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J -- PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, INSPECTION AND EMERGENCY REPAIR OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED HEWLETT-PACKARD ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT. SOL 263-96-P(BC)-0130 POC Sheri Lawson, Contract Specialist on 301/402-3065 or Edward Wilgus, Contracting Officer on 301/402-3070. Under authority of U.S.C. 253(c)(1), FAR 6.302-1 the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland intends to negotiate a contract with the Hewlett-Packard Company, 2101 Gaither Road, Rockville, Maryland 20850, for an on-site Full Service Maintenance including preventive maintenance, inspection and emergency repair of Government-owned Hewlett-Packard Analytical Instruments at the NIH, and all other NIH facilities within a fifty (50) mile (80.47 km) radius. Any response must be received in writing within forty-five (45) business days from the published date of this notice. The intended procurement will be classified under SIC 7629, Electrical and Electronic Repair Shops, N.E.C. with a size standard of $3.5M. The Contractor shall furnish the following: (1) All necessary trained experienced personnel, labor, special tools facilities, diagnostic equipment, parts, software, materials and supplies, to provide the required technical support and expertise for on-site full service maintenance including, preventive maintenance, inspection, user training and emergency repair of Government-owned Hewlett-Packard Analytical Instruments such as: 1084A and B Versions of HPLC(s) 1090L and M, Series 1 and 2 (including all Chemstations), 1050 Modules (including all Chemstations), 1046A, 1047A and 1049A Specialty Detectors, 1100 Modules (including all Chemstations), 8450, 8451, 8452 and 8453 Spectrophotometers (including all Chemstations), 5970, 5971, 5872, 5989 and 5988 Mass Specs. (including all Chemstations), 5880, 5890 Series 1 and 2, and 5988 Gas Chromatographs, G1602A Capillary Electrophoresis Systems (including all Chemstations), H/P Protein Sequencers, H/P Maldi-Tof Mass Specs., and 3390, 3392, and 3396 Integrators. Servicing requires understanding of software and hardware diagnostic routines which are part of the system software packages. (2) The Contractor shall respond to emergency calls within twenty-four (24) hours after an emergency call has been placed. (3) The Contractor shall furnish preventive maintenance visits as recommended by the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer). (A PM Schedule of the different types of analytical equipment shall be furnished by the Contractor). (4) Repair parts shall be manufacturer's original and not refurbished unless approved by the Government. (5) The Contractor shall furnish and install all software (including software diagnostic routines, applications and or operating system software and software upgrades) and furnish all software support required to keep the equipment operating in accordance with the OEM's specifications. (6) The Contractor shall support such software, including any OEM-sponsored modification or revision thereof and provide training on new software features, at no additional cost to the Government for the duration of this contract, including renewals thereof. The support provided shall consist of installation, correction of errors, provision of OEM-sponsored modifications, improvements and revisions. Computer system and software support shall include, but not be limited to the following: 1000/M/E/F, 400/700/900 RTE system hardware and associated analytical software, DOS, Pascal, and UNIX Chemstations to include part numbers (G2070A, G2170AA, G2190AA, G2171AA, G2180AA, G1601Aa, G2181AA, G2090AA and G1201A). Software packages shall include updates and telephone support services. (7) The Contractor shall furnish, install and test firmware upgrades as required. (8) The Contractor shall provide systems maintenance training classes on PC based and non-PC based instrumentation, covered under this contract, at six (6) month intervals. Other user training shall include, but not be limited to: HPLC for Proteins and Peptides, 1050 and 1100 Maintenance, 1090 Troubleshooting and Maintenance, 1050 and 1100 Operation, and HPLC DOS Chemstation Software and Software Updates. All training shall be furnished at no additional cost to the Government. Responding firms that are located outside the Washington Metropolitan area, shall indicate how the firm would coordinate with and provide support to the NIH. Information furnished should include enough material to allow the Agency to perform a proper evaluation. Concerns that respond to this synopsis shall furnish concise responses directed specifically to the requirements mentioned above and are invited to submit capability statements in an original plus two (2) copies no later than forty-five (45) business days from the date of this announcement. Source demonstrating the capability to accomplish the above shall supply pertinent information in sufficient detail to demonstrate their ability to perform. Written responses shall include complete description of the services to be provided, containing sufficient technical information to permit agency analysis to establish a bona fide capability to meet the stated requirements as listed above. The period of performance shall be for twelve (12) months from date of award with four (4) successive twelve (12) month option periods. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP). Capability Statements: (a) If mailing your capabilities through the U.S. Postal Service use the following address: National Institutes of Health, Office of Procurement Management, OA, 6120 Executive Blvd., Room 868, ATTN: Sheri Lawson, Bethesda, MD 20892. (b) If hand delivering, or using a courier service such as: UPS, Federal Express, etc., use the following City, State, and Zip Code: Rockville, MD 20852. Responses by Facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted. See NOTE: 22 (0198)

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