SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- ImageStreamX MkII Analyzer 1YR Comprehensive Service
- Notice Date
- 1/14/2014
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases/AMOB, 10401 Fernwood Drive, Suite 2NE70, MSC 4811, Bethesda, Maryland, 20817
- ZIP Code
- 20817
- Solicitation Number
- NOI-RML-5-14015
- Archive Date
- 1/24/2014
- Point of Contact
- Suzanne Miller, Phone: 4063639445, Lynda Kieres, Phone: 406-363-9210
- E-Mail Address
-
millers2@niaid.nih.gov, lkieres@niaid.nih.gov
(millers2@niaid.nih.gov, lkieres@niaid.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation, Notice of Intent. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Flow Cytometry Section, intends to procure a12-month comprehensive service agreement on a sole source basis with Amnis/EMD Millipore on its ImageStreamX MkII Analyzer, S# ISX MkII 317, in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as applicable, and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. Period of performance will begin 1/24/14 - 1/23/15. Place of contract performance will be: RTB Flow Cytometry Section NIH, NIAID 4 Memorial Dr Bldg 4, RM B1-38 Bethesda, MD 20892 The Flow Cytometry Section of the Research Technologies Branch, NIAID, NIH performs flow cytometry analysis and sorting services for the DIR, NIAID and utilizes highly sophisticated instrumentation known as fluorescence activated cell sorters. These instruments are valued in excess of $250,000 each and require repair and maintenance performed in a timely manner. A preventive maintenance contract is needed for this instrument to keep it in good working order and ensure rapid response in case of failure or a decline of performance. The Contractor shall provide: * One Preventative Maintenance visit per year * Guaranteed phone support within 2 business day and on-site coverage within 3 business days * All parts covered for any failure other than misuse * All Scientific, Software and Service labor covered for on-site, phone, remote computer connection, and email support. * All software releases to IDEAS and INSPIRE included at no charge during the coverage interval. * Training registration fees waived for two course attendees per year for any offered training. Half-price registration for all additional course attendees. * All SpeedBead reagents to be supplied at no charge on a quarterly basis. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition: (FAR 52.204 (b)(1) By submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database (www.sam.gov) prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation; FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; FAR 52-212.5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items; FAR 52.222-21 Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; FAR 52.223-18 Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving; FAR 52.225-13 Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases; FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer; FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor ; FAR 52.222-19 Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies ; This will be a firm fixed price contract in accordance with the statutory authority for this sole source requirement 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one source available, no substitutions possible, and this item contains proprietary data/patent information. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTATIONS ARE NOT BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 2005-72, dated January 1, 2014. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 811219, which has a size standard of $19.0 in millions of dollars. All responsible sources who feel they can meet these requirements shall submit an offer that will be considered by the Agency. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Offers must be submitted no later than 4:30 Mountain Standard Time, 1/23/14. Offers may be mailed to Suzanne Miller at Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 S. 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, faxed to the POC indicated above (Fax - 406-363-9288), or e-mailed at (millers2@niaid.nih.gov). Contracting Office Address: Rocky Mountain Laboratories 903 S. 4th Street Hamilton, MT, 59840 Place of Contract Performance: RTB Flow Cytometry Section NIH, NIAID 4 Memorial Dr Bldg 4, RM B1-38 Bethesda, MD 20892
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/AMOB/NOI-RML-5-14015/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: RTB Flow Cytometry Section, NIH, NIAID, 4 Memorial Dr, Bldg 4, RM B1-38, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN03266952-W 20140116/140114234013-48983a07504cf6d3aff237abb0419d17 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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