SPECIAL NOTICE
35 -- Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 1/14/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 2129, Rockville, Maryland, 20857-0001
- ZIP Code
- 20857-0001
- Solicitation Number
- FDA1113310
- Archive Date
- 2/9/2013
- Point of Contact
- Ricardo H. Grijalva, Phone: 3018276762
- E-Mail Address
-
ricardo.grijalva@fda.hhs.gov
(ricardo.grijalva@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice Information Solicitation: FDA 1113310 Agency/Office: Food and Drug Administration Location: Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services Title: Notification of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Description(s): Notification of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Order The Food and Drug Administration, intends to make a sole source award for a (1) year service agreement for the Applied Biosystems 3500 Genetic Analyzer [Serial No. 22314-130] to Applied Biosystems of Foster, California in accordance with FAR Part 12 and the Simplified Acquisition procedures set forth in FAR Part 13.106. The resultant purchase order will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect thought the Federal Acquisition Circular 05-50, NAICS Code 811219. The basis for this award is "only one responsible source". Other interested parties, who possess the required capabilities to provide the services outlined under the specifications, may also present information for consideration. This is for a servicing agreement that includes: Parts, labor and travel. One planned maintenance visit annually. Two days response time for service calls. Priority telephone and email access to instrument technical support. Telephone and email access to application technical support. Telephone and email access to application technical support. Remote Monitoring and Dx Service, providing notification of instrument failures or errors that are reported by remote monitoring software. Service and maintenance for the Applied Biosystems 3500 Genetic Analyze will be performed for one (1) Base Year to include four (4) option years of servicing for the Food & Drug Administration's, Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA). SPECIFICATIONS: The Contractor shall meet the following maintenance and service performance requirements which include: 1. Parts, labor and travel for remedial repair. 2. No charge for planned maintenance visits. The number of planned maintenance visits will be performed during the plan period. 3. Guaranteed priority response time of 2 business days after receipt of a service call for instruments. If contractor fails to arrive at the instrument location within 2 business days for reasons other than customer's failure to provide access to contractor or causes beyond the reasonable control of contractor, the contractor will provide customer a service plan renewal credit in an amount equivalent to one day's pro-rated charge for each day that contractor's response is late. 4. Target response time of 3 business days for remedial repairs. Contractor will use reasonable efforts to respond within 3 business days from receipt of a service call. 5. Priority telephone and email access to instrument technical support. 6. Telephone and email access to application technical support. 7. Smart Services remote monitoring, which provides for notification to customer of instrument failures or errors that are reported by the contractor. The projected award date is January 25, 2013. Period of performance: Base Year: January 31, 2013 thru January 30, 2014; Option Year One: January 31, 2014 thru January 30, 2015, if exercised; Option Year Two: January 31, 2015 thru January 30, 2016, if exercised; Option Year Three: January 31, 2016 thru January 30, 2017, if exercised; Option Year Four: January 31, 2017 thru January 14, 2018, if exercised; Primary Point of Contact.: Ricardo H. Grijalva Senior Advisor Ricardo.grijalva@fda.hhs.gov Phone: 301-827-6762 Contracting Office Address: Primary Point of Contact: 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 2119 Rockville, Maryland 20857-0001
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/FDA/DCASC/FDA1113310/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Food & Drug Administration, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Microbiological Sciences Branch, Southeast Regional Laboratory, 60 Eighth Street, NE, Atlanta, GA 30309, United States, Atlanta, Georgia, 30309, United States
- Zip Code: 30309
- Zip Code: 30309
- Record
- SN02965053-W 20130116/130114234347-fdd06e2a46f753f1b1f0f72b255dcc11 (fbodaily.com)
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