SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Software/Hardware upgrade and Complete Calibration & Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2019
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- 6011 Executive Blvd 5th Floor Rockville MD 20852-3804
- ZIP Code
- 20852-3804
- Solicitation Number
- NIHOLAO-OD3-NOI-5479649
- Response Due
- 8/23/2019
- Point of Contact
- John Alozie, Contract Specialist, Phone 3014968413
- E-Mail Address
-
john.alozie@nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to negotiate a contract on a sole source basis with LabLogic Systems, Inc. Tampa, FL. The purpose of the contract is for the contractor to supply proprietary software/hardware calibration and maintenance service for various models of Hidex Liquid Scintillation Counter and Automated Gamma Counter Calibration for the Division of Radiation Safety (DRS) at the NIH. Hidex is the manufacturer of the Hidex 300SL liquid scintillation counters, 600SL liquid scintillation counters, and Automated Gamma Counters, and LabLogic is their authorized sales and service representative in North America. LabLogic is at the present time the only company that Hidex has given the required training and knowledge to perform the calibration and repairs on the Hidex 300SL, 600SL, and Automated Gamma Counter. To upkeep and maintain the new equipment, DRS is committed to the purchase of proprietary service and repair that at the present time, no other company can provide nor have the legal authority to do so. Responses The proposed acquisition action is for items and/or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1 (b). A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract acquisition based upon responses to the 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. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any nonproprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (21-AUG-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link To Document
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OoA/NIHOLAO-OD3-NOI-5479649 /listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD
- Zip Code: 20892
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN05412932-F 20190823/190821230024 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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