SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- AB SCIEX LLC Assurance and maintenance service
- Notice Date
- 6/25/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Procurement Management Branch, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Mail drop 5230, Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20705
- Solicitation Number
- 903274
- Point of Contact
- Marnie Miller, Phone: 3015044235
- E-Mail Address
-
marnie.miller@fsis.usda.gov
(marnie.miller@fsis.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The following represents the Notice of Intent that will be posted on FedBizOpps.gov. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to negotiate solely with AB SCIEX LLC, to obtain maintenance support of the following equipment: Assurance 2PM QTRAP 6500 System BL23731402 Assurance 2PM QTRAP 6500 System BL22491307 Software Plus Plan QTRAP6500 Mass Spectrometer BL23731402 Software Plus Plan QTRAP6500 Mass Spectrometer BL22491307 The equipment is sole proprietary to AB SCIEX LLC is the only known source which can provide the required service to the current requirements. This procurement will be conducted under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 - Only One Responsible Source and no Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements Citation: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). The period of performance will be for a 12 month base period plus 4 option years. This requirement is not for new service, it's for continuous maintenance service on existing AB SCIEX LLC equipment that is currently under warranty and access to SCIEXNOW which is a proprietary platform to AB SCIEX LLC. The contractor shall provide: • Parts, labor and travel for remedial repair, hardware and application telephone support • 2 business day onsite response time for remedial repairs • 2 Assurance preventative maintenance visits per contract year including all parts, labor and travel • Sciex Factory Trained and Certified Engineer, currently employed by Sciex, performing all instrument services for equipment that is currently under warranty. • Periodic email containing software, application, and service bulletins • Access to StatusScope • Delivery of full upgrades to latest software versions for all entitled SCIEX software • Delivery of updates to latest software versions for all entitled SCIEX software • Troubleshooting for software malfunctions and corrective action on the latest versions of software • Personalized Online training courses for method development, optimization, maintenance and full access to SCIEXNOW customer portal • Software and Application telephone support during normal business hours • Annual software health check to ensure that all software is up to date with the latest entitled version This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Request for copies of this solicitation will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government does not intend to pay for information received. All interested parties must respond within five (5) calendar days from the date of this notice. Written responses must provide clear and concise documentation indicating your firm's capability to provide the proprietary services. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to announcement #903274. If no viable responses have been received in response after Friday, June 29, 2015, 5:00 pm E.S.T to this announcement, USDA/FSIS shall negotiate solely with AB SCIEX LLC.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FSIS/AAS/903274/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 4300 Goodfellow Blvd, Bldg 105D, St. Louis, MO, Missouri, United States
- Record
- SN04966851-W 20180627/180625230728-a457f81e78279b38b6f62e3bd833d565 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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