SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Continued Maintenance of Life Technologies' Equipment
- Notice Date
- 7/14/2014
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, 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
- 00HCVLJC-2014-74215
- Archive Date
- 7/22/2014
- Point of Contact
- Linda M Young, Phone: (770) 488-2655
- E-Mail Address
-
lml3@cdc.gov
(lml3@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contemplates award of a sole source, firm-fixed-price purchase order to Life Technologies Corporation, 5791 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008-7321, for continued maintenance of laboratory instruments. Service shall start on date of award and last for no more than one year. The instruments covered are 3130-16 Genetic Analyzer, #17214011; 7500FAST DX, #275011263; 7500FAST DX, #275030245; 7500 FAST Real Time PCR System, #275014032; ION ONETOUCH 2.0 System, #2456252-0684; and 7500 FAST Real Time PCR System, #2456455-2475. Service will start at date of award to last for one year, and shall be paid either monthly or quarterly in arrears. All line items include AB Assurance Plan with 1 preventive maintenance visit; serial #275030245 also receives 2OQ. The AB Assurance Plan includes the following: 1. Parts, labor and travel for remedial repair. 2. No charge for planned maintenance visits. 3. Guaranteed priority response time of 2 business days after receipt of a service call for instruments located in LT's Service Zones 1 and Zone 2. If LT fails to arrive at the instrument location within Zone 1 or Zone 2 within 2 business days for reasons other than customer's failure to provide access to LT or causes beyond the reasonable control of LT, LT will provide customer a service plan renewal credit in an amount equivalent to one day's pro-rated charge for each day LT's response is late. 4. Target response time of 3 business days for remedial repairs outside of Zones 1 and 2. LT will use reasonable efforts to respond within 3 business days from receipt of a service call. 5. Priority telephone and email access to instrument technical support. 6. Telephone and email access to application technical support. 7. Remote Monitoring and Dx Service, which provides for notification to customer of instrument failures or errors that are reported by AB's Remote Monitoring software. In addition, the following services are provided: 1) Access to Remote Diagnostics service (for most Applied Biosystems and Life Technologies instruments). 2) Access to TAC, the Life Technologies global technical assistance center (TAC). TAC is staffed by senior service engineers and provides the highest level of expertise for troubleshooting AB's instruments, which helps to speed call resolution and assists customers in maximizing productivity. 3) Priority access to Field Applications Support (FAS). 4) Life Technologies uses only replacement parts certified to manufacturers OEM specifications. This contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responses received within five (5) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any response should be emailed to the purchasing agent at lml3@cdc.gov by 4:30 p.m. EDT, July 21, 2014.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/CDCP/PGOA/00HCVLJC-2014-74215/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Rampart Road, Ft. Collins, Colorado, 80521, United States
- Zip Code: 80521
- Zip Code: 80521
- Record
- SN03423901-W 20140716/140714235548-d7b1bd3d372e91a3cf49bc0a0fb83bfa (fbodaily.com)
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