SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Maintenance of Carl Zeiss Equipment
- Notice Date
- 4/14/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- CAW-15-01398
- Archive Date
- 5/15/2015
- Point of Contact
- Carol A. Wood, Phone: 301-975-8172, Carol A. Wood, Phone: 301-975-8172
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.wood@nist.gov, carol.wood@nist.gov
(carol.wood@nist.gov, carol.wood@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Office of Acquisition and Agreements Management (OAAM), of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), on behalf of the NIST Laboratories, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC of Thornwood, NY, for a comprehensive maintenance agreement for Carl Zeiss Instruments. The Contractor shall provide comprehensive maintenance agreements for a total of 12 pieces of equipment. The types of equipment that will be covered include: -Microscopes -FESEM -Scan Module LSM -Axio Observers -Axiovert 200M -Xradia Versa -Scanning Electron Microscope -Focused Ion Beam Microscope -Helium Ion Microscope The Contractor shall provide a service agreement for the service and maintenance of all equipment to ensure uninterrupted performance within manufacturers' specifications on both a scheduled and as-needed basis. Service and maintenance shall include parts, labor, travel, unlimited on-site emergency service, and one preventive maintenance visit per year. The period of performance shall be for a one year base period and four one year option periods. Sole source determination is based on the following: All pieces of equipment are commercial items that were manufactured by Carl Zeiss. Carl Zeiss has proprietary rights to the existing equipment and is the sole manufacturer and distributor of their equipment. Carl Zeiss has no authorized resellers or service providers, software updates are not available online without appropriate nomenclature, operations manuals are not available on-line, and parts authorized for use by the manufacturer are available solely through Zeiss. Based on all of the above, only Carl Zeiss can supply the required service and guarantee that the maintenance and parts will be fully compatible with, and meet the performance specifications for the equipment required to be serviced. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219 and the small business size standard is $19.0 M. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, responses received by April 30, 2015, will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/CAW-15-01398/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN03699562-W 20150416/150414235941-c10a2a76b31140288bd259f7b4e28f0d (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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