SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- LTQ Orbitrap XL Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 6/13/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Procurement Section, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia, 20535, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20535
- Solicitation Number
- DJF-14-0700-Q-0010875
- Archive Date
- 7/3/2014
- Point of Contact
- Lynda M. Theisen, Fax: 703-632-8480
- E-Mail Address
-
Lynda.Theisen@ic.fbi.gov
(Lynda.Theisen@ic.fbi.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate a one-time sole source contract with Thermo Electron North America LLC, 5225 Verona Road, Madison, WI 53711 for LTQ Orbitrap XL maintenance. The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. This notice will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) Website ( www.fedbizopps.gov ). Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FBO site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 811219 with a Size Standard of $19.0 million. SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION The objective of this procurement is to provide on-site maintenance for LTQ Orbitrap XL. The LTQ Orbitrap XL is a highly sensitive and complex mass spectrometer, and requires expert maintenance and repair (when needed) by engineers who have received thorough, specialized training and have access to the patented and proprietary details of this scientific instrument. The need of a service contract is valuable to the government to provide not only timely maintenance but also speedy repair, thus maximizing uptime and productivity and ensuring uninterrupted services to the users. Only Thermo Electron North America LLC has the proprietary knowledge and trained service personnel to provide service for this mass spectrometer. In addition, only Thermo Electron North America LLC can modify the proprietary software that runs the mass spectrometer. There is no other company that can provide service and repair for this mass spectrometer. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE A fixed price purchase order for a one (1) year period of performance from the time of award. REQUIREMENTS Unity Essential Support Plan shall include the following: 1. Unlimited number of demand on-site service visits with a maximum 72-hour response 2. Engineer labor and travel is included 3. Priority status for technical support inquiries 4. One (1) Scheduled Preventative Maintenance visit 5. Thermo Scientific supplied personal computers are covered 6. Factory-certified replacement parts included 7. Software updates and notifications 8. Subscription to e-Support Online Technical Resources Reporting Requirements: The Contractor shall provide a written summary report of the services provided at the conclusion of each unscheduled visit and each preventive maintenance service rendered. The Service Summary Report shall include a time-to-response, a summary of the problem, a summary of the service(s) performed, and the corrective action taken, a summary of the parts, and a quality assurance statement certifying that the system, referred to as the equipment, is fully operational. CLOSING STATEMENT This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. To be eligible for award all offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement. All responses must be received by 4:00 PM EASTERN TIME June 18, 2014 and must reference solicitation number DJF-14-0700-Q-0010875. Responses shall be submitted electronically to Lynda M. Theisen, Contracting Officer at Lynda.Theisen@ic.fbi.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOJ/FBI/PPMS1/DJF-14-0700-Q-0010875/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Quantico, Virginia, 22135, United States
- Zip Code: 22135
- Zip Code: 22135
- Record
- SN03395345-W 20140615/140613235149-e1cae4917eeaae3ba1f2f875845c89a5 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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