SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2007
- 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, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7902, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-PB-HG-2007-164-KLW
- Response Due
- 6/13/2007
- Archive Date
- 6/28/2007
- Description
- THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. It is the intent of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to negotiate on a sole source basis with Carl Zeiss Microimging, Inc. One Zeiss Dr. Thornwood, NY 10594, to provide the routine maintenance and repair on the Confocal Microscopes and accessories beginning June 2007 through May, 2008. This service will include one scheduled preventative maintenance visit, emergency repair services, replacement parts, consumable items, software upgrades, and travel to Building 49 located on the main campus of the NIH in Bethesda, MD. The services shall be furnished during normal business hours Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm excluding holidays. If equipment failure occurs a technician will respond within a timely manner to correct, clean, or replace parts as necessary to ensure continuing optimum performance. The vendor shall warrant that all replacement parts supplied shall be of good workmanship and material. The sole source determination is based upon the fact that only the manufacturer can provide the proper maintenance and replacement parts which are proprietary to this vendor and can not be substituted by another vendor. This acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and is exempt from the requirements of FAR part 6, Competition Requirements. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 811219 and the Size Standard is $6.5M. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this notice. All responses should include a firm fixed price; documentation of the capabilities of meeting the government requirements; at least three references documenting successful past performance in meeting Government minimum specifications; a proposed delivery schedule; prompt payment discount terms; the DUN & Bradstreet number (DUNS); the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN); and the offerors business size. The submission will be evaluated on the content of the above documents. The offeror must also register in the Governments Contractor Registry System, Note: www.ccr.gov. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct future competitive procurement. Comments to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NHLBI-PB-HG-2007-164-KLW may be submitted by mail to the National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute, Procurement Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 6042, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention: Kesha Williams, by fax transmission to (301) 480-3345 or by email to williamk@nhlbi.nih.gov all responsible sources may submit information, which if received timely, shall be considered by the agency.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, MD
- Zip Code: 20892-0001
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 20892-0001
- Record
- SN01305220-W 20070601/070530220344 (fbodaily.com)
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