SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Maintenance Service for Vantera NMR Clinical Analyzer
- Notice Date
- 1/10/2020 11:06:56 AM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - CC BETHESDA MD 20892 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- NIH-OPC-CC-20-003041
- Response Due
- 1/20/2022 9:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 02/04/2022
- Point of Contact
- Kimala Winfield, Phone: 3014967015, Barbara Taylor, Phone: 3015945915
- E-Mail Address
-
kimala.winfield@nih.gov, taylorb@cc.nih.gov
(kimala.winfield@nih.gov, taylorb@cc.nih.gov)
- Description
- This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued, and quotations will not be requested. The National Institute of Health, Clinical Center (CC) intends to award a Firm-Fixed price purchase order to�Laboratory Corporation of America, Burlington, NC 27215,�on a sole source basis to provide maintenance service for one (1) Vantera NMR Clinical Analyzer. Service shall include toll-free twenty-four (24) hour phone service, seven (7) days per week, travel, parts, and labor for on-site service calls during NIH�s normal business hours; four (4) scheduled preventive maintenance visits per year, and remote diagnostics. The Department of Laboratory medicine utilizes the Vantera NMR Analyzer to perform lipoprotein particle quantification on samples from patients enrolled in NIH protocols. Laboratory Corporation of America is the sole vendor of the Vantera NMR Analyzer and is the only vendor that can provide this maintenance, as well as phone and on-site service for this analyzer. The Vantera produced by Laboratory Corporation of America and other parts from related instruments cannot be interchanged. Laboratory Corporation of America engineers is fully trained to install and repair their equipment, troubleshoot problems, and optimize the system with their proprietary diagnostic tools. Period of Performance shall be for a base year of twelve (12) months from date of award with four (4) one (1) year option periods. This acquisition is being conducted under the authority of the FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b)(i), allowing the Contracting Officer (CO) to solicit from one source.� The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219, with a large small business standard size of $20.5 million. This notice of intent to award is not a request for competitive quotations. Interested concerns capable of providing the same products or services as described in this notice may submit a capability statement outlining their capabilities. No solicitation is available. Information received will be evaluated for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Capability Statements must be received within the time outlined in this synopsis to be considered by the Government. A determination to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Each response should include the following Business Information: a. DUNS number and tax identification number. b. Company Name, address, POC, Phone, and Email address c. Current GSA Schedules or NAICS codes appropriate to this award. d. Capability Statement Comments to this announcement may be submitted to the Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, before the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Kimala Winfield, kimala.winfield@nih.gov or Barbara Taylor, taylorb@cc.nih.gov by the due date and time marked in this notice.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://beta.sam.gov/opp/ca7ab9598c4642cb8996727c686fa16d/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN05531784-F 20200112/200110230127 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
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