SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Notice Date
- 5/29/2009
- 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-(HL)-2009-170-DDC
- Archive Date
- 6/18/2009
- Point of Contact
- Deborah - Coulter, Phone: (301) 435-0368
- E-Mail Address
-
dc143b@nih.gov
(dc143b@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. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Office of Acquisitions (OA), Division of Extramural Research Activities (DERA), intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive sole source basis to Affymetrix, 3420 Central Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95051, to purchase preventive maintenance services for the following equipment. The preventative maintenance will include; Item (1) GCS, GeneChip® Array workstation serial number 74900478, Item (2) 640 GeneChip® Hybridization Oven serial number 11125, Item (3)AUTO =GeneChip® Auto Loader (Automatically loads chips into the array serial number A06480, (4) FS450, GeneChip® Fluidics Station 450 serial number 60102590, Item (5)FS450U, GeneChip® Fluidics Station 450 serial number FS0584, Item (6) FS450U, GeneChip® Fluidics Station 450 serial number FS1296, Item (7) GC30007G, GeneChip® Scanner serial number 50205790, Item (8) WS-SYS= Workstation System serial number 1PH1W6C1. The service contract is for a twelve-month period. The service contract shall include unlimited Affymetrix internet support via technical support web-site, unlimited telephone support via technical support hotline/4- business hour telephone response. Unlimited on-site emergency visits/2-business day on-site emergency response, on-site service provided Monday through Friday, 8am - 5pm, excluding holidays. One (1) preventive maintenance visits per year, schedules for the 4th quarter. Software upgrades and updates as released for the software used to control the instrument. GeneChip arrays are to be replacing deemed unusable due to malfunctions of Affymetrix instrumentation at no additional expense. Period of performance: For a period of twelve months ending on April 30, 2010. The sole source determination is based upon the fact that the equipment is manufactured by Affymetrix and only the manufacturer is authorized to provide maintenance services. Therefore, an award to any other source is not feasible or practical because only the manufacturer is capable of performing maintenance of the equipment. The acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition procedures and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is 811219 and Standard Size is $7.0 million. The small business set-aside does not apply. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this requirement. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct future competitive procurement. Responses to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NHLBI-PB(HL)-2009-170-DDC may be submitted to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisition, Procurement Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 6142, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7902, Attention Deborah Coulter. Response may be submitted electronically to coulterd@nhlbi.nih.gov. Responses will only be accepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representative. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN01831391-W 20090531/090530000904-f116555ccc235def801d8e162d75fefe (fbodaily.com)
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