SOLICITATION NOTICE
49 -- Purchase of Bruker Daltonics Equipment Maintenance Agreement
- Notice Date
- 3/14/2016
- 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
- 2016-Q-64817
- Archive Date
- 4/13/2016
- Point of Contact
- Timothy Williams, Phone: 7704882791
- E-Mail Address
-
TLWilliams3@cdc.gov
(TLWilliams3@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Laboratory Sciences intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price maintenance agreement contract to Bruker Daltonics, Incorporated. The address is 40 Manning Road, Billerica, MA 01821-3915. This contract will be for a base year of 12 months with 2 option years of 12 months each. 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. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 811219. The size standard is $20.5 Million dollars. This contract is for a maintenance agreement covering two instruments, which include Biotyper Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization (MALDI), a Time of Flight (TOF) mass spectrometer and instrument components from a single vendor. These analytical instruments are necessary to meet the Clinical Chemistry Branch's mission for analysis of micro-organisms and biological toxins, as well as for research and development. Bruker Daltonics is the OEM of the instruments, components and analytical systems to be covered under the maintenance agreement and is the only contractor that can fulfill the requirements of the contract. Bruker Daltonics provides access to factory certified parts, software updates and technical support for their instruments. Bruker Daltonics is the only contractor that can provide: a) on-site repair which is usually the next normal business day response to service calls; b) preventive maintenance and emergency repair actions during normal business hours. Coordinated so that action can be accomplished with a minimum of interference to operational use of the equipment; c) staff qualified to diagnose problems, repair and maintain their equipment; d) Bruker supplements their own Field Engineers and they periodically receive service information and updates. Often consisting of complications of recent problems and suggested methods of correction. There are no other vendors that can supply and service Bruker Daltonics factory certified OEM parts. No solicitation will be posted to FedBizOpps. We will only issue a solicitation to Bruker Daltonics, Incorporated. Bruker Daltonics, Incorporated 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 Mr. Tim Williams via email to TLWilliams3@cdc.gov using solicitation number 2016-Q-64817 in the subject line, no later than 12:00pm Eastern Time, March 29, 2016.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/CDCP/PGOA/2016-Q-64817/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Environmental Health, Division of Laboratory Sciences, Clinical Chemistry Branch, 4770 Buford Highway, Chamblee, Georgia, 30341, United States
- Zip Code: 30341
- Zip Code: 30341
- Record
- SN04049087-W 20160316/160314234452-38c1854c9957a0d4c309395efd4d5f70 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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