SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Notice of Intent - TA Instruments
- Notice Date
- 3/14/2022 6:28:40 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- FBI-JEH WASHINGTON DC 20535 USA
- ZIP Code
- 20535
- Solicitation Number
- NOI-0002514
- Response Due
- 3/21/2022 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 05/21/2022
- Point of Contact
- Christina Wheeless
- E-Mail Address
-
cmwheeless@fbi.gov
(cmwheeless@fbi.gov)
- Description
- PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY AS IT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE THAT WILL BE PUBLISHED.� The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) intends to negotiate a one-time, sole source, firm-fixed price contract with TA Instruments � Waters, L.L.C. (New Castle, DE) for the procurement of a Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and a Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA). Based on market research conducted and contacts made with knowledgeable individuals within the government and related industry, it has been determined the FBI�s requirement can only be provided by TA Instruments as no other vendor can provide and guarantee the ability to access the historical data allowing for direct comparison between data sets. As a part of the analysis suite performed by TIEDS personnel on any newly synthesized batch of material, DSC and TGA profiles are collected for such comparison as a means of checking purity and thermal degradation characteristics. Utilizing another vendor is likely to cause the loss of this capability. The use of another vendor also will necessitate increased down-time of analyses due to personnel needing to learn entirely new operations and validate the instruments/materials against literature and historical data, if such can be accessed.� Only TA Instruments can furnish the necessary replacement instruments while providing the ability to analyze and compare against the historical data collected over the last six (6) years. These items are direct replacements for the existing equipment. A different vendor would not be able to process such data files resulting in a need to re-validate methods and materials.� This notice will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration�s SAM.gov website (www.SAM.gov).� Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the SAM.gov site to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition.� The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334516 � Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; the size standard is 1,000 employees.� The Government intends to negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1.� This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, interested parties may identify their interests and submit a capabilities statement in response to this requirement by contacting Christina Wheeless via email only at CMWheeless@fbi.gov, no later than 1:00pm (Central) on Monday, March 21,�2022.� Responses sent via other means (i.e. via telephone call, facsimile transmission, etc.) will not be considered.� Information received will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement.� A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is at the discretion of the Government.�� Vendors must be registered in SAM, effective July 29, 2012, to receive government contracts.� The FBI utilizes a financial system that has a direct interface with the SAM.� Please ensure that your company�s SAM information is updated and accurate.� This includes: TIN, EFT, DUNs, addresses, and contact information.� The EFT banking information on file in SAM will be what the FBI uses to process payment to your organization.�
- Web Link
-
SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/d5883d60237049bd9a1220d1a84fd271/view)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898, USA
- Zip Code: 35898
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 35898
- Record
- SN06265693-F 20220316/220314230055 (samdaily.us)
- Source
-
SAM.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
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