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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 25, 2013 FBO #4292
SOLICITATION NOTICE

Z -- Intent to Sole Source to Rigaku Americas Corporation (Rigaku) to a maintenance agreement for the Macromolecular X-ray Diffraction Facility

Notice Date

8/23/2013
 

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 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

NHLBI-CSB-HI-2013-270-JEF
 

Archive Date

9/13/2013
 

Point of Contact

Jenn Frazier, Phone: 3014966092
 

E-Mail Address

jenn.frazier@nih.gov
(jenn.frazier@nih.gov)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Intent to Sole Source to Rigaku Americas Corporation (Rigaku) to a maintenance agreement for the Macromolecular X-ray Diffraction Facility. This is a Pre-Solicitation/Notice of Intent Synopsis for a sole source noncompetitive award to Rigaku is to provide a maintenance agreement for the Macromolecular X-ray Diffraction Facility, consisting of rotating anode generator, image-plate detector, confocal X-ray optics and crystal cryogenics. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Office of Acquisitions (OA), on behalf of the Division of Intramural Research (DIR), intends to negotiate on a sole source basis and award a purchase order, under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (Dollar Threshold of $150,000), as set forth in FAR Part 13 a Firm Fixed Price award to Rigaku, 9000 New Trails Drive, The Woodlands, TX 77381. This solicitation and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-69. The period of performance of the base year will be one (1) year from date of award. The basis for the sole source determination is based upon the fact that: Rigaku Americas Corporation is the manufacturer of the requested equipment and service provider equipment, parts and software and there are no other authorized resellers. Any service performed on Rigaku equipment by outside parties will make any warranties associated with Rigaku products null and void. Because the extreme sophistication, complexity and proprietary supply of parts needed for maintenance, the X-ray instrumentation cannot be maintained by NIH in-house staff. Therefore, a maintenance contract is needed for the X-ray instrumentation. By purchasing a Service Agreement with Rigaku Americas Corporation, NHLBI/NIH ensures rapid access to proprietary parts and consumables and support by field engineers who are specifically trained by Rigaku Corporation to maintain the equipment they manufacture. The access the parts and expertise by Rigaku Corporation maximizes the value of the complex and expensive X-ray instrumentation already in place at NHLBI and satisfies the heavy experimental demands placed on this equipment. Rigaku Americas Corporation is the only manufacturer that produces and integrates all of the components of an "in house" X-ray facility. The facility at NHLBI is operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in order to meet high experimental demand. In order to maintain the instrumentation in a fully operational state, it is necessary to have a maintenance agreement with a supplier that has immediate access to parts and supplies, in addition to the technological know-how because Rigaku Corporation manufactures all the components of the facility, they have an extensive parts list at their immediate disposal within the continental US, and their field engineers are experts in all the components that make up the X-ray facility. In addition, by having a local service engineer, they can provide coverage for the entire week (8 am to 5 pm), and can respond rapidly to unforeseen malfunctions. This acquisition is conducted under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c) as set forth under FAR Part 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, and is exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6, Competition Requirements. The North American Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 811219 - Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance with a size standard of $19.0 Million. This Pre-Solicitation/Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. This announcement constitutes the only notice; proposals are not being request and a written solicitation will not be issued. The determination by the Government to award a contract on a sole source noncompetitive basis to provide a maintenance agreement for the Macromolecular X-ray Diffraction Facility to Rigaku Americas Corporation is solely within the discretion of the Government. Any information received as a result of this Pre-Solicitation/Notice of Intent will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct any future competitive procurement. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability for any future competitive procurement by responding to this notice in writing, no later than August 29, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. EST. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient documentation to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement. All responses must reference this Pre-Solicitation/Notice of Intent number NHLBI-CSB-HI-2013-270-JEF and may be submitted electronically to Jenn Frazier, Contract Specialist at jenn.frazier@nih.gov or by mail to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 6121A, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention: Jenn Frazier, Contract Specialist.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NHLBI/NHLBI-CSB-HI-2013-270-JEF/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 3/3W19, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States

Zip Code: 20892
 

Record

SN03160354-W 20130825/130823235530-530bb7681103736d5f08e3fde0985667 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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