SOLICITATION NOTICE
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- Notice Date
- 5/25/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- USGS OAG DENVER ACQUISITION BRANCH PO BOX 25046 204 DENVER FEDERAL CENTER DENVER CO 80225-0046 US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- G17PS00571
- Response Due
- 6/9/2017
- Archive Date
- 6/24/2017
- Point of Contact
- Harris, Jason
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SOURCES SOUGHT: This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. The Department of the Interior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is conducting a MARKET SURVEY to determine the interest and capability of any firm eligible to compete under NAICS code 334516 with a Small Business Size Standard of 1000 or less employees for an upcoming requirement for the USGS - Minerals & Environmental Resources located in Denver, CO to provide an instrument service/maintenance contract for maintaining and repairing a FEI Quanta 450 FEG scanning microscope in accordance with the project description details listed below. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. ALL COST ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION AS REQUESTED BY THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR. Submission is voluntary. Project Description: The contractor shall provide the following: 1.FEI factory trained personnel to inspect instrument performance, perform instrument alignment and cleaning, and testing on a biannual basis. 2.Unlimited additional unscheduled site visits per service agreement year by a FEI factory trained service engineer. The site visit must take place within two business days of a service call that cannot be resolved with telephone support. 3.Telephone support for repair and maintenance Monday through Friday 5A5P PST except holidays. 4.Coverage of shipping costs for necessary FEI approved parts to the instrument site. Subject to availability, the FEI factory approved part will ship within 24 hours of a repair diagnosis. 5.Instrument parts and hardware and have access to FEI factory direct parts with the exception of consumable parts. 6.Software updates direct from FEI for the FEI Quanta 450 FEG scanning electron microscope. 7.Supply of proprietary files necessary for third party vendors (such as EDS vendors) to communicate directly with the FEI 450 FEG for beam control and stage control. 8.Labor, travel, and living expenses of the FEI factory trained service personnel. A scope of work will be provided with any solicitation that may be issued. The Government is not required to issue a solicitation. Responses to this announcement are requested from (1) SBA certified Small Business HubZone firms; (2) Small Business firms certified by a Small Business Administration (SBA) district or regional office for participation in the 8(a) program; (3) Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small business firms; and (4) Small Businesses. In response to this announcement, please indicate your firm's socioeconomic status (e.g. small business, service-disabled veteran-owned, women owned, HUBZone, etc.) This information will assist the Government in determining how small businesses can fit into the acquisition strategy. A firm is considered small under NAICS code 334516 if their AVERAGE number of employees for the preceding three (3) years were less than or equal to 1000. Any information submitted is voluntary. If sufficient interest and capability is not received from firms in categories (1) through (4) above, any solicitation may be issued as unrestricted without further consideration. Interested small business firms shall submit (1) NAME, ADDRESS, and PHONE NUMBER OF THE FIRM (including DUNS NUMBER); (2) a CAPABILITY STATEMENT including (a) RECENT (within the last three fiscal years) RELEVANT (similar projects to this requirement) performance history (identify the name of the owner and their point(s) of contact with telephone and fax numbers, email addresses; and (b) in what capacity (e.g., prime, subcontractor, etc) they performed the work; and (3) their SIZE STATUS. Your company must have a DUNs number and be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) https://www.sam.gov. You will also be required to provide you small business status information either via the RFP or the On-line Representations and Certifications (ORCA) website before an award can be made. You on-line ORCA registration will cover any/all of your offers to the Federal Government, and only needs updated annually. All responses must be submitted NLT June 9, 2017 at 4:30 pm MST via e-mail to: jharris@usgs.gov. This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Invitation for Bid (IFB) and does not constitute any commitment by the Government. Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this market survey. Any solicitation that may be issued will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities (Fedbizopps.gov) website and no paper copies will be provided.
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