SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Maintenance/ service agreement for the Cryo Cooler and its extended parts
- Notice Date
- 6/11/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 4211 - MSC 9559, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- HHSN-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-2015-NOI-208
- Archive Date
- 7/1/2015
- Point of Contact
- Rodney E. Brooks, Phone: 3014020751
- E-Mail Address
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rodney.brooks@nih.gov
(rodney.brooks@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME). The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support Contracts and Simplified Acquisitions Branch (SSSA) on behalf of the National Institute of Aging intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to Bruker BioSpin, 15 Fortune Drive, Billerica, MA 01821 for maintenance agreement for the Cryo Cooler and its extended parts. NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 334516 with a Size Standard of 500 employees. STATUTORY AUTHORITY This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 13.601(a)Soliciting from a single source. (1) For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold. (i) Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available (e.g., urgency, exclusive licensing agreements, brand-name or industrial mobilization). (ii) Where a single source is identified to provide a portion of a purchase because that portion of the purchase specifies a particular brand-name item, the documentation in paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section only applies to the portion of the purchase requiring the brand-name item. The documentation should state it is covering only the portion of the acquisition which is brand-name. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Maintenance/ service agreement for the Cryo Cooler and its extended parts. CONTRACTING WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME) DETERMINATION This requirement is for the purchase of a Maintenance/ service agreement for the Cryo • Cooler and its extended parts. The contractor shall include the following: • Coordinate telephone and on site support. Maintain inventory of parts. • Use overnight carrier to transport parts. • Maintain a probe facility at our Billerica MA facility. Maintain the cold head. • Maintain the cyrocooler • Maintain the secondary water cooling system and service as required. • Monitor cryogen levels. Refill cryostat. • Maintain cold head. Maintain the transfer lines. • Maintain the secondary water cooling system. • Generate regular reports of the magnet boil off rates and service activity. The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted as prescribed in FAR Part 10-Market Research. 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. 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 June 16, 2015 12:00 noon eastern standard time and must reference number HHSN-NIH-NIDA-SSSA-2015-NOI-208. Responses may be submitted electronically to Rodney.brooks@nih.gov or by U.S. mail to the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), Station Support / Simplified Acquisition Branch (SSSA), 31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2080, Attention: Rodney Brooks. Contact Rodney Brooks at (301) 402-0751 or Rodney.brooks@nih.gov for information regarding the solicitation. "All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency."
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