SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Cepheid Maintenance and Calibration
- Notice Date
- 11/8/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811310
— Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street, Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- req_619492
- Point of Contact
- Nathan Johnson,
- E-Mail Address
-
nathan.d.johnson@aphis.usda.gov
(nathan.d.johnson@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- (1) USDA-PPQ Justification for other than full and open competition Contracting Activity USDA-APHIS-MRPBS-ASD Contracting (2) Cepheid SmartCycler calibration (3) Calibration services for Cepheid SmartCyclers located at Plum Island, NY. This equipment is used for tissue analysis and needs to be calibrated annually to ensure accuracy. (4) 6.302-1 only one responsible source and not other supplies will satisfy agency requirements (5) The SmartCyclers are proprietary equipment from Cepheid and they are the only company authorized to conduct repairs or calibration. For service agreements (not including calibration) there are other companies authorized to resell the agreements but Cepheid still does all of the work. (6) Sole Source notification posted on fbo.gov (7) Comparison to other maintenance agreements: Cepheid pricing has maintained constant for the past three years. Based upon price comparison with similar services this price is fair and reasonable. (8) Market research based on fbo post and contracting officers knowledge (9) As a commercial service Cepheid meets our current and anticipated future needs and is not part of Government unique specifications. (10) FBO Post (11) As a commercial market purchase the agency will not take any action to overcome barriers to competition. (12) Contracting officer certification that the justification is accurate and complete to the best of the contracting officer's knowledge and belief.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/APHIS/Contracting/req_619492/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: New York, United States
- Record
- SN02927563-W 20121110/121108234533-103f047b7750d389fe030459a66a7632 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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