SPECIAL NOTICE
70 -- Software/Maintenance support for High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
- Notice Date
- 7/10/2015
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- 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
- NB732050-15-03797
- Archive Date
- 8/1/2015
- Point of Contact
- Judith L. Hicklin, Phone: 3019758838
- E-Mail Address
-
judith.hicklin@nist.gov
(judith.hicklin@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate, on a sole source basis, under authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (1), with Waters Corporation for the acquisition of Software and Repair/Maintenance support for High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Equipment. The purpose of this procurement is to obtain a maintenance and repair warranty, along with a software warranty for the specific High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) equipment purchased. It will be used to develop the test methods to analyze the hazardous compounds emitting from foams and to determine their emission rates and concentrations to determine what elements in the foam produce the adverse effects and determine if any particular regulations need to be put on some of contents in the foam, which ones, and to what degree to make the foam safe for everyone. Sole Source determination is based on the need to purchase software support and maintenance for High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Equipment that meets the following requirements. Work Description: The contractor will maintain and repair equipment to be within original specifications when equipment was purchased. The software support team will guide the NIST caller through the software programing commands or steps until the NIST Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) is satisfied by personal implementation of the software that the desired task is accurately accomplished and verified by results. The contractor's progress of maintenance and repair will be measured by the repaired equipment's ability to meet its original specifications unless otherwise deemed acceptable by the TPOC. Manufacturer maintenance/repair personnel will respond to NIST request for repair within 2 days to schedule maintenance repair date. Maintenance/repair dates will be scheduled and kept within 10 days unless NIST TPOC asks for and agreed to a later time. Every replacement and/or repaired item will be perform in accordance to manufacturer's specification and the overall equipment will yield acceptable results as determined by TPOC from equipment test results of tests run in TPOC's presence. Period of Performance The period of performance is One (1) year from date of contract award, plus four (4) option periods of one (1) year each. Waters Corporation is the only known vendor with a product that meets all of these requirements. Delivery shall be FOB DESTINATION and be completed in accordance with the Contractor's commercial schedule. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516, and the size standard is 500. 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. No solicitation package will be issued. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. However, responses received by July 17, 2015 will be considered by the Government.
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