SOLICITATION NOTICE
j -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE FOR X SERIES II ST
- Notice Date
- 6/1/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- US EPA SRRPOD 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Wasington DC 20460
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-DC-15-00181
- Response Due
- 6/4/2015
- Archive Date
- 6/19/2015
- Point of Contact
- Wright, Dionne
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE FOR X SERIES II STANDARD BUILD UNITY ESSENTIAL PLAN RFQ-DC-15-00181 NAICS: 811219 Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance Procurement Office: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Regional Operations Division (3805R) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004 In accordance with FAR 13.106-1(a)(2), Soliciting from a Single Source, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ¿s Office of Superfund Regional Procurement Operations Division, intends to award a sole source firm-fixed priced purchase order to Thermo Electron North America LLC, 1400 Northpoint Parkway, Suite 50, West Palm Beach, Florida 33407-1976. The base period of performance for this purchase order is for a period of twelve months with the possibility of one 12 month option. The US EPA has a need for the following item: 1.X Series II Standard Build SN01263C Quantity 1 The lab instrument manufacturer, Thermo Electron N.A. LLC, is the only qualified entity to provide service and support for its analytical instruments. The lab instrument manufacturer, Thermo, is the only qualified entity to provide service and support for its analytical instruments. Thermo is uniquely qualified to provide a service agreement for EPA ¿s ICP-MS as they are the instrument manufacturer and they have unique insight in maintaining top performance from the instrument, maximizing uptime and productivity, and eliminating the uncontrollable cost of unplanned maintenance and repairs. Software upgrades and many instrument parts necessary for the instrument service and support are only available from Thermo. This is a critical need, as software updates are necessary for the ICP-MS instrument maintenance. Furthermore, the use of factory certified parts is essential for the generation of reliable data for future analyses and comparison of our past results that are used to develop EPA guidance and policy. NO SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) IS AVAILABLE. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting EPA's requirement as stated below may submit a capability statement, which if received within 3 calendar days of the date of this announcement will be considered. Responses to this posting must be in writing and provide clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government. A determination not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All questions and comments regarding this procurement shall be addressed in writing to Dionne Wright, Contract Specialist, at wright.dionne@epa.gov and Claudia Armstrong at armstrong.claudia@epa.gov. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. All current and potential contractors must use FedConnect which is available at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. There is no charge to use FedConnect. FedConnect is hosted by Compusearch, vendor/contractor questions relating to FedConnect will be answered by Compusearch, and contact information is provided at the FedConnect web site. The point of contact for this procurement is Dionne Wright, Contract Specialist, at wright.dionne@epa.gov and Claudia Armstrong at armstrong.claudia@epa.gov.
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- Record
- SN03748629-W 20150603/150601235039-83ba835ecbed89f8048777c3f2790003 (fbodaily.com)
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