SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Mass Spectrometer Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 2/4/2014
- 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
- HHS-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-SS-14-072
- Archive Date
- 2/25/2014
- Point of Contact
- Lauren M. Phelps, Phone: 3015942490
- E-Mail Address
-
lauren.phelps@nih.gov
(lauren.phelps@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 and maintain the National Center for Advancing Translational Science's (NCATS) Waters Corporation mass spectrometer research equipment. This equipment supports the research of the NCATS Analytical Program. Project Requirements: The Contractor must be able to provide a service agreement that includes the following: 1. Unlimited service visits, troubleshooting and parts replacement should be covered for the Waters Corporation equipment components requiring service in Appendix A. 2. One (1) Preventive Maintenance (PM) visit per year for each component listed in Appendix A. 3. All parts and accessories used must be Waters Corporation Original Equipment Manufactuer (OEM) parts or accessories. This is necessary to ensure continuance of equipment warranty and standardization of research data. 4. All PM work and all service work must be completed by a Waters Corporation factory trained engineer. This is necessary to ensure continuance of equipment warranty and standardization of research data. 5. All charges to ship replacement or repaired equipment to the customer, or charges for the return of equipment, must be covered. 6. Products moved to a new location within the contiguous United States shall continue to be serviced under the agreement. Appendix A: Equipment Components Requiring Service Acquity Equipment Description Equipment Serial Number MassLynx Software 1 Year Plan MS3EN03453 UPLC ELS DETECTOR J07UPE325M UPLC PDA-e DETECTOR K07UPD090M UPLC SAMPLE MGR L07UPA675M UPLC BINARY SOL MGR L07UPB761M ZQ 2000 MASS SPEC LAA1678 Acquity - w/Elevator Equipment Description Equipment Serial Number Mass Lynx Software 1 Year Plan MS7KN01521 UPLC PDA DETECTOR G05UPD428M UPLC SAMPLE MGR G05UPS945N UPLC BINARY SOL MGR H05UPB104M UPLC SAMPLE ORG H05UPO182N UPLC ELS DETECTOR M05UPE041N ZQ 2000 MASS SPEC LAA1745 Waters HPLC Prep System Equipment Description Equipment Serial Number PCM - PUMP CONTROL MODULE D05PC2475E 2767 - Injector/Collector C05XY6701M CFO - COL FLUID ORG D05APC404M 515 - HPLC PUMP E05515759A 515 - HPLC PUMP E05515774A 2996 - PDA DETECTOR F05296352M 2525 - BGM G05APP564M Anticipated Period of Performance: The anticipated period of performance is twelve (12) months from date of award. 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 must 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 in MS Word format by or before the closing 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 purchase order.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland, 20850, United States
- Zip Code: 20850
- Zip Code: 20850
- Record
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