SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Notice of NIST's Intent to Negotiate on Sole Source Basis for a service agreement for Axio Observer Z1 Microscope - Notice of Intent
- Notice Date
- 8/27/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811310
— Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) 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
- NB644010-18-03561
- Archive Date
- 9/20/2018
- Point of Contact
- Indira Scott, Phone: 3019750420, Wendy Paulo, Phone: 3019753976
- E-Mail Address
-
indira.scott@nist.gov, Wendy.Paulo@nist.gov
(indira.scott@nist.gov, Wendy.Paulo@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Details Notice Type: Pre-Solicitation Response Date: 09/05/2018 10:00 am Eastern Archiving Policy: Automatic, 15 days after response due date Base Notice: Notice of NIST's Intent to Negotiate on Sole Source Basis for a service agreement for Axio Observer Z1 Microscope. NB644010-18-03561 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with Carl Zeiss Microscopy, LLC located at 1 Zeiss Dr. Thornwood NY 10594-1939, to purchase a service agreement for Axio Observer Z1 Microscope. NIST's Biosystems and Biomaterials Division (BBD) is focused on developing methods that will assure reliability and confidence in the measurements that underpin research and applications in genomic measurements, biomaterials, protein therapeutics and cell therapies, cancer diagnostics, nanoparticle safety, and microbial identification and quantifi¬cation. BBD carries out this work through fundamental research in measurement science and the development of reference materials, reference data, and protocols. In order to meet mission requirements, a one-year service agreement for maintenance, repair and updates and two one-year option periods for an Axio Observer Z1 microscope (SN 3851000926). The sole source justification is based on the following: Carl Zeiss Microscopy is the manufacturer of the Axio Observer 21 microscope and sole provider of maintenance services, parts and software updates. The instrument is proprietary, and they do not train or certify any third-party vendor to perform the required services. Market research, found that no third-party vendors capable of meeting the requirement. The resulting purchase order will be a Firm Fixed Price purchase order. The NAICS Code is 811310 with a size standard of 7.5 million dollars. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties who regard themselves as capable of fulfilling these requirements are invited to submit responses to the Government for consideration. Responses received by 10:00 AM ET on September 5, 2018, will be considered by the Government. Inquiry POCs: Indira.Scott@nist.gov Primary Wendy.Paulo@nist.gov Secondary National Institutes of Standards and Technologies NIST Acquisition Management Division (AMD) 100 Bureau Dr. Mail Stop 1640 Gaithersburg, MD. 20899-1640
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: National Institutes of Standards and Technologies, 100 Bureau Dr., Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN05057865-W 20180829/180827231227-589bc70abe94517b24df7fc272f343df (fbodaily.com)
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