH laboratories? efficiency. (5) All labor and travel fees shall be included for instrument repair and planned maintenance. (6) The contractor shall provide immediate telephone and e-mail access to trained engineer instrument technical support. (7) The contractor shall provide priority telephone and e-mail access to instrument application technical support. (8) The contractor shall provide relocation services for all instruments covered by the contract. (9) The contractor shall provide engineers that have the expertise to meet the support requirements of all designated current and future Applied Biosystems products and technologies that NIH may acquire. The period of performance of this contract shall be for a one 12- month basic period and four 12-month option periods. This is a competitive procurement using full and open competition. The contract will be a firm fixed-price, indefinite delivery, requirements type. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this requirement is 811219, Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, with a size standard of $6.5M. Proposals may be addressed to the following address: National Institutes of Health, Office of Acquisitions - OLAO, 6011 Executive Blvd., Room 529-Q, Attention: Sheri Custer, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7663. NOTE: When hand delivering or using FedEx, UPS and other courier services you MUST use the following City, State, and Zip Code: Rockville, MD 20852 Facsimiles of the proposal will NOT be accepted. The solicitation will be issued on or about 15 calendar days after publication with closing date 21 calendar days after issue date. Requests for the above solicitation may be requested via telephone (301-402-3065) or email custers@od.nih.gov.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland and various other sites
- Zip Code: 20892-7663
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20892-7663
- Record
- SN01218123-W 20070126/070124220404 (fbodaily.com)
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