SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Post-warranty Service/Maintenance Agreement
- Notice Date
- 11/8/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- 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
- FDA_13-233-SS-1127345
- Archive Date
- 11/29/2013
- Point of Contact
- Howard Nesmith, Phone: 870-543-7459
- E-Mail Address
-
howard.nesmith@fda.hhs.gov
(howard.nesmith@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR SOLICITATION The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is conducting market research to support the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) requirement for three (3) Steris AMSCO Sterilizers and one (1) Steris Reliance Laboratory Glassware Washer post‐warranty service/maintenance agreement of these systems. This is a sources sought to determine the availability and capability of small businesses for providing post‐warranty service/maintenance as specified. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is: 811219 ‐ Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance; Small Business Size Standard in $19 millions of dollars. Background: The FDA requires post‐warranty service/maintenance agreements to prevent instrument malfunction. These instruments are used for sterilization of all microbiological media, instruments, mixing tools, and all other food analysis materials. Maintenance: • At minimum one (1) comprehensive on Government site post‐warranty preventive maintenance and repair services, by factory certified technicians, inclusive of all labor, parts, and travel • Meets OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) recommended maintenance and safety standards • Unlimited phone and email technical support during Government hours of operation Options: In addition to the above post‐warranty service/maintenance agreement base year, the Government will seek four (4) additional 1-year post‐warranty service/maintenance agreement option periods. Place of Performance: FDA/CFSAN One Iberville Drive Dauphin Island, AL 36528 Responses to this sources sought shall unequivocally demonstrate they regularly engaged in post‐warranty service/maintenance on Steris AMSCO Sterilizers and Steris Reliance Laboratory Glassware Washers. Though the target audience is small businesses capable of servicing the indicated instruments all interested parties may respond. At a minimum, responses shall include the following: • Business name and bio, DUNS number, business address, business website, business size status (i.e., SB, VOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone SB, 8(a), SDB, WOSB, EDWOSB, LB), point of contact name, mailing address (if different from business address), phone number and email address; • Three (3) years of past performance information for the manufacture and/or sale of same or substantially similar items to include date of sale, description (should also include drawings and photos), dollar value, client name, client address, client point of contact name, client point of contact mailing address (if different from that provided for client), client point of contact phone number, client point of contact email address, and name of the manufacturer (to include DUNS number and size status) if not the respondent; • Descriptive literature, brochures, marketing material, etc. detailing the nature of the service the responding firm is regularly engaged in servicing and/or selling; • If applicable, identification of the firm's GSA Schedule contract(s) by Schedule number and SINs that are applicable to this requirement; • If a large business, identify any subcontracting opportunities that would exist for small business concerns; and • Though this is not a request for quote, informational pricing is encouraged. The Government encourages any comments and/or suggestions from any interested party, regarding the specifications. While the Government will not respond directly to your comments and/or suggestions; we will consider them as we finalize the specifications in preparation for the forthcoming solicitation. The Government is not responsible for locating or securing any information, not identified in the response. Interested Parties must respond with capability statements which are due in person, by postal mail or email to the point of contact listed below on or before November 14, 2013 by 1:00 PM (Central Time in Jefferson, Arkansas) at the Food and Drug Administration, FDA|OO|OFBA|OAGS|DAP, Attn: Howard Nesmith, 3900 NCTR Road, HFT‐320, Jefferson, AR 72079‐9502 or email howard.nesmith@fda.hhs.gov. Reference 1127345. Notice of Intent Responses to this sources sought announcement will assist the Government in determining whether or not any future requirement similar to this one should be set aside for small business, made available to full and open competition or procure through sole‐ source acquisition procedures. 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 FedBizOpps. 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).
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), One Iberville Drive, Dauphin Island, Alabama, 36528, United States
- Zip Code: 36528
- Zip Code: 36528
- Record
- SN03231368-W 20131110/131108233825-84740c96aff34c3d5e1803a52d898801 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
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