SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Service Contract for BD LSR Fortessa (SORP)
- Notice Date
- 7/18/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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
- JJS-NIH-NHLBI-CSB-(SBSS)-2013-092-DDC
- Archive Date
- 8/16/2013
- 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 Small Business Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources: (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantage businesses and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code (811219, size standard $19.0) should not submit a response to this notice. 2. Notice Information a. Background: The mission of the Center for Human Immunology (CHI) is cooperative research based on advanced technologies in order to efficiently translate enhanced understanding of immune function and path physiology to the clinic. The center is based on cooperative research, technologically driven with the goal of understanding human immunology, and addressing diseases that perturb this system. These studies aim to result in improved therapy of immune-medicated diseases and to derive important and offer unique biologic information from the study of ill human beings. The Center for Human Immunology/NHLBI/NIH requires a service contract agreement for a single Special Order Research Product (SORP) LSR Fortessa flow cytometer including five lasers, High Throughput Sampler (HTS) b. Purpose and Objectives: The purpose of this requirement is to procure a Full onsite service agreement offer unlimited on-site repair visit, including parts, labor, and travel expenses during the service agreement coverage period on the below system: • LSR Fortessa S/N H64717700044 • Sapphire 200 MW Blue LSR no S/N • Red Coherent Cube 637-150, LSR no S/N • COHR Compass GRN 315M-150 LSR no S/N • Laser Violet et 405-100 no S/N • Mode Lock UV 100 mW Opt no S/N • High Throughput Sampler S/N U64770100285 c. Contractor Requirements: The vendor shall provide the Government One (1) preventive maintenance inspection during each twelve month period, in conjunction with the superior equipments preventive maintenance inspection. One (1) PM kit must be provided, emergency replacement will be provided within two (2) working days; The use of new or like new parts will be at the discretion of the manufacturer, Unlimited telephone support for instruments, reagents and applications will be provided. Contractor shall provide services for a base year of twelve months and two option years of twelve months period. d. Government Responsibilities: A brief survey must be conducted in order to ensure the safety of the contractor's representative. This attempt is to ascertain and assess the risks associated with any potential exposure to hazardous materials or situations that may be encountered in the course of the service visit. The Government will make available to the manufacturer or authorized representative at no charge all diagnostic programs and documentation. The Government is required to give the manufacturer employees or representatives full and free access to all covered equipment. The Government will provide adequate storage space for parts and documentation and adequate working space, to include heat, light, ventilation, electric current and outlets for the use of the manufacturer employees and representative. The facility will be within a reasonable distance from the equipment to be serviced and shall be provided at no charge to the manufacturer. e. Reporting Requirements and Deliverables: The vendor will provide remedial maintenance of malfunctioning covered equipment, which cannot perform within the vendor's published specifications. Remedial maintenance means providing service assistance via telephone, and /or by an on-site visit by the manufacturer field service engineer at the discretion to resolve instrument malfunctions. Such maintenance shall be furnished on anon-call basis within two (2) regular business days after receipt of notification from the Government. f. Capability statement/Information sought: Based on the responses received from this SOURCES SOUGHT announcement, the proposed acquisition may be solicited as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. All eligible small business concerns responding to this Sources Sought Announcement must have the capabilities to provide services stated above. Interested small business firms are highly encouraged to respond to this notice. However, firms should understand that generic capability statements are not sufficient for effective evaluation of their capacity and capability to perform the work required. Responses must directly demonstrate the company's capability, experience, and ability to marshal resources to effectively and efficiently perform the objectives described above and include an outline of previous or similar projects so that the Government can perform a proper evaluation of the company's capability. Information regarding respondents': (a) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training; (b) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work; (c) prior completed projects of similar nature; (d) corporate experience and management capability; and (e) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information; The written response to this notice should consist of the following items: a. Company Name. b. Company DUNS number. c. Company point of contact, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and website address d. Name, telephone number, and e-mail address of a company point of contact who has the authority and knowledge to clarify responses with government representatives e. Date submitted. f. Applicable company GSA Schedule number or other available procurement vehicle. g. Do you have a Government approved accounting system? If so, please identify the agency that approved the system. h. Type of Company (i.e., small business, 8(a), woman owned, veteran owned, etc.) as validated via the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). All respondents must register on the CCR located at http://www.ccr.gov/index.asp i. Not to exceed 20 singled-sided pages (including all attachments, resumes, charts, etc.) presented in single-space and using a 12 point font sized minimum, that clearly details the ability to perform the aspects of the notice described above. All proprietary information should be marked as such. Statements should also include an indication of current certified business status; this indication should be clearly marked on the first page of your capability statement (preferably placed under the eligible business concern's name and address). Responses will be reviewed only by NIH personnel and will be held in a confidential manner. j. Common cutoff date: 8/1/2013 7:30 a.m. eastern time l. Delivery point: Submitted (via email) to Deborah Coulter, Contract Specialist at coulterd@nhlbi.nih.gov in MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). All responses must be received by the specified due date and time in order to be considered. 3. Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality - No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
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