SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF MASS SPECTROMETRY EQUIPMENT
- Notice Date
- 9/25/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Office of Acquisitions, Office of Management, 530 Davis Drive, Durham, North Carolina, 27713, United States
- ZIP Code
- 27713
- Solicitation Number
- NIHES2015071
- Archive Date
- 10/20/2015
- Point of Contact
- Onyenauché Washington, Phone: (919) 541-0423
- E-Mail Address
-
uche.washington@nih.gov
(uche.washington@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT AND NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND QUOTATIONS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. The National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Research Triangle Park, NC intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Waters Technologies Corporation for preventative maintenance and repair services of mass spectrometry equipment at the NIEHS. This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 13.106-1(b) soliciting from a single source, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements in conjunction with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 811219, "Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance" with a size standard of $20.5M. BACKGROUND: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), located in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers composing the National Institutes of Health. The NIEHS is home to the Laboratory of Structural Biology (LSB). The mission of the LSB is to provide insights into biological processes that modulate the effects of environmental exposures on human health. LSB investigates the relationship between the atomic level structures of macromolecules and their biochemical properties, their abilities to interact with substrates and other molecules including those of environmental concern, and their functions in vivo. The equipment currently under maintenance and repair has been covered continuously following the expiration of their manufacturer warranties. The instruments are therefore considered to be optimum mechanical operating order with performance that is in accordance with the manufacturer's design specifications. The current contract with Waters Technologies Corporation expires on 30 September 2015. Funding will be subject to the availability of fiscal year 2016 funds. PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this procurement is for the maintenance and repair service on two (2) existing mass spectrometers manufactured by the Waters Corporation. Waters Corporation is the original manufacturer of the QT of Premier with an integrated Waters UPLC LC system and a Waters QT of Ultima Global instrumentation and only known firm that has the diagnostic equipment, OEM parts, and trained engineers to maintain and repair these instruments. The contractor shall provide all labor, materials and equipment to provide preventive maintenance and repairs for government owned Waters Q-T of Global and Q-T of Premier Mass Spectrometry instrumentation. The anticipated period of performance shall be fore one (1) month. ANTICIPATED CONTRACT TYPE: The anticipated contract type will be firm fixed price contract type. CONFIDENTIALITY: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. The Government shall consider all responses received within ten (10)days of this posting. A determination not to compete this requirement,based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish their capability to fulfill this requirement. NIEHS will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this notice. Please email, with the notice number in the subject line to the Contracting Officer listed below.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIEHS/NIHES2015071/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: The geographical scope includes the NIEHS main campus (111 T. W. Alexander Drive, Durham, NC) and surrounding NIEHS support campuses (Keystone, repository, inhalation facility and warehouse). The Contractor shall perform service in other locations on the NIEHS campus., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, United States
- Zip Code: 27709
- Zip Code: 27709
- Record
- SN03904092-W 20150927/150925235319-7ffc3fae4b75a2a555db54e9197d37f7 (fbodaily.com)
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