SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- GAMMA CELL IRRIDIATOR MAINTENANCE SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 8/7/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- 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
- 2014-N-16639
- Archive Date
- 9/13/2014
- Point of Contact
- KIMBERLY GOLDEN, Phone: 7704882672
- E-Mail Address
-
IXM9@CDC.GOV
(IXM9@CDC.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of the Associate Director for Communication, intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price contract to Foss Therapy Services, located at 5938 Satsuma Avenue, North Hollywood, California, 91601. The contract shall be for a base year of 12 months and nine (9) twelve (12) month option periods. The purpose of this acquisition is to acquire services to recharge and provide maintenance services for two (2) Gamma cell 220 Excel Irradiator units located in Atlanta, GA. The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1- only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. Foss Therapy Services has developed the tooling and procedures necessary to safely unload, reload and decommission the Gamma Cell 220 Irradiator on-site. They have transferred their expertise in Cobalt 60 teletherapy unit service to field transfers for these irradiators. The GC 220 system incorporates a source carousel which includes 48 openings for Cobalt 60 capsules. A typical loading for the GC 220 system has 8 -16 sources. Uploading of the GC 220 system is accomplished on-site utilizing shielded inserts and casks that have been developed specifically for this purpose. Foss Therapy procedures allow for installation or removal of one source at a time via a shielded plug insert with multiple access ports, a lead/tungsten/steel source transfer cask and a Type B/U Shipping cask assembly. They provide all the necessary rigging equipment to perform the procedure. The sources are moved between the irradiator and the shipping cask without exposure to the environment. A top lead / steel scatter shield is included to minimize overhead radiation from the source transfers. Additionally Foss Therapy Services, Inc. can provide Special Form Cobalt 60 Capsules for installation into the GC 220 units. They can upload each unit up to the 24,000 Curie maximum loading. Foss Therapy Services, Inc. has a United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) License and possesses the technological expertise and specialized equipment to load and reload radioactive sealed sources into Gammacell Irradiators at the customer's field site. Gamma Cell Therapy services to be covered in the base year is included as an attachment to the FedBiz notice. No solicitation will be posted to FedBizOpps. We will only issue a solicitation Foss Therapy Services, Inc. Foss Therapy Service Inc. is a unique vendor in that the company is the only radiation instrument contractor in USA and Canada with a United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) License and possesses the technological expertise and specialized equipment to load and reload radioactive sealed sources into Gamma cell Irradiators at the customer's field site. Foss Therapy Services, Inc. is the only source available to provide this service that meets mission critical requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for proposal. A determination to compete this procurement based on response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Interested parties who believe they possess the capability to satisfy this requirement should submit a capability statement demonstrating their ability to meet this requirement. All responses must be sent in writing to Ms. Kimberly Golden via email to kgolden1@cdc.gov using solicitation number 2014-N-16639 in the subject line, no later than 2:00pm Eastern Time, August 29, 2014. Place of Contract Performance: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Buildings 15 & 18 Roybal Campus, Atlanta, GA 30333
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/CDCP/PGOA/2014-N-16639/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Place of Contract Performance:, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Buildings 15 & 18, Roybal Campus, Atlanta, GA 30333, ATLANTA, Georgia, 30333, United States
- Zip Code: 30333
- Zip Code: 30333
- Record
- SN03455795-W 20140809/140807235656-fecfcaa1ec9f46613786aef3b30c3f91 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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