SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: THERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA, LLC
- Notice Date
- 3/2/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Western Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-32SD-P-17-0196
- Archive Date
- 3/17/2017
- Point of Contact
- WASHINGTONI NLN,
- E-Mail Address
-
washingtoni.NLN@ars.usda.gov
(washingtoni.NLN@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The USDA ARS - WBSC intends to award a sole source Firm Fixed Purchase Order (PO) to THERMO ELECTRON NORTH AMERICA, LLC (Thermo Electron), 1400 Northpoint Parkway, suite 10, West Palm Beach, FL 33407. This order attains THERMO ELECTRON UNITY PROACTIVE SUPPORT PLANS (CHROM GC) to provide continuity in services & maintenance for USDA purchased equipment: ISQ LT Single Quadrupole GC-MS (ISQ1509536) & TRACE 1310 Mainframe 110V (715002027) for USDA ARS Biochemistry & Engineering (B&E), 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710. The Firm Fixed PO will include the following: 1. BASE YEAR - THERMO ELECTRON UNITY PROACTIVE SUPPORT PLAN (CHROM GC) - PM ONLY UNTIL MARCH 19,2018 2. THREE (3) OPTION YEARS - THERMO ELECTRON UNITY PROACTIVE SUPPORT PLAN (CHROM GC) - FULL COVERAGE UNTIL MARCH 19,2021 USDA ARS, B&E previously purchased Thermo Electron equipment: ISQ LT Single Quadrupole GC-MS (ISQ1509536) & TRACE 1310 Mainframe 110V (715002027). The Support Plans are required to provide continuity of services & maintenance and functionality of this highly specialized equipment; and also to ensure the continuity of research data collection will not be interrupted. Thermo Fisher Scientific does not sub-contract services in relation to the support of this system. Pursuant to the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements. The award date will be on or about March 16, 2017 ; and this Notice of Intent is not considered as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) nor is it a Request for Proposals (RFP). No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. A determination, by the Government, to compete this proposed PO based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The Government will consider all responses received by 9:30AM PST, March 16, 2017. Information received will be considered solely for determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to the Primary Point of Contact: Washingtoni.NLN@ars.usda.gov.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA ARS Biochemistry & Engineering (B&E), 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, California, 94710, United States
- Zip Code: 94710
- Zip Code: 94710
- Record
- SN04420038-W 20170304/170302234732-bcfdfdf354453dbc975320fb97a547ff (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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