SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Sole Source Notice of Intent - Waters Corporation Total Assurance Plan
- Notice Date
- 12/23/2009
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811211
— Consumer Electronics Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- NB832010-A-02846
- Archive Date
- 1/14/2010
- Point of Contact
- Keith Bubar, Phone: 3019758329
- E-Mail Address
-
keith.bubar@nist.gov
(keith.bubar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acquisition Management Division, on behalf of the NIST Chemical and Biochemical Reference Data Division, intends to negotiate with Waters Corporation; Milford, MA, on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR Subpart 13.106-1 (b), Soliciting from a Single Source, for the renewal of a Total Assurance Plan for a Mass Spectrometer and the software for the Mass Spectrometer in use at NIST over a three year period from 01/01/2010 through 12/31/2012. The Total Assurance Plan (TAP) is for the following products: • TAP Quattro Micro, Model QUMICRO; Serial Number QAA088 • MassLynx Software, Model SUPMM; Serial Number MS3EN04149 Under the Total Assurance Plan, the contractor shall provide the following: • Annual Performance Maintenance (PM) visit to ensure continued uptime • Annual PM kit provided, which is reviewed and modified as needed annually with updated Waters Quality parts • Waters trained and certified field service engineers • All Waters certified quality parts for any repair needed • All Firmware updates included and installed during PM visits • Unlimited, at no additional charge, Technical Support using toll free support line • Priority Service Response • Educational Courses • Total Assurance Warranty • Replacement of non-repairable instruments • TAP is inclusive of all parts, including consumable parts The NAICS Code is 811211 with a Size Standard of $7 million. NIST anticipates negotiating and awarding a firm-fixed-price purchase order to Waters Corporation for this requirement. The following standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 apply to this request: 1194.21 - Software Applications and Operating Systems 1194.31 - Functional performance Criteria 1194.41 - Information, Documentation, and Support Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST and are authorized to provide these services may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before December 30, 2009 at 12:00 pm EST. To be considered an affirmative response, vendors must submit written data and documentation which demonstrates their authorization to meet these requirements. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Information submitted in response to this notice will be used solely to determine whether competitive procedures could be used for this acquisition. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to Keith Bubar at keith.bubar@nist.gov.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN02031058-W 20091225/091223235244-b902913f6d7cda1066da3ab34ba000d2 (fbodaily.com)
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