SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Renewal of Preventative Maintenance Agreement for Agilent Technologies HPLCs
- Notice Date
- 10/3/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811310
— Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Administrative Services Division/Contracting, 100 North 6TH Street, Butler Square 5TH Floor, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55403
- ZIP Code
- 55403
- Solicitation Number
- PR-15-702346
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2015
- Point of Contact
- Carol R. Dingess, Phone: 970-494-7360
- E-Mail Address
-
carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov
(carol.dingess@aphis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)/National Wildlife Research Center in Ft. Collins, CO intends to award a sole source, Delivery Task Order to Agilent Technologies, Inc. on GSA Contract# GS-07F-0564X. Agilent will provide service and preventative maintenance for the facilities' Agilent Technologies HPLCs with associated detectors, including one with a mass spectrometer, and two gas chromatographs with mass spectrometers for the service period of 11/01/2014 thru 10/31/2015. The Facility has had this service contract with Agilent/Hewlett Packard since 1989. Description of Items: System Name Model Description Service Description GC10 SYS-GC-6890N-M GC 6890N Advantage Silver System Mainframe Only GC Triple Quad SYS-GM-QQQ GCMS Triple Advantage Silver Quad System GC9/MSD3 SYS-GM-73TZ GCMS 5973T Asset Max Plus (System) Asset Max GC9/MSD3 SYS-GM-73TZ GCMS 5973T Asset Max PM Services Asset Max LC 19 SYS-LC-1200-E LC 1200 Advantage Silver System Enhanced LC Features LC 15 SYS-LC-1100-E LC 1100 Advantage Silver System Enhanced LC Features LC 16 SYS-LC-1200-E LC 1200 Advantage Silver System Enhanced LC Features Triple Quad SYS-LM-QQQ-E LCMS Triple Advantage Silver This procurement is being conducted in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 The property or services needed are available from only one responsible qualified source at this time and no other type of property or services will satisfy these needs. Agilent Technologies is the only company that manufactures these instruments. They will provide on-site repair within 3 business days of a services request. They will provide factory recommended software updates/upgrades, engineering upgrades and maintenance procedures for all instrumentation and software. The software will include Open Lab and Masshunter software packages. Agilent Technologies is the only company that can provide these software updates and proprietary factory recommended upgrades and service notes needed. The National Wildlife Research Center in Ft. Collins,CO has recently transitioned most of their platforms from Chemstation to OpenLab and Masshunter. These are newer software platforms that are not as widely available as the older Chemstation. Agilent is also offering a Remote Assistant option on some models. This allows on-line tracking of problems and faster diagnosis and responses for repairs. Remote Advisor supported instruments include: • Agilent LC models: 1100 and 1200 Infinity Series • Agilent GC models: 6850, 7820A, 7890 Series • Agilent LCMS models: single quad 1946, Q-TOF 6140 Series, triple quad 6400 Series • Agilent GCMS models: 5973-5977A Series • Waters LC models: Alliance and Acquity Remote Advisor is a real-time support and reporting tool that works on Agilent and non-Agilent systems regardless of the controlling software or chromatography data system in use. Assist: Virtually eliminates trial and error troubleshooting to quickly resolve problems Reports: Monitor and optimize equipment utilization and effectiveness Alerts: Prevent downtime and reduce sample re-work with real-time alerts Agilent is also offering module replacements. The USDA/WS Facility in Ft. Collins, CO will be able to ship a broken modules to them and they will replace it with the same module free of charge. Only factory certified engineers with access to ongoing factory updates are to be used; proof of training records beyond basic operator training is required. Any training or updated training must be recent (within 1-2 years) and cover all modules of a system. This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be honored. However, if a firm believes it can meet the requirement it must furnish information about its products and services, as well as three (3) references from other customers who are using these services, to the Contracting Officer by 4:00pm. Mountain Time (MT) on the closing date of this notice. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811310, and the Small business size standard is $ 7.5Mil. Responses received after the response date or without the required information will be deemed nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. Capability statements may be sent to: Carol Dingess, Contracting Officer, USDA-APHIS-MRPBS, ASD Procurement Branch, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building B MS (2E06),Fort Collins, CO 80526, or via email @ Carol.Dingess@aphis.usda.gov or fax @ 970-472-1897.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA/APHIS/WS, 4101 La Porte Ave, Ft. Collins, Colorado, 80521, United States
- Zip Code: 80521
- Zip Code: 80521
- Record
- SN03542609-W 20141005/141003235501-2a5e1b211cb97b531f873b7b012bc94c (fbodaily.com)
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