SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- AB ASSURANCE MAINTANANCE/SERVICE AGREEMENT
- Notice Date
- 7/31/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center/Office of Purchasing & Contracts, 6707 Democracy Blvd, Suite 106, MSC 5480, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-5480
- ZIP Code
- 20892-5480
- Solicitation Number
- 13-012229
- Archive Date
- 8/27/2013
- Point of Contact
- MILTON DARTOOZOS, Phone: 3015945919, Barbara Taylor, Phone: 301-594-5915
- E-Mail Address
-
MILTON.DARTOOZOS@NIH.GOV, barbara.taylor@nih.gov
(MILTON.DARTOOZOS@NIH.GOV, barbara.taylor@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested. The national Institutes of Health (NIH), Clinical Center (CC) Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM), has a requirement to provide annual maintenance service for one (1) existing government owned instrument, the Applied Bio systems 3130-16 Genetic Analyzer that is used to monitor engraftment of donor stem cells in patients after transplant in the Clinical Center. The NIH, CC intends to award a one (1) year fixed price purchase order to Life Technologies Corporation, Foster city, CA 94404 for a twelve month base period, and four (4) additional twelve (12) month option periods for comprehensive maintenance coverage for the instrument, 3130-16 Genetic Analyzer. Life Technologies Corporation is the sole proprietor of the AB 3160-16 Genetic Analyzer which is integrated platforms of instruments, informatics, chemistry, and applications. There is no known company, nor does Life Technology authorize any third-party, that can provide the breadth and depth of knowledge of the unique instrumentation to properly service the AB system. Only Life Technologies service engineers go through a multi-step process in order to obtain factory certification to work on AB instrumentation and software. This certification is renewed every two years to ensure that service engineers maintain the standard of excellence. In addition, they remain certified on Class IIIB Lasers. Life Technology uses only replacement parts certified to manufactures OEM specifications. In addition, major sub-assemblies such as, circuit boards, polymer pumps, lasers, ovens, CCD cameras, auto-samplers, motors and major wiring harnesses are only orderable by a Life Technologies service engineer. Only Life possesses the requisite product knowledge and specialized training to provide qualification services. Life Technology offers the broadest range of audit-quality compliance and validation services ranging from risk assessment to hardware/software qualification to full system validation. All qualification services provide a comprehensive package that includes rigorously executed protocol documentation as well as all data collected during the execution of the protocol to keep the lab instrument audit-ready. The acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the acquisition of commercial items prescribed in FAR Part 12, in conjunction with the policies and procedures for the competition requirements of part 6. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government no to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the CC, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Milton Dartoozos, contract Specialist, Milton.dartoozos@nih.gov by the due date and time marked in this notice.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/CCOPC/13-012229/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 6707 Democracy Blvd. Suite 106, MSC 5480, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03132707-W 20130802/130731235608-77f8e932d5ec04ca1f6694e4d99cfa82 (fbodaily.com)
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