15 - NOI (Peak Nitrogen Generators Maintenance).doc

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE

Naval Medical Logistics Command (NMLC) intends to award a sole source contract under the authority of FAR 13.501(a) to Peak Scientific Inc., 19 Sterling Road, Suite 1, Billerica, MA 01862-2524, to provide for maintenance support services (i.e., preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance including telephone support and on-site field support, and system updates including updates to hardware and software) for currently installed Peak Nitrogen Generators for the Drug Demand Reduction Program (DDRP). The maintenance services shall be performed on the currently installed Peak Nitrogen Generators at all of the following locations: Navy Drug Screening Laboratory, Great Lakes, Illinois; Navy Drug Screening Laboratory, Jacksonville, Florida; Headquarters Air Force Drug Testing Laboratory, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; and Army Forensic Toxicology Drug Testing Laboratory, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii.

Vendor shall be an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) authorized maintenance contractor for the proposed equipment/systems such that OEM warranty and service are provided and maintained by the OEM. All software licensing, warranty and service associated with the equipment/system shall be in accordance with the OEM terms and conditions. Full requirement described in the Statement of Work.

Peak Scientific is the only vendor authorized to service Peak Scientific products. The OEM (Peak Scientific) does not authorize any third party vendors to conduct maintenance, warranty or service work on any of their products. Service by a third party vendor will void the OEM warranty. Furthermore, Peak Scientific is the only vendor that services the proprietary software and Peak Scientific will not provide software support to third party vendors.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for the requirement; however, if a vendor challenges the basis for this requirement, please submit a capability statement that includes sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to submit a product meeting the minimum requirements specified above. Capability statements shall not exceed 5 (8.5 x 11 inch) pages using a font size no smaller than 10-point. All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. A determination by the Government not to compete 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 or to proceed with a sole source procurement.

Please note, a Justification and Approval will be posted within 30 days of award.

Capability statements are due by 2:00 P.M. EST, 03 November 2020. Capability statements shall be submitted by email ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to Lindsay Burdette, lindsay.k.burdette.civ@mail.mil. No phone calls will be accepted.