SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Order to Waters Corporation
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Tricia LynnUSEPA Headquarters1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.MC 3803REmail: lynn.tricia@epa.govWashingtonDC20460
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-DC-13-00027
- Point of Contact
- Tricia Lynn
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Order for a One-Year Service Agreement for the Waters Quattro Premier LC/MS/MS System The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Acquisition Management (OAM) intends to award a sole source, fixed-price, purchase order for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), Office of Pollution Prevention (OPP), Biological & Economic Analysis Division (BEAD), Analytical Chemistry Branch (ACB) under the authority of FAR Part 13.106-1(b)(1), to Waters Corporation (Waters) in order to procure a service plan renewal for the existing Waters Quattro Premier LC/MS/MS System. The purpose of this procurement is to obtain a Total Assurance Plan (TAP) with one (1) Performance Maintenance (PM) visit for Waters Quattro Premier MS/MS detector, Acquity liquid chromatograph (LC) components, and the MassLynx Software one (1) year plan for the LC/MS/MS system. This service plan covers all components of the LC system (UPLC TUV Detector, UPLC Sample Manager, and UPLC Binary Solvent Manager) as well as the Quattro Premier MS/MS detector. The TAP is a comprehensive service agreement that includes: all corrective maintenance and one (1) PM visit in which a trained engineer will replace all parts subject to wear (specified in agreement). TAP customers receive top priority response time for all visits and all part used in corrective maintenance and PM visits are guaranteed and factory-tested. The agreement will cover the following existing equipment: Equipment Serial Number MassLynx SoftwareMS3EN01770 UPLC Binary ManagerB05UPB651M UPLC Sample ManagerB05UPS593N UPLC TUV DetectorB05UPT283M Quattro Premier AssyVAA258 Waters is the only known holder of the licenses, patent and copy rights to the equipment and software used in the LC/MS/MS system. For this reason EPA believes Waters is the only source that can provide the required maintenance for both the hardware and software on the above mentioned system. NO SOLICITATION FOR QUOTES IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting the requirements as stated herein, may submit a firm fixed price quote by 1:00 PM ET on Friday, August 16, 2013 for consideration. A determination not to compete the purchase order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any response to this notice must show clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. All questions and concerns should be submitted via email to Tricia Lynn at lynn.tricia@epa.gov.
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