SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Maintenance Agreement
- Notice Date
- 12/17/2013
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, Georgia, 30341-4146
- ZIP Code
- 30341-4146
- Solicitation Number
- 200-2014-M-57731
- Archive Date
- 1/3/2014
- Point of Contact
- Tonya S. Justice, Phone: 770-488-3282
- E-Mail Address
-
TJustice@cdc.gov
(TJustice@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source purchase order and is not a request for competitive proposals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NCEZID hereby announces its intent to solicit and enter into a contract with Life Technologies, 5791 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008 for the procurement of a yearly maintenance agreement for two 433A Peptide Synthesizers (Serial Numbers 9405170J and 10000237) and a Procise Protein Synthesizer (Serial Number 100000007) manufactured by Applied Biosystems. The agreement will provide at least one preventative maintenance visit per year, coverage for all costs, including parts, labor and travel, for any needed repairs, support for all of software and chemistries and service call responses in less than 24 hours. All repairs are to be performed using original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts and technicians trained by the OEM. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as cited in FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). Life Technologies is the only vendor that meets all of the requirements. The company has a priority response defined as a 4 hour phone response from a service engineer and a 2 business day onsite response. In addition, this Life Technologies has placed an engineer in the Atlanta area who can respond onsite in less than 24 hours. Life Technologies' engineers also maintain an in-depth factory certification for the instruments they are assigned to cover. Life Technologies does not authorize any third-party service providers to perform maintenance or repair ABI/Life Technologies' instruments. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 811219 and the small business size standard is $19 million dollars. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures found in FAR Part 13. Interested parties who feel they possess the expertise, experience and ability should submit a capabilities statement to Tonya S. Justice, Contract Specialist, via email at TJustice@cdc.gov or to Centers for Disease Control, Procurement and Grants Office, MS E15, 2960 Brandywine Road, Atlanta, GA 30341. Reference #2013-57731. Vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to an award of a federal contract. The website is: www.sam.gov. The Government will review any/all capabilities statements and pricing information submitted and determine if other qualified sources do exist that could provide this requirement. Information received in response to this announcement will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement for these services and/or supplies in the future. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however, the Government shall consider all responses received within two (2) days of this posting, in accordance with FAR 5.203 (A)(1). If no affirmative responses are received within two (2) days, negotiations will be conducted with the Life Technologies, as the only source and a contract will be issued without any additional notices being posted. A determination by the CDC not to compete this proposed contract, based upon responses to this notification, is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/CDCP/PGOA/200-2014-M-57731/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop G-36, Roybal Bldg 23, Room 12-435, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, United States
- Zip Code: 30333
- Zip Code: 30333
- Record
- SN03253427-W 20131219/131217235312-9b304d960d861b72db6752b715d21f4d (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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