SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Maintenance Support of NIDA-Owned Mass Sepctrometer Equipment
- Notice Date
- 4/28/2016
- 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 on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-NOI-16-218341
- Archive Date
- 5/23/2016
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Burns, Phone: 3014024592
- E-Mail Address
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jennifer.burns2@nih.gov
(jennifer.burns2@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTRODUCTION This is a pre-solicitation non-competitive (notice of intent) synopsis to award a contract without providing for full or open competition (including brand-name). THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Consolidated Station Support and Simplified Acquisitions (CSS/SA) Branch intends to negotiate and award a purchase order to Thermo Electron North America LLC for maintenance support for two (2) mass spectrometers without providing for full and open competition (including brand-name). NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 811219 with a Size Standard of $20.5 Million. REGULATORY AUTHORITY The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-87 dated April 6, 2016. This acquisition is for a commercial item or service and is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This acquisition is NOT expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. STATUTORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Purpose and Objectives The purpose of this requirement is acquisition of maintenance support for Linear Quadrupole Ion Trap Orbitrap Velos Mass Spectrometer and Linear Quadruple Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer. These maintenance services are required by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program (IRP) to support studies. Period of Performance The period of performance for all requirements is June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017. A firm fixed-price purchase order is contemplated. Project Description The contractor is responsible for providing proper maintenance and service for the two orbitrap mass spectrometers in the SBU at NIDA-IRP. The Contractor must be able to provide the following services: 1.Guaranteed 12 month contract that will not be canceled. 2. Provided annual preventive maintenance visit 3. Unlimited number of demand on-site service visits within 72 hours 4.Certified replacement parts 5.Computer software updates and notifications 6.Engineer labor and travel is included CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted. Specifically, only Thermo Electron North America LLC is capable of meeting the needs of this requirement because Thermo Electron is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the LTQ Orbitrap system requiring service. The equipment is proprietary to the company. As such, only Thermo Electron is authorized to provide service and parts for the equipment requiring maintenance. Use of any other contractor would place equipment integrity in jeopardy which would then risk continuity of science; should the equipment not remain fully functional to original equipment manufacturer standard, standardization of NIDA IRP longitudinal research study data would be jeopardized and any loss of this data would be to the serious detriment of the NIDA mission. Accordingly, only Thermo Electron is capable of providing the required maintenance support services. The intended source is: Thermo Electron North America LLC 1400 N. Point Parkway, Suite 10 West Palm Beach, FL 33407 CLOSING STATEMENT THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov." A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be received by the closing date and time of this announcement and must reference the solicitation number. Responses may be submitted electronically to Jennifer Burns, Contract Specialist, at Jennifer.burns2@nih.gov. US Mail and Fax responses will not be accepted.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 333 Cassell Drive, Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States
- Zip Code: 21224
- Zip Code: 21224
- Record
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