SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- FLUOVIEW 1000 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 4/7/2016
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-CSB-DE-2016-113-KEW
- Archive Date
- 5/6/2016
- Point of Contact
- Kyle Wisor, Phone: 3014023670, Rashida Ferebee,
- E-Mail Address
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Kyle.Wisor@nih.gov,
(Kyle.Wisor@nih.gov, ontract)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- (1) Action Code: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (2) Date: April 7th (3) Year: 2016 (4) Contracting Office Zip Code: 20892 (5) Classification Code: J066 (6) Contracting Office Address: 6701 Rockledge Drive Rockledge II Bethesda, MD 20892 (7) Subject/Title: FLUOVIEW 1000 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Maintenance (8) Proposed Solicitation Number: NHLBI-CSB-DE-2016-113-KEW (9) Closing Response Date: April 21st, 2016 (10) Contact Point: Kyle Wisor, Contract Specialist (11) Contract Award and Solicitation Number: TBD (12) Contract Award Dollar Amount: UKN (13) Contract Line Item Number(s): Line Item 1: FLUOVIEW 1000 Maintenance Plan; Line Item 2: Option Year 1; Line Item 3: Option Year 2; Line Item 4: Option Year 3 (14) Contractor Award Date: UKN (15) Contractor Name: TBD (16) Description: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the nation's medical research agency-making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. The mission of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is to improve dental, oral, and craniofacial health through research, research training, and the dissemination of health information. The Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch (MPTB) pursues a comprehensive bench-to-bedside program to understand the molecular basis of salivary gland function and dysfunction and to develop strategies for the diagnosis, prevention, and management of salivary gland diseases. The NIDCR MPTB currently owns and operates a Olympus made FLUOVIEW 1000 confocal laser scanning microscope and requires a maintenance plan to ensure its continued operation. (i) "This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued." (ii) The solicitation number is NHLBI-CSB-DE-2016-113-KEW and the solicitation is issued as a request for quote (RFQ). (iii) The solicitation document, the incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-87 effective 06 APR 2016. (iv) The associated NAICS code is 811219, Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance, and the small business size standard is $20.5M. The acquisition is being conducted in accordance with the procedures of FAR Part 12 and FAR Part 13. (v) The Contractor Requirements are listed below: (vi) The Contractor Shall Provide: Tasks: 1. The contractor shall provide all labor, material and equipment to provide preventive maintenance for Government-owned Fluoview 1000, serial Number 9J15294. All maintenance services shall be performed in accordance with the manufacturer's standard commercial maintenance practices. 2. The contractor shall perform not less than one (1) preventative maintenance inspection(s) during the contract period. Service shall be performed by factory trained Field Service representatives. Service shall consist of a thorough cleaning, calibration, adjusting, inspection, lubrication and testing of all equipment in accordance with the manufacturer's latest established service procedures. All equipment shall be operationally tested through at least one (1) complete operating cycle at the end of the preventive maintenance inspection to assure optimum and efficient performance. 3. The contractor shall provide emergency repair services on an unlimited basis during the term of this contract at no additional cost to the government. Emergency service shall be provided between 8 am and 5 pm Monday through Friday excluding and Federal holidays. Upon receipt of notice that any part of the equipment is not functioning properly, the Contractor shall furnish a qualified factory-trained service representative to inspect the equipment and perform all repairs and adjustments necessary to restore the equipment to normal and efficient operating condition. Emergency service calls shall not replace the necessity for PMI. Contractor shall provide consultation with an authorized manufacturer expert via web or phone to reduce system downtime. The contractor response time for repairs shall be within 24 hours. 4. The contractor shall furnish all required replacement parts at no additional cost to the Government, with the exception of consumable items such as batteries and light bulbs. Parts shall be new or remanufactured to original equipment manufacturer specifications. 5. The contractor shall provide Software Service in accordance with the manufacturer's latest established service procedures, to include telephone access to technical support for use of program software and trouble shooting of the operating systems, at no additional cost to the Government. The contractor shall receive advance approval for the installation of all software updates/upgrades and revisions from the Government. Defective software shall be replaced at no additional cost to the Government. 6. The contractor shall not be responsible for any repairs necessitated by abuse, neglect, vandalism, Acts of God, fire or water. These repairs shall be the subject of a separate purchase order and shall not be performed under this contract. Contractor Requirements: 1. Contractor service technicians shall be factory trained and have experience in the servicing aforementioned instrument. All primary service personnel shall have at least one backup Field Service representative with at least the same level of expertise on the equipment covered by this contract. (vii) Period of Performance: Base Year: May 1st, 2016 - April 30th, 2017 Option Year 1: May 1st, 2017 - April 30th, 2018 Option Year 2: May 1st, 2018 - April 30th, 2019 Option Year 3: May 1st, 2019 - April 30th, 2020 Place of Performance: National Institute of Health, NIDCR 9000 Rockville Pike Building 10, Room 1N102 Bethesda, MD 20892 (viii) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (ix) The provision at FAR clause 52.212-2, Evaluation - Commercial Items, is applicable. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: Contract award shall be made to the responsible Offeror whose offer, in conforming to this RFQ, provides the overall best value to the Government, technical, past performance, and cost evaluation factors considered. The Government's objective is to obtain the highest technical quality considered necessary to achieve the project objectives, with a realistic and reasonable cost. Technical and Past Performance evaluation factors are more important than cost. Total points: 100 1. Technical Evaluation factors (60 points) a. Maintenance Services to be provided by qualified factory trained service technicians, trained back up representative for primary technician; b. Provided repair parts are to the OEM specifications; c. Ability to respond to service requests in a reasonable time; 2. Past Performance (30 points) a. Provide customer surveys or other applicable past performance questionnaires demonstrating work performed relating to the required tasks and services. A list of Purchase Orders and or Contracts providing for services over the past three (3) years may be provided if no applicable surveys or questionnaires are obtainable. If no past performance documents are provided the Contract Officer will base the past performance score on the contracting officer's knowledge of and previous experience with the supply or service being acquired. 3. Price (10 points) (x) FAR clause 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items, is applicable. An offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically via http://www.acquisition.gov. If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the System for Award Management (SAM) website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (c) through (p) of this provision. (xi) FAR clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. (xii) FAR clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Including the following clauses and Prohibitions: i. 52.209-10, Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations 52.219-28, Post Award Small Business Program Representation ii. 52.233-3, Protest After Award iii. 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim iv. 52.222-3, Convict Labor v. 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities vi. 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity vii. 52.222-36, Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities viii. 52.222-50 Combating Trafficking in Persons ix. 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases x. 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-System for Award Management xi. 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging while Driving xii. 52.244-6, Subcontracts for Commercial Items xiii. 52.2232-39, Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (xiii) Additional Contract Requirements: None (xiv) The Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) and assigned rating are not applicable. (xv) All responses must be received by April 21st, 2016 at 9:00 AM and must reference number NHLBI-CSB-DE-2016-113-KEW. Responses may be submitted electronically to Kyle.Wisor@nih.gov or by U.S. mail to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, COAC Services Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 6150B, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention: Kyle Wisor. Phone: 301-402-3670; Fax responses will not be accepted
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institute of Health, NIDCR, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN04076941-W 20160409/160407235034-fe45240661992f1613453af854d5fb81 (fbodaily.com)
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