SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Maintenance for Freedom EVO 200 and Infinte 200 Pro Equipment
- Notice Date
- 1/7/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHIS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SBSS-14-0040
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2014
- Point of Contact
- Lauren M. Phelps, Phone: 3015942490, John Flannery, Phone: 301 435 8782
- E-Mail Address
-
lauren.phelps@nih.gov, flanneryje@mail.nih.gov
(lauren.phelps@nih.gov, flanneryje@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Contracting Office Address: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, MD 20892, UNITED STATES. Introduction: This is a Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources, (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses, service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. Purpose and Objectives for the Procurement: The purpose of this potential requirement is acquisition of a service contract to support the National Center for Advancing Translational Science's two owned Tecan Freedom EVO 200 lab robots and owned Tecan Infinite 200 Pro plate reader. Project Requirements: The Contractor must be able to perform the following service for a Tecan Freedom EVO 200 (Serial No. 1105005155), a Tecan Infinite 200 Pro (Serial No. 1105003773) and a Tecan Freedom Evo 200 (Serial No. 1209004284). 1. Scheduled one preventive maintenance visit per year including: • Cleaning and greasing • Wear & tear parts • Adjustments • Instrument specific tests • Service Report • Travel costs and labor 2. On-site repairs in case of instrument failure including: • Spare parts (as required) • Travel costs and labor • Service Report 3. Equipment Updates • Essential Hardware updates • Essential Firmware updates • Essential Software updates 4. Depot Repair in case of instrument failure 5. Loaner instrument provision in the event that equipment must be sent away for repairs. Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance is twelve months. Capability Statement: Contractors that believe they possess the ability to provide the required services should submit documentation of their ability to meet each of the project requirements to the Contract Specialist. Contractors should also provide their Company Name, DUNS number, Physical Address, and Point of Contact Information. Interested organizations are required to identify their type of business, applicable North American Industry Classification System Code, and size standards in accordance with the Small Business Administration. The government requests that no proprietary or confidential business data be submitted in a response to this notice. However, responses that indicate the information therein is proprietary will be properly safeguarded for Government use only. Capability statements must include the name and telephone number of a point of contact having authority and knowledge to discuss responses with Government representatives. Capability statements in response to this market survey that do not provide sufficient information for evaluation will be considered non-responsive. When submitting this information, please reference the solicitation notice number. All capability statements sent in response to this Sources Sought Notice must be submitted electronically (via email) to Lauren Phelps, Contract Specialist, at Lauren.Phelps@nih.gov and John Flannery, Contracting Officer, John.Flannery@nih.gov in MS Word format within 7 calendar days of the date of this announcement. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. Note: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in the response. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your 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 review of the responses received, pre-solicitation and solicitation notices may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. The solicitation release date is pending. The Government intends to negotiate a fixed-price contract.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Rockville, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03262379-W 20140109/140107235130-7f58a093501f8bf081db16cfb43dbef9 (fbodaily.com)
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