SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 6/10/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- NHLBI-PB-HG-2008-140-KLW
- Archive Date
- 7/9/2008
- Point of Contact
- Kesha L. Williams,, Phone: 301-435-2605, Chris Belt,, Phone: 301.435.6672
- E-Mail Address
-
williamk@nhlbi.nih.gov, cbelt@nhlbi.nih.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT, NOT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL. A SOLICITATION DOCUMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. It is the intent of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions (OA) for the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to negotiate on a sole source basis with Genetix Limited Queensway, New Milton Hants BH25 5NN to provide maintenance and repair on the Qpix2 s/n QP2300. This instrument is part of a high-throughput robot handling system that is capable of many applications that includes high speed colony picking, macroarraying (gridding), replicating and re-arraying. It is a versatile automated colony picker in a space-saving bench-top format. Colonies are imaged by an on-board CCD camera and picked at a rate of up to 4,600 colonies per hour. The fully enclosed system with UV sterilization ensures an ultra-clean environment, while the high-pressure wash station eliminates carry-over. The intuitive software allows maximum flexibility over colony selection criteria, gridding patterns and library management. Genetix provided the initial implementation of the instrument and therefore are uniquely qualified to provide the necessary care. An equally important component of this instrument is the superior maintenance support. The period of performance is a total of 12 months. The vendor will provide the following services: •Travel to the location to carry out remedial or preventative maintenance and guarantees to cover the equipment for parts. Labor and travel for 12 months. •If case of product malfunction the contractor will have its representative at the location within 3 working days and will use all reasonable measures to repair the malfunction at the location, but if that is not practicable the contractor’s representative will seek to make alternate arrangements with the customer for: •A further visit to be made to the location during the customers normal business hours for the repair of the malfunction or •If the equipment is inoperative as a result of the malfunction, its repair at the location outside of the customers normal business hours or •If it is not practical to repair the malfunction, the removal of the equipment (or the part of the equipment in question) for purposes of repair. •Provide unlimited software support via telephone or email. Telephone support shall be available during normal business hours. •The contractor will use all reasonable endeavors to perform routine maintenance on the equipment at six-month intervals and provide current version software upgrades free of charge. Routine maintenance of the equipment shall be carried out by one of the Contractor’s duly authorized representatives attending at the location at such times during the customers normal business hours as may be agreed upon in advance between the contractor and customer. The routine maintenance will include lubrication, inspection and calibration procedures that are designed to reduce component failure and prolong the life of the equipment. •If the contractor fails to achieve the target response time of 3 working days, for each day over the 3 days, one extra day will be added to the termination date of the agreement. The sole source determination is based upon the fact that Genetix is the sole source manufacturer of this system and as such are the only ones that can provide the necessary technical support. The parts are unique to this instrument and can not be substituted by other vendor parts. The engineers from Genetix have the in-depth knowledge and training to repair this complex machine. There are no other authorized vendors for this equipment so they are the only known source with the capability to provide this service to NHGRI. This acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and is exempt from the requirements of FAR part 6, Competition Requirements. The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) Code is 811219 and the Size Standard is $6.5M. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However all responses/proposals received within 15 days after publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Comments to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NHLBI-PB-HG-2008-140-KLW may be submitted by mail to the National Heart Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, Procurement Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 6042, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention: Kesha Williams, by fax transmission to (301) 480-3345 or by email to williamk@nhlbi.nih.gov. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 5625 Fishers Lane, Room 5s16, Bethesda,, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
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