2_NOI-NIAID-25-2253562.pdf

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE

ID: NOI-NIAID-25-2253562

Posted Date: 4/22/2025 Response Date: 4/29/2025 NAICS Code: 811210

This is a Notice of Intent (NOI), NOT a request for proposal. The Research Technologies Branch (RTB) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition basis with AB Sciex LLC, 1201 Radio RD, Redwood City, CA, 94065-1217, United States, to procure a 12-Month maintenance agreement for Qtrap Mass Spectrometers and accompanying devices.

Minimum Requirements:

Below are specifications and coverage for the current requirement:

• Telephone access to technical support within 4 hours

• Priority repair service response time within 48 hours.

• Periodic maintenance will be performed every year.

Coverage Type Model# Serial# Qty

1 1 Periodic Maintenance (PM) Assurance Plan for LC Devices

LC-40D XR

Pump

L22136151259 L22136151260 L22216150738 L22176153626 L22116151314 L22246052152

2 Software Plus Plan for Qtrap and High Resolution instruments

QTRAP7500 FF225782307 1

3 Software Plus Plan for Qtrap and High Resolution instruments

QTRAP6500+

Mass Spectrometer

DY264462307 1

4 Assurance Plan 1PM QTRAP7500 FF225782307 1

5 Assurance Plan 1PM QTRAP6500+ Mass Spectrometer

DY264462307 1

1 PM Assurance Plan for LC Devices

LC-40DX3

Pump

L22436151653 L22466050905 L22176153625 L22246052151 L22106051407 L22436151654

Priority scheduling and onsite response for all repairs during the period of performance.

Priority is defined as giving priority scheduling equal to a direct contract and guaranteeing the equivalent manufacturer’s priority onsite response. If you are a third-party service provider, the priority scheduling and/or response time, must be listed on a capabilities statement, as well as documentation of OEM part and trained technicians is required.

Period of Performance: April 30, 2025 – April 29, 2026

Place of Performance: Hamilton, MT 59840

The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 1901 (a) (1) as implemented by FAR 13.106-1 only one responsible source and no other supply of service will satisfy agency requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources that could provide this service may submit a capability statement to include evidence of being capable of providing Technical Support within 4 hours and 48 hour Priority Repair Service: *As AB Sciex LLC is the only current Manufacturer of the noted equipment, AB Sciex LLC certification to maintain the equipment must be submitted in order to be considered, by 10:00 am EST, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. All required documents must be submitted via the NIAID electronic SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION SUBMISSION SYSTEM (eSASS) website at HTTPS://ESASS.NIH.GOV. All vendors must register in the eSASS system to submit their documentation. Instructions on how to register /submit documents are included on the website Late submissions shall be treated in accordance with the solicitation provision at FAR 52.212-1(f). All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.

https://esass.nih.gov/