SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO PURCHASE KRATOS ANALYTICAL SERVICE AGREEMENT
- Notice Date
- 8/3/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811310
— Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB631070-12-04088
- Archive Date
- 8/20/2012
- Point of Contact
- Cheryl A. Coxen, Phone: 301-975-8838
- E-Mail Address
-
cheryl.coxen@nist.gov
(cheryl.coxen@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), with Kratos Analytical Inc, 100 Red Schoolhouse Road, A6, Chestnut Ridge, NY to provide a service agreement for the service and maintenance that includes full coverage for the instrument and its accessories, unlimited labor hours, one preventative maintenance visit, unlimited non consumable parts, a 10% discount on consumable parts, of a Kratos Axis Ultra X-Ray DLD Photoelectron Spectrometer, owned by NIST and located at NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 221/Room A366, Gaithersburg, MD. Kratos Analytical Inc. is the only authorized service provider for the Kratos Axis Ultra X-Ray DLD Photoelectron Spectrometer. The resulting purchase order will be for a base period of twelve months plus two one year options. The services required by NIST are deemed to be available from only the original source, Kratos Analytical Inc. to satisfy the NIST/Material Measurement Laboratory (MML)'s requirements. The Biochemical Science Division and the Polymers Division, which are part of the MML, as well as the Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division and the Sensor Science Division, which are part of the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML), all part of NIST, provide industry support in several areas including research publications related to biopharmaceutical products, semiconductor processes in these areas and support of these various industry sectors, MML and PML need to ensure that the instruments used to collect data on these various systems are working properly. Consequently, MML and PML require contractor services to maintain and perform urgent repairs on the Kratos Axis Ultra DLD X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer of which Kratos is the original equipment manufacturer. The NAICS Code is 334516 with a size standard of 500 employees. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for quotations. However, responses received by August 15, 2012, 12:00pm, EST will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government whether to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB631070-12-04088/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Bureau Drive, MS 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN02827006-W 20120805/120804000033-08940b237dbe451ed42c5cf0f34f085b (fbodaily.com)
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