SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- Purchase of Agilent Gas and Liquid Chromatograph, MEDDAC-Japan
- Notice Date
- 8/18/2022 3:41:28 PM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- FA5209 374 CONS PK APO AP 96328-5228 USA
- ZIP Code
- 96328-5228
- Solicitation Number
- FA520922Q0048
- Response Due
- 8/25/2022 10:00:00 PM
- Point of Contact
- Hiroko Takahashi, Phone: 81425516120, Fax: 81425510973, Micah-James Carley, Phone: 81425516120, Fax: 81425510973
- E-Mail Address
-
hiroko.takahashi.jp@us.af.mil, micah-james.carley@us.af.mil
(hiroko.takahashi.jp@us.af.mil, micah-james.carley@us.af.mil)
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE:� 374th Contracting Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan intends to award a sole source purchase order to Agilent Technology Japan Inc.� Agilent Technology Japan Inc will providing the following to MEDDAC-Japan, Camp Zama, Kanagawa, Japan: a. Agilent 1260 Infinity II HPLC System including installation and training at the site. b. Agilent 8890/5977B GC/MS System Lumin Purge and Trapy upon the request by the Environmental Lab, It is including� c. Operation Training and manuals in both Japanese and English at the site. Since this High Pressure Liquid Chromatograph (HPLC) a replacement for an existing Agilent HPLC.� The current system was installed in 2012 and the overall system is approaching it's expected service life.� Some components are beyond their expected service life.� Since this is a replacement for an existing system, purchasing another Agilent system would be ideal. Specific Advantages 1.� Instrument� Service:� This is a complex system that will require routine preventive maintenance as well as other service throughout it's service life.� We currently have a service contract/service agreement in place with Agilent.� Purchase of an instrument from an alternate manufacturer will require a new service contract. 2.� This laboratory currently has seven Agilent chromatography systems in use.� There is a significant amount of commonality in spares and user serviceable parts.� Purchasing the specified Agilent system will not entail the purchase of a different set of consumables and spares.� This will simplify the logistics of using and maintaining the instrument.� 3.� Software:� The Agilent 8890 utilizes Agilent's ChemStation/OpenLabCD software.� This software is on all of our Agilent instruments and all Organic Chemistry staff are trained on this software.� All of our analytical methods have already been developed for the Agilent 8890 system.� Purchase of an alternate system will require training on the new software, as well as a significant amount of time to become proficient with an alternate vendors software.� Additionally, analytical methods will have to re-written to conform with the different software.� Finally, we utilize a series of custom developed reports and spreadsheets for data reduction and reporting.� These reports and spread sheets are specifically written for the Agilent data formats.� All reports and spreadsheets would have to be re-written to accommodate a different format.� 4.� Training:� The laboratory staff is already trained on using the Agilent systems, including operation, software (as noted in item 3) and maintenance.� The ECL staff will require very little training from Agilent to become familiar with operation and maintenance.� Purchase of an alternate system would require additional training and time to become proficient in the operation and maintenance of an alternate system. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.� Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.�� The closing date for this notice is 25 Aug 2022 at 1600 Japanese Standard Time.� For information regarding this purchase, please contact Hiroko Takahashi at DSN# (305)225-4468; email:� hiroko.takahashi.jp@us.af.mil or TSgt Micah-James Carley at DSN# (315) 225-7399; email micah-james.carley@us.af.mil
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- SN06433128-F 20220820/220818230128 (samdaily.us)
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