SOLICITATION NOTICE
65 -- AB SCIEX University- Success Master QTrap 6500
- Notice Date
- 9/16/2022 12:22:17 PM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - CC BETHESDA MD 20892 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- 22-007339
- Response Due
- 9/21/2022 9:00:00 AM
- Point of Contact
- Noelle DeCenzo, Phone: 3013518422
- E-Mail Address
-
noelle.decenzo@nih.gov
(noelle.decenzo@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 Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price contract to AB SCIEX, on a sole source basis to provide AB SCIEX University- Success Master QTrap 6500 at the NIH Clinical Center (CC). AB Sciex is the only company capable of providing AB Sciex 6500 QTrap mass spectrometer system and operations software manager with the capacity to specifically train on the AB Sciex 6500 QTrap mass spectrometer system.� Because of the specific instrument training, service certification & access to the latest technical developments, repair procedures knowledge base access, updated instrument database access, software manager applications update access, and planned education/training procedures of AB Sciex medical equipment and software operations manager for the AB Sciex 6500 QTrap Mass Spectrometer, only 1 source will be solicited. The QTrap 6500 mass spectrometer and software client manager are specifically designed and manufactured by AB Sciex, LLC for all AB Sciex biomedical systems.� No other vendor can provide the software & instrument systems education and training as the software licenses are only licensed and manufactured by AB Sciex, LLC.� All other sources have been exhausted due to the service engineer and application specialist scientist specific training, certification, database access, and knowledgebase of AB Sciex, LLC medical equipment, software manager licenses, and computer system that are directly applicable to the 6500 QTrap mass spectrometer system which are produced, licensed, and manufacturer by AB Sciex, LLC.� As such, no other vendor is capable of providing the Government with the software and training.� This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 � Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.� Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the CC, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of Noelle DeCenzo, Contract Specialist, noelle.decenzo@nih.gov by the due date and time marked in this notice.
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
- Zip Code: 20814
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 20814
- Record
- SN06469021-F 20220918/220916230140 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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