SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Illumina Service Agreement
- Notice Date
- 1/22/2013
- 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 Institute on Drug Abuse, Station Support/Simplified Acquisitions, 31 Center Drive, Room 1B59, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
- ZIP Code
- 20892
- Solicitation Number
- NOI-2850250
- Archive Date
- 2/9/2013
- Point of Contact
- John Flannery, Phone: 301 435 8782
- E-Mail Address
-
flanneryje@mail.nih.gov
(flanneryje@mail.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 Institute on Drug Abuse, Office of Acquisitions, Station Support/Simplified Acquisition Branch, on behalf of the National Institute on Aging (NIA), intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a noncompetitive basis to Illumina Inc., 9885 Towne Center Drive, San Diego, CA, 92121, for a service agreement for the existing Government-owned Illumina GAII Genome Analyzer (s/n 300348) and Illumina Cluster Station (s/n 100307) for the NIA Gene Expression and Genomics Unit in Baltimore, Maryland. The period of performance for this service agreement is 12 months. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has a requirement for a service agreement for a Government-owned Illumina GAII Genome Analyzer (s/n 300348) and Government-owned Illumina Cluster Station (s/n 100307) for the NIA Gene Expression and Genomics Unit in Baltimore, Maryland. NIA continues to require this service agreement so that the existing Illumina GAII Genome Analyzer and Illumina Cluster Station are properly maintained for continued usage at the NIA Gene Expression and Genomics Unit. The service agreement for both the Illumina GAII Genome Analyzer and the Illumina Cluster Station includes the following: -Full coverage on parts and labor -Comprehensive email and telephone support -Three business day on-site response time -Critical and non-critical updates/free software upgrades -Applications support -Access to online training modules -Discounts on optional advanced training programs -One preventative maintenance visit per year -Software updates released during the term of the agreement Illuminia Inc. is the manufacturer of both the Illumina GAII Genome Analyzer and the Illumina Cluster Station. Illumina Inc. does not authorize any third parties to provide the necessary replacement parts, software, software support, or technical support for this equipment as this technology is proprietary to Illumina Inc. This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the acquisition of commercial items prescribed in FAR Part 12, in conjunction with the policies and procedures for solicitation, evaluation, and award prescribed in Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and is exempt from the competition requirements of Part 6. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this synopsis. 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. Comments to this announcement, referencing this synopsis number, may be submitted to the NIDA SS/SA Branch, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, electronically to the attention of John Flannery, at flanneryje@mail.nih.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIDA-2/NOI-2850250/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 251 Bayview Blvd., Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States
- Zip Code: 21224
- Zip Code: 21224
- Record
- SN02969999-W 20130124/130122234341-c90a2eb9339e100e86d260a6f385f881 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |