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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF MARCH 25, 2020 SAM #6691
SPECIAL NOTICE

99 -- Notice of Intent to Sole Source - JEOL Maintenance

Notice Date

3/23/2020 6:52:18 AM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

334516 — Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

DEPT OF COMMERCE NIST GAITHERSBURG MD 20899 USA
 

ZIP Code

20899
 

Solicitation Number

NIST-NOI-20-01248
 

Response Due

4/6/2020 12:00:00 PM
 

Archive Date

04/21/2020
 

Point of Contact

Forest Crumpler, Phone: 3019756753
 

E-Mail Address

forest.crumpler@nist.gov
(forest.crumpler@nist.gov)
 

Description

The United States Department of Commerce (DOC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division (AMD) intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with Japan Electron Optics Laboratory (JEOL) of 11 Dearborn Road, Peabody, MA 01960 for the purchase of maintenance/urgent repair/service contract support for 9 JEOL instruments currently in use by NIST. The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is FAR 13.106-1(b) by the authority of FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) include four Directorates that utilize JEOL instruments to support its mission.� The instruments include Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM), and E Beam Lithography (EBL) tools.� These Directorates are the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), the Engineering Laboratory (EL), the Material Measurement Laboratory (MML), and the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML).� The four directorates utilize tools manufactured by the Japan Electron Optics Laboratory (JEOL) to accomplish their missions. These tools require a maintenance and urgent repair contract to keep them running within the manufacturers specifications with minimum down time. The tools instruments owned and used by CNST, EL, MML and PML are listed in the attached document. The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to procure a maintenance and urgent repair contract for 9 JEOL instruments located at both the Gaithersburg, MD and Boulder, CO sites.� The Contractor shall provide a maintenance and service agreement for the JEOL instruments listed below to ensure uninterrupted performance within manufacturers� specifications on a scheduled and as-needed basis. �Procurement is for a base of one (1) year of maintenance/repair/support for all items listed in the attached Statement of Work (SOW), and four (4) options, each consisting of one (1) year.� The Service and maintenance shall include unlimited emergency visits during regular business hours in addition to scheduled preventive maintenance visits for one year, unless stipulated otherwise.� Covered expenses shall include all parts, labor, travel, and per diem.� The Contractor shall repair/replace all parts (i.e., hardware, software, accessory components/systems) required for the operation of the systems listed above. Research has found that only one (1) company can offer the proprietary service and parts required to provide support for the covered equipment.� �� The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516 � Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, and the size standard is 1,000 employees. No solicitation package will be issued.� This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responsible sources interested may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by 3:00 p.m. Eastern on April 6, 2020. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to forest.crumpler@nist.gov . No telephone requests will be honored.�� A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement in the future.�
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/01ced9608cca43058ba916da0c401b65/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA

Zip Code: 20899

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05597002-F 20200325/200323230144 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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