SPECIAL NOTICE
65 -- Intent to Sole Source AB 7500 FastDX Instrument Service Agreements
- Notice Date
- 3/17/2021 7:16:14 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- PSC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND PROCUREMENT PORTFOLIO Bethesda MD 20857 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20857
- Solicitation Number
- 0402_342021
- Response Due
- 3/24/2021 7:30:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 04/08/2021
- Point of Contact
- Leslie Lucas, Phone: 4439476076, Fax: 4106423566
- E-Mail Address
-
leslie.lucas@psc.hhs.gov
(leslie.lucas@psc.hhs.gov)
- Description
- Pursuant to FAR 13.016?1(b), the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Program Support Center, Acquisition Management Services, on behalf of the DHHS, Supply Service Center (SSC), Perry Point, Maryland intends to negotiate and award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Thermofisher-Life Technologies, 5791 Van Allen Way, Carlsbad, California, 92008 for service agreements for AB 7500 Fast DX�instruments.��Thermofisher-Life Technologies�is the manufacturer.� The sole source justification is based on the fact that Thermofisher-Life Technologies is the manufacturer, distributor, and service provider for AB 7500 Fast DX instruments�in accordance with FAR 6.302-1.� The facilities in possession of AB 7500 Fast DX instruments are located across CONUS and will be serviced by the logistical operations at the SSC, Perry Point. The clause at FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions � Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The clauses at FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders � Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition.� The Contracting Officer has indicated the following clauses listed in paragraph (b) as applicable and are hereby incorporated by reference:�� _X_ 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755). _X_ 52.222-19, Child Labor�Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2014) (E.O. 13126). _X_ 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999). _X_ 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246). _X_ 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Oct 2010) (29 U.S.C. 793). _X_ 52.223-18, Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (Aug 2011) (E.O. 13513). _X_ 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (June 2008) (E.O.�s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury). _X_ 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer�System for Award Management (Jul 2013) (31 U.S.C. 3332). Sole Source Justification: The qualifications for performing the required services on the AB 7500 Fast DX instrument are only met by ThermoFisher-Life Technologies-approved field service engineers.� Similarly, commercially-available service contracts are only available via ThermoFisher-Life Technologies (the original manufacturer of the instruments.)� Use of any other company/vendor/service provider other than ThermoFisher-Life Technologies-approved personnel would void the service contract of the instruments. These instruments also have FDA-compliant software that provides traceability and auditable records. DPAS � N/A Contact Ms Leslie Lucas, leslie.lucase@psc.hhs.gov regarding the solicitation.� Any inquiries must be emailed to the Contracting Officer, with �AB 7500 Fast DX - Inquiries� in the subject line.�
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Perry Point, MD 21902, USA
- Zip Code: 21902
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 21902
- Record
- SN05945250-F 20210319/210317230110 (samdaily.us)
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