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* = Required Field Contract Opportunity Special Notice J065 FY21: VIIA 7 Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Service 33637 36C24821Q0177 N 811219 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 8 (NCO 8) 8875 Hidden River Pkwy Suite 525 Tampa FL 33637 Contract Specialist Keila President keila.president@va.gov 813-972-2000 Ext 5998 Notice of Intent is published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.101(a)(1) requiring the dissemination of information regarding proposed contract actions. This Notice of Intent is for a proposed award of a sole source, firm-fixed price contract under the authority of 41 U.S.C. 3304(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(2)– Contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 8, intends to award a sole source, firm-fixed price contract to Life Technologies Corporation dba Invitrogen for the ViiA7 Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) System (S/N 278881557), located at James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, Florida. The effective date of the contract is on or before December 4, 2020 through December 3, 2021 and 4 one-year option periods.

The ViiA7 Real-Time PCR System is high-throughput equipment for Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) amplification, detection, and quantitative analysis. It has a built-in thermocycler and allows for real time detection even in early stages of amplification. The touch-screen interface has run starts for a broad range of applications. Data recovery and storage for 100 runs. Real-Time PCR has higher precision, increased sensitivity (down to one copy), increased dynamic range (greater than 8 logs), and high resolution (less than two-fold differences). This instrument is used every day in the lab. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 811219, Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance and the Product Service Code (PSC) is J065, Maintenance and Repair of Medical, Dental and Veterinary.

The contractor shall furnish all labor, transportation, and parts necessary to provide full service, including preventive maintenance agreement including testing, maintenance kits and certification of the equipment listed below.

Each respondent must have an established business, with an office and full-time staff to include a "fully qualified" field service engineer (FSE) and a "fully qualified" FSE who will serve as backup. "Fully qualified" is based upon training and on experience in the field on ViiA7 instruments. The contractor shall provide written assurance to the competency of their personnel and a list of credentials of approved FSEs for ViiA7 Real Time PCR Service, specifically must demonstrate 3 years’ experience on each instrument. The Contracting Officer (CO) may authenticate the training requirements, request training certificates or credentials from the contractor at any time for any personnel who are servicing or installing any VA equipment. The CO and/or Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) specifically reserves the right to reject any of the contractor's personnel and refuse them permission to work on the VA equipment.

SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED:

A. Service

1. All maintenance will be performed during normal VA business hours, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday, except Federal Holidays, unless otherwise specified. Contractor may work outside normal business hours by arrangement with COR if such services are provided without additional charge to the government.

2. The VA shall not provide service manuals or service diagnostic software to the contractor. The contractor shall obtain, have on file, and make available to its FSE(s) all operational and technical documentation (e.g., operational and service manuals, schematics, and parts lists) which are necessary to meet the performance requirements of this contract. The location and listing of the service data manuals, by name, and/or the manuals themselves shall be provided to the CO upon request. Any charges for parts, reagents, manuals, tools, or software required to successfully complete scheduled Preventive Maintenance (PM) are included within this contract and its agreed upon price unless specifically stated in writing otherwise.

B. Parts

All replacement parts required to complete scheduled preventive maintenance, except exclusions listed below, required to keep equipment performing within the manufacturer's specifications will be provided by the contractor. All parts must meet or exceed factory specifications to maintain compatibility with systems presently in place and with future performance/reliability upgrades. Parts removed (replaced) by the contractor become the property of the contractor.

C. Scheduled Maintenance

1. The contract will include one comprehensive scheduled maintenance inspections (preventive maintenance) to be performed in May and November. A mutually agreeable time for the inspections will be scheduled through the COR.

2. Contractor does not have access to sensitive information and will not be performing service in areas containing sensitive information.

Life Technologies Corporation dba Invitrogen has provided a certified letter confirming they are the only firm who can provide this service. The Government understands that Life Technologies Corporation dba Invitrogen, is an authorized vendor for performing maintenance and repair of ViiA7 Real-Time PCR System. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.