SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE: Maintenance and Service Agreement for JEOL Scientific Equipment
- Notice Date
- 12/18/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- NB620010-15-00510
- Archive Date
- 1/17/2015
- Point of Contact
- Paula Wilkison, Phone: 301-975-8448, Patrick Staines, Phone: (301)975-6335
- E-Mail Address
-
paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov
(paula.wilkison@nist.gov, patrick.staines@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate a firm fixed price purchase order, on a sole source basis, with JEOL USA of Peabody, Massachusetts for the purchase of a maintenance and service agreement for JEOL scientific equipment under other than full and open competition by the authority of FAR subpart FAR subpart 13.106(1)(b). This agreement shall provide the necessary maintenance and service to ensure uninterrupted performance within manufacturers' specifications, on a scheduled and emergency/ as-needed basis, for each of the JEOL instruments listed below: 1. Scanning Auger Model 7830F Gaithersburg 2. Field Emission SEM Model JSM-7100FT/LV Gaithersburg 3. E-beam Lithography System Model JBX 6300-FS Gaithersburg 4. E-beam Lithography System Model JBX 6300-FS Gaithersburg 5. Field Emission SEM Model SM17610023 Gaithersburg 6. Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) Model EM133020-21 Boulder 7. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Model JSM-6100 Boulder 8. TEM Model JEM-3010 Gaithersburg 9. Field Emission SEM Model JSM-7100 Gaithersburg 10. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Model NM113507-020 Gaithersburg 11. Aberration Corrected Scanning TEM Model EM171000052 Boulder JEOL USA, Inc. is the only contractor who can provide a maintenance and service agreement for these instruments as the technology utilized by these instruments is proprietary. Only JEOL personnel have the specialized training required to perform the necessary service and maintenance, and replacement parts are only available through JEOL USA. No other vendor is authorized to maintain these JEOL instruments and no other vendor has access to replacement parts. Delivery shall be FOB Destination, Gaithersburg, MD, and be completed in accordance with the Contractor's commercial schedule. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 811219 and the size standard is $20.5M. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to this requirement. The Government will consider responses received by 3:00 p.m. (EST) on January 2, 2015. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to paula.wilkison@nist.gov. No telephone requests will be honored. A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed acquisition 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 in the future.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/NB620010-15-00510/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD, United States
- Record
- SN03599948-W 20141220/141218234745-0de0a3069f41c6c04bb18153d97fd84b (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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