SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Maintenance Agreement for TSQ Quantum Pump
- Notice Date
- 6/30/2017
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Acquisition and Assistance Field Branch (Cincinnati), 4676 Columbia Parkway, M/S C-4, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45226
- ZIP Code
- 45226
- Solicitation Number
- 2017-11639
- Archive Date
- 7/29/2017
- Point of Contact
- Dwight D Favors, Phone: (513)533-8137
- E-Mail Address
-
dyf3@cdc.gov
(dyf3@cdc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to Thermo Fisher Scientific, 5225 Verona Road, Madison, WI 53711 for yearly maintenance service for a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry instrument from Thermo Electron North America, LLC. The capability requirement that makes it a sole source is this equipment is exclusive systems that NIOSH currently has and the instruments and any attached peripherals use a technologically advanced method to analyze chemicals and to identify unknown samples. Thermo Fisher Scientific has proprietary rights to the design and software utilized in this instrument. Thermo Fisher Scientific is the only company with access to performance verified component parts, spare parts, software, technical support, upgrades and engineering resources to maintain the original operating specifications for this Thermo Fisher Scientific instrument. Thermo Fisher Scientific Field Service Engineers (FSE's) are the only certified and factory trained engineers available to service the instrument, and are part of an organization that is ISO certified. The government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) and 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals by forwarding information to the contracting officer. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received from the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract 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. Any quotation/response should be emailed to Dwight Favors, Contract Specialist at dyf3@cdc.gov by July 14 2017. If no affirmative responses are received on or before the date stated, in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), negotiations will be conducted with Thermo Fisher Scientific, 5225 Verona Road, Madison, WI 53711, as the only source and a purchase order will be issued without any additional notices being posted. The solicitation number for this requirement is 2017-11639 and is hereby issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) using FAR Subpart 13.1 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures and FAR subpart 13.5 - The Centers for Disease Control/NIOSH intends to award a firm-fixed price purchase order for the following requirement: Specifications Statement of Work Maintenance agreement for TSQ Quantum ULTRA LC-MS (serial # TQU03656), Accela 1250 Pump (serial # 925841), and Accela PDA detector (serial # 930422) - Provide unlimited number of on-site service visits to maintain system within operating specifications within a maximum response time of 72 hours - Engineer labor and travel costs are fully covered - Technical support inquiries will receive priority status - One scheduled preventive maintenance visit is included - Personal computers supplied by Thermo Scientific are covered - Software updates are included - Access to on-line technical support
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/CDCP/CP/2017-11639/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Record
- SN04566144-W 20170702/170701000004-6e6cf5fdf5871a8517b994f2c60d3683 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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