SPECIAL NOTICE
J -- Yearly Maintenance Contract on 2 Thermo Electron Noortha America, LLC manufactured instruments
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 811219
— Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Eastern Business Service Center
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 930617
- Archive Date
- 9/22/2018
- Point of Contact
- John C. Wilkinson, Phone: 301-504-1731
- E-Mail Address
-
john.wilkinson@ars.usda.gov
(john.wilkinson@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Robert W. Holley Center, located in Ithaca, New York, intends to award a sole source procurement to the Large Business vendor: Thermo Electron North America LLC, located at the following address: 1400 Northpoint Parkway, Suite 10, West Palm Beach, Florida 33407 The following is the requirement T he R.W. Holley Center at U.S. Department of Agriculture, requires a Yearly support and instrument maintenance contract for its nanoLC-MS system consisting of an Easy-nLC II liquid chromatography system and a TSQ Vantage mass spectrometer. The features of this support agreement include priority access to three high quality on site visits and priority status telephone support and software upgrades as soon as they are available. This requirement also includes an annual preventative maintenance visit at the end of the contract once one visit remains. All parts are guaranteed genuine Thermo quality parts, and are included in a comprehensive PM parts kit which is provided for every PM visit. Thermo Electron North America LLC, The Easy-nLC II - TSQ Vantage LC-MS system and all of its components were designed by Thermo and incorporate many features unique to these instrument that are based on proprietary knowledge that is the intellectual property of Thermo Corporation. Service engineers not associated with Thermo do not have access to this knowledge base and are at significant disadvantage with respect to its maintenance. Thermo has proprietary rights to the design and software utilized in this instrument, and are the only company with access to performance verified parts, spare parts, software, technical support, upgrades, and engineering resources to maintain the equipment at operating specifications. Only Thermo Electron North America, LLC - field service engineers can apply service and troubleshoot th e above instrument, otherwise, this would void the warranty on the Easy-nLC II liquid chromatograph and the TSQ Vantage Mass Spectrometer. Thus, the only company that is able to fully support this instrument is Thermo Electron North America, LLC. The following are applicable: Purchase Order Terms & Conditions for the above requirement: Commercial Items through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-99 Clauses/Provisions Incorporated by Reference : This order incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at the following address: https://www.acquisition.gov/far. 52.212-5 - Commercial Items (Feb. 2016 ) 52.204-7 System for Award Management (Jul 2013) 52.204-13 System for System for Award Management Maintenance (Jan 2014) 52.204-16 Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (July 2015) 52.204-18 Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (July 2015) 52.209-2 Prohibition On Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations--Representation (Nov 2015) 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors Commercial Items (Oct 2015) 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items (nov 2015) 52.223-1 Bio-based Product Certification (MAY 2012). 52.223-2 Affirmative Procurement of Bio-based Products Under Service and Construction Contracts (Sep 2013). 52.232-39 Unenforceability of Unauthorized Obligations (Jun 2013) 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013) 52.237-2 -- Protection of Government Buildings, Equipment, and Vegetation (Apr 1984) THIS NOTICE INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The purchase made will be made under simplified acquisition procedures, other than Full and Open Competition authorized by FAR 6.302-1, and Statutory Authority: 10 USC 2304 (C ) ( 1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 Vendors who believe they can provide the above, are invited to submit substantiating documentation via email to John.Wilkinson@ars.usda.gov by no later than September 7, 2018 e.s.t. Oral Communications are not acceptable responses to this notice. This notice is for informational purposes only and is not to construed a commitment by the Government.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA, ARS, ROBERT W. HOLLEY CENTER, ITHACA, New York, 14853, United States
- Zip Code: 14853
- Zip Code: 14853
- Record
- SN05049102-W 20180823/180821231727-8737c3d188b3d49afa4db6e71d44b5b0 (fbodaily.com)
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