SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Service Maintenance Agreement for Spectrapolarimeter Instrument
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, Bldg 50 Room 422, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079, United States
- ZIP Code
- 72079
- Solicitation Number
- FDA1105457
- Archive Date
- 6/26/2012
- Point of Contact
- Nicholas E Sartain, Phone: 870-543-7370
- E-Mail Address
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nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov
(nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR SOLICITATION The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is conducting market research to support the Center for Biological Evaluation and Research (CBER) requirement for a service agreement on a spectrapolarimeter system. The FDA is seeking business sources, including total small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, 8(a) certified companies and other than small businesses. The following information is provided to assist the FDA in conducting Market Research to identify potential contractors for this effort: The government is seeking capability statements from businesses capable of performing maintenance and service meeting the below performance requirements. Part I: General Information A. Introduction/Background Maintenance agreement for a Jasco (J-815) spectrapolarimeter. The instrument was purchased in 2008 from JASCO. B. Scope The instrument is used for characterization of plasma proteins, protein therapeutics, and protein interactions with various ligands. This device has been under maintenance/service agreement since its warranty expired in 2009. It is used by several laboratories for ongoing experiments that directly benefit the protection of the blood supply and the public health at large. Part II: Service Performance Requirements The service agreement will include the following: • Jasco spectrapolarimeter J-815 (S/N: A023461168) instrument. The contractor shall meet the following performance requirements: 1. Shall include a minimum of one (1) planned preventative maintenance visits per year. all costs for labor, travel, and parts required for preventative maintenance. 2. The planned preventative maintenance and all services and repairs shall be performed by a trained specialist certified by manufacturer and provided on-site at NCTR. 3. Contractor shall provide unlimited on-site service/repair visits which again includes all labor, parts, and travel costs. 4. Phone support should be available from 8am to 5pm local time Monday through Friday 5. On-site support should be supplied within three business days during local business hours, 8am to 5pm 6. Priority scheduling for requests for service 7. Repairs done with only new and genuine parts 8. System software and hardware support and upgrades that are needed for reliability improvements and correction of any defects. 9. All maintenance and repair activities shall be accomplished in accordance with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) specifications. 10. The contractor of the service agreement plan shall perform all necessary repair service and standard preventative maintenance of the system or otherwise correct any material reproducible failure or malfunction if it represents a substantial nonconformity with the OEM current published specifications for the Instrument and the government determines and notifies the contractor that such error or malfunction substantially interferes with the normal use of the Instrument. All labor, travel and parts are included. Replaced products, components or subassemblies will be new. 11. If the contractor is unable to repair the equipment to the OEM performance standards and/or obtain OEM parts and the OEM repair services are needed this cost will be borne by the contractor. 12. Deliverables: Service Records and Reports The Contractor shall, commensurate with the completion of each service call or preventative maintenance visit, provide the end-user of the equipment and the Contracting Officer with a copy of a field service report/ticket identifying the equipment name, manufacturer, model number, and serial number of the equipment being serviced/repaired and detailing the reason for the service call, a detailed description of the work performed, the test instruments or other equipment used to affect the repair or otherwise perform the service, the name(s) and contact information of the technician who performed the repair/service, and for information purposes, the on-site hours expended and parts/components replaced. The offeror may provide information on multiple types of service agreements plans available and pricing of each. Place of Performance Work shall be formed on-site at the location of the instrument: 8800 Rockville Pike, NIH Bldg 29, Rm. 300 Rockville, MD 20892 The offeror shall furnish sufficient technical information necessary for the Government to conclusively determine that the offered instrument and components meet the technical requirements identified above. Firms believing they can meet the requirements to the above specifications are encouraged to respond electronically with no less than the following information: • Business name, DUNS number, business address, business website, business size status (i.e., SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone SB, SDB, WOSB, LB), point of contact name, mailing address (if different from business address), phone number and email address; • Sufficient descriptive literature that unequivocally demonstrates that offered products and services meet or exceed above specifications. • At a minimum provide the following: All descriptive material necessary for the government to determine whether the service/product offered meets the technical requirements including: technical specifications, descriptive material, literature, brochures and other information, which demonstrates the capabilities of the contractor to meet the requirement. Indicate whether the organization is the manufacturer of the items or authorized maintenance provider. • The offeror includes documentation of technical competency on the operation and repair of the Jasco spectrapolarimeter system. Such documentation should include certification from the original equipment manufacturer within the past calendar year. • Provide a list of prior experience servicing a Jasco spectrapolarimeter systems and contact information on at least two references that can be contacted that the contractor has provided similar services within the last two years. Name, telephone number, email address, contract number and description of services with dollar amount. • If applicable, identification of the firm's GSA Schedule contract(s) by Schedule number and SINs that are applicable to this potential requirement are also requested. • Provide information if any of these specifications are too restrictive. No response will be considered that the listed specifications are adequate in a competitive environment. • If a large business, provide if subcontracting opportunities exist for small business concerns. • Though this is not a request for quote, informational pricing must be submitted. The government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, not identified in the response. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is- 811219- Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance; Small Business Size Standard is $19 million. Interested Contractors must respond with capability statements which are due in person, by postal mail or email to the point of contact listed below on or before June 22, 2012 by 13:00 hours (Central Time in Jefferson, Arkansas) at the Food and Drug Administration, OC/OA/OAGS, Attn: Nick Sartain, 3900 NCTR Road, HFT-320, Jefferson, AR 72079-9502 or email nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov. Reference FDA1105457. Notice of Intent Responses to this sources sought announcement will assist the Government in determining whether or not any future requirement similar to this one should be set aside for small business, made available to full and open competition or procure through sole-source acquisition procedures. 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 FedBizOpps. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. 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).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 8800 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02774243-W 20120615/120613235111-17ee8e066791e72f7130107aaeeff2a6 (fbodaily.com)
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