U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attention: CMB-A, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

66 -- SERVICE FOR FINNINGAN TSQ7000 MASS SPECTROMETER SOL KY7486 POC David A. Donnelly, Contract Specialist, 919-541-7888, Donald L. Sutton, Contracting Officer, 919-541-3046 WEB: Click here tovisit the site that has information about this Request For Quotation, http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via email., donnelly.dave@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a sole source requirement for the maintenance and services to maintain the Finnigan TSQ7000 Mass spectrometer system. The contractor shall provide all necessary maintenance, labor, documentation (i.e. service call reports), repair parts, maintenance supplies, tools, test equipment, and transportation (including freight charges) necessary to restore and maintain the Finnigan TSQ7000 Mass Spectrometer system including a Varian 3700 gas chromatograph in proper operating condition as specified in the operating and maintenance manual(s) for the system. The contractor shall provide update software to keep the Finnigan TSQ7000 MS system current. The contractor shall not be responsible for providing consumable operating supplies, such as calibration materials, refurbishing services, pump oil, electron multipliers, CRT's, ion gauges, glass jet separators, GC columns, filaments, gaskets, ferrules, sepia, filters, source ceramics, heaters, sensors, injection port liners and fittings, ion volumes, thermospray vaporizers, DEP emitters, FAB targets, and all disk and tape magnetic media. The contractor shall establish and conduct a preventive maintenance inspection program which ensures that the system covered is operational and available for use during normal working hours. The inspection program shall meet the original equipment manufacturer's guidelines. The contractor is required to perform remedial maintenance after the service call is placed indicating that system is inoperative or operating with diminished capability. Once the diagnostic and corrective phases of maintenance are started, the contractor shall pursue completion of the services without delay or interruption to ensure that the system becomes operable within forty-eight (48) hours. The contractor shall respond to routine service calls for telephone support within one (1) hour and arrive on-site within seventy-two (72) hours. All services under this contract shall be performed by manufacturer trained (or formal training equivalent to manufacturer training), experienced, English speaking, technically qualified and authorized service engineers who have completed applicable maintenance training courses. At a minimum personnel are trained to perform scheduled preventive maintenance, remedial maintenance, and a thorough knowledge of the Finingan The U.S. Environmental Protection The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a sole source requirement for the maintenance and services to maintain the Finnigan TSQ7000 Mass spectrometer system. The contractor shall provide all necessary maintenance, labor, documentation (i.e. service call reports), repair parts, maintenance supplies, tools, test equipment, and transportation (including freight charges) necessary to restore and maintain the Finnigan TSQ7000 Mass Spectrometer system including a Varian 3700 gas chromatograph in proper operating condition as specified in the operating and maintenance manual(s) for the system. The contractor shall provide update software to keep the Finnigan TSQ7000 MS system current. The contractor shall not be responsible for providing consumable operating supplies, such as calibration materials, refurbishing services, pump oil, electron multipliers, CRT's, ion gauges, glass jet separators, GC columns, filaments, gaskets, ferrules, sepia, filters, source ceramics, heaters, sensors, injection port liners and fittings, ion volumes, thermospray vaporizers, DEP emitters, FAB targets, and all disk and tape magnetic media. The contractor shall establish and conduct a preventive maintenance inspection program which ensures that the system covered is operational and available for use during normal working hours. The inspection program shall meet the original equipment manufacturer's guidelines. The contractor is required to perform remedial maintenance after the service call is placed indicating that system is inoperative or operating with diminished capability. Once the diagnostic and corrective phases of maintenance are started, the contractor shall pursue completion of the services without delay or interruption to ensure that the system becomes operable within forty-eight (48) hours. The contractor shall respond to routine service calls for telephone support within one (1) hour and arrive on-site within seventy-two (72) hours. All services under this contract shall be performed by manufacturer trained (or formal training equivalent to manufacturer training), experienced, English speaking, technically qualified and authorized service engineers who have completed applicable maintenance training courses. At a minimum personnel are trained to perform scheduled preventive maintenance, remedial maintenance, and a thorough knowledge of the Finingan TSG7000 Mass Spectrometer system including the Varian 3700 gas chromatograph. Certification of training and work experience for services engineers working on subject equipment shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer upon request. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or about 9/16/97. Offerors interested in receiving a copy of the solicitation must submit a written request to the contact point at the address above. Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. Only one copy shall be sent to a corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more different geographic locations. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. (0241)

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