SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Service/Maintenance Agreement for the NovoCyte Quanteon System in TDB Biology
- Notice Date
- 4/24/2024 12:23:17 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811310
— Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDA Bethesda MD 20892 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- 75N95024Q00259
- Response Due
- 5/1/2024 9:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 05/16/2024
- Point of Contact
- Kaitlyn Landi, Phone: 3018271804
- E-Mail Address
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kaitlyn.landi@nih.gov
(kaitlyn.landi@nih.gov)
- 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). The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Office of Acquisition (OA) the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), intends to negotiate and award a purchase order without providing for full and open competition (including brand-name) to Agilent Technologies 2850 Centerville Road Wilmington DE, 19808-1610 United States for Laboratory services for Service/Maintenance Agreement for the NovoCyte Quanteon System in TDB Biology. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE and SET ASIDE STATUS The intended procurement is classified under NAICS 811310 Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance with a Size Standard of $12.5 REGULATORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13�Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13�Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6�Competition Requirements. FAR Subpart 13.106-1 (b) Soliciting from a single source provides that: For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, Contracting officers may solicit from one source IF the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name OR industrial mobilization). The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2022-08 dated October 22, 2022. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES: This requisition is to extend the warranty for service coverage for one year consisting of preventative maintenance, service support, and technical phone support for instrument #64-1-1812-1039-6 in TRND Bio. Purchase Description: Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government as needed to perform the Statement of Work below: -Service/Maintenance Agreement for the following systems with the below coverage: -NovoCyte Quanteon Flow Cytometry System (SN#62-1-1902-1051-8) -One (1x) Preventative Maintenance performed annually on covered instrument/system -Inspection stickers will be affixed to each unit at the time of inspection -An equipment status report will accompany the certificates, providing an overview of inspection findings -All parts, labor, and travel covered -Annual preventative maintenance (PM) visit -Priority response times (remote and on-site) -Fixed costs with no added charges -Life cycle management -Scientific phone support ESTIMATED PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Period of performance is 12 months from ARO 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, Agilent Technologies 2850 Centerville Road Wilmington DE, 19808-1610 United States is the only vendor in the marketplace that can provide the services required by NIDA . The intended source is: Agilent Technologies 2850 Centerville Road Wilmington DE, 19808-1610 United States 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. 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. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. 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. 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 Unique Entity ID (UEI), 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. All responses must be received by the closing date and time of this announcement and must reference the solicitation number, 75N95024Q00259. Responses must be submitted electronically to Kaitlyn Landi, Contract Specialist, at kaitlyn.landi@nih.gov and KJ Shaikh, Contracting Officer, at kj.shaikh@nih.gov.� U.S. Mail and fax responses will not be accepted.
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- Record
- SN07040839-F 20240426/240424230045 (samdaily.us)
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