SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Maintenance for Thermo NA Element XR Basic System
- Notice Date
- 10/14/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- CPOD US Environmental Protection Agency 26 West Martin Luther King Drive Mail Code: NWD Cincinnati OH 45268 USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-OH-17-00007
- Response Due
- 10/31/2016
- Archive Date
- 3/31/2017
- Point of Contact
- Plagge, David
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) Ground Water Ecosystems Restoration Division (GWERD), located in Ada, OK intends to award a contract for Maintenance/Service Agreement for laboratory equipment to Thermo Electron North America LLC on a Sole Source basis. The services will be needed for a Base Period of 1 base year with two one-year optional periods. The services will be needed to maintain a Thermo Electron North American Element XR Basic System, serial number SN042443. Thermo Electron North America, is the only known firm capable of performing this maintenance as the instrument must be maintained by Thermo Electron North American certified technicians and repairs must use Thermo Electron North America original manufacture parts. Thermo Electron North American is both the manufacture and sole distributor of the HR-ICP-MS that GWERD owns. Thermo Electron North America, is the only known authorized maintenance provider for this instrument. The use of non-authorized service parts and personnel can impact instrument performance and future service agreements, requiring recertification of the instrumentation at government expense. If another vendor services the HR-ICP-MS, the instrument and associate component parts would no longer be certified by Thermo Electron North America. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 811219. The size standard for this code is 500 employees. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation document is available. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability of meeting EPA requirements by submitting technical documentation to Garry A. Plear, Contract Specialist, at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268 or by e-mail plear.garry@epa.gov. The technical documentation must establish that the instrument to be provided meets all requirements. Anticipated award date will be in November of 2016. Documentation must be submitted to Garry A. Plear by 3:00 PM, October 31, 2016. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement 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 or to proceed on a sole source basis. Point of Contact for this requirement is Garry A. Plear, Contract Specialist, at (513) 487-2054, or via e-mail at plear.garry@epa.gov. Questions must be submitted in writing to Mr. Garry A. Plear via e-mail. Telephone queries will not be honored.
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