SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Maintenance/Performance Plan
- Notice Date
- 7/31/2008
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Atlantic Area/Kearneysville, WV, 2217 WILTSHIRE ROAD, KEARNEYSVILLE, West Virginia, 25430
- ZIP Code
- 25430
- Solicitation Number
- AG349BS088391
- Archive Date
- 8/7/2008
- Point of Contact
- TIMOTHY A SMEARMAN,, Phone: 304-725-3451 EXT 341
- E-Mail Address
-
tim.smearman@ars.usda.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, located in Kearneysville, West Virginia intends to issue a sole source purchase order with one option year to Applied Biosystems, 850 Lincoln Centre Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, for a continued maintenance agreement for the following mission critical equipment: Applied Biosystem 7900HT Sequence Detection System, Serial Number 200101, Applied Biosystem DNA Analyzer ABI Prism 3730, Serial Number 16108-017, Applied Biosystem 3100 Genetic Analyzer, Serial Number 1330-001. Maintenance/performance shall be provided by trained service engineers/technicians who are manufacturer certified to provide technical telephone support, provide all required and emergency service calls to include parts, labor, travel, and one annual planned onsite maintenance visit to provide manufacturer recommended service. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Responsible sources with demonstrated technical and financial capabilities to provide the required maintenance/performance services to the Applied Biosystem equipment specified above may submit a written substantive statement detailing the following capabilities: 1) demonstrated technical capability to successfully provide maintenance/performance agreements for the equipment identified in this notice, 2) demonstrated technical capability to provide manufacturer trained service technicians with qualifications and certifications to provide maintenance/performance services to the equipment specified in this notice, 3) demonstrated ability to obtain replacement parts for the equipment specified in this notice, 4) demonstrated ability to provide technical telephone support for the equipment specified in this notice, and 5) demonstrated past performance on similar maintenance/performance agreements involving equipment specified in this notice. Written substantive statements shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer within 7 days of publication of this notice. This notice is not a request for proposal. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a future competitive procurement. This notice is not a request for proposal nor is a solicitation available. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Capability statements addressing all capabilities specified in this notice may be sent to the Point of Contact specified in this Notice.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 11861 Leetown Road, Kearneysville, West Virginia, 25430, United States
- Zip Code: 25430
- Zip Code: 25430
- Record
- SN01628700-W 20080802/080731225447-a07bf6b5db472e9b58b101ee2db62215 (fbodaily.com)
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