Statement of Work Service, Preventative Maintenance, and Support Plan for Laboratory Services Leica Microscopes and Components

1. Background - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) is a law enforcement agency within the Department of Justice (DOJ). ATF’s mission is to reduce violent crime and to protect the public. ATF enforces Federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives, and arson. The Office of Laboratory Services (LS) provides analytical and advisory services on matters of a scientific nature in support of ATF’s mission. There are three forensic science laboratories within LS which include the Forensic Science Laboratory-Atlanta (FSL-A), the Forensic Science Laboratory-Washington (FSL-W) and the National Firearms Examiner Academy (NFEA) based at FSL-W which trains state and local firearms examiners in several areas of firearms analysis to include microscopic examination and comparison. A new laboratory, The Forensic Crime Gun Intelligence Laboratory (FCGIL) has been set up in Wichita KS. It will be a high-throughput laboratory focusing on firearms and DNA and will include a new NFEA training facility.

2. Scope - This request is for a combined new preventative maintenance (PM) contract for microscope cleaning whose services have been covered under a service contract, which is expiring. The proposed purchase order fulfills an ongoing need for LS to maintain top performance of microscopes used in casework and training. These microscopes are required to conduct specific laboratory examinations vital to ATF criminal investigations and to train other examiners to create consistency among the organizations to better solve criminal investigations. Microscope downtime must be kept to a minimum to continue the effective and efficient processing of evidence related to ATF criminal investigations. Casework is the main mission of the laboratories, and it would have to be interrupted with any microscope downtime. This request is to provide support for the microscopes listed below, located at FSL-A, FSL-W and NFEA laboratories, for one (1) base year and if exercised four (4) option years. Due to microscope replacement over the life of the contract, ATF requires the ability to add/remove microscopes to the contract. Option year two (2) ATF intends to add microscopes from FCGIL. Quoted price for option years 2- 4 shall include a CLIN to add FCGIL. Expected FCGIL will include six (6) each FC M and FS C comparison microscopes and eighteen (18) M60 stereomicroscopes.

3. Description of Microscopes to include the period of performance:

Microscopes consist of Leica brand FS-C and FS-M comparison microscopes; M60, M125 and MZ6 Stereo microscopes; DM2700P compound microscopes. All the associated microscopes/accessories listed with the serial numbers below shall be included.

Base Year: 08/30/2026-08/29/2027 Option year 1: 08/30/2027-08/29/2028 Option year 2: 08/30/2028-08/29/2029 Option year 3: 08/30/2029-08/29/2030 Option year 4: 08/30/2030-08/29/2031

The contract shall include either Standard Care service or the Premium Care service as listed in the microscope description and serial number listed above:

· Standard Care service includes:

· One (1) scheduled preventative maintenance per year

· Priority onsite response time

· Unlimited access for customer support

· 10% discount on parts, service and travel

· Premium Care service includes:

· One (1) scheduled preventative maintenance per year

· Priority 3-day onsite response time

· Unlimited access for customer support

· 2-hour hotline response time

· Unlimited replacement of service parts

· Labor and travel included for service calls

· All replacement parts shall be factory certified by the OEM

· Parts and labor for routine preventative maintenance shall be covered

· All work shall be performed by service technicians certified by Leica

· All labor and travel for the service technician shall be included

· Prices shall include all travel and consist of two (2) technicians at Beltsville MD location with all microscopes being cleaned on the same visit. And travel should include one (1) technician at Atlanta GA and two (2) at Wichita KS locations (starting option year 2). Where applicable discount shall be given for travel for premium service.

Microscopes for this contract is located at:

ATF Forensic Science Laboratory – Atlanta 2600 Century Parkway, Suite 400 Atlanta, GA 30345

ATF Forensic Science Laboratory – Washington and National Firearms Examiner Academy 6000 Ammendale Road Ammendale, MD 20705

Forensic Crime Gun Intelligence Laboratory- FCGIL (OY2) and National Firearms Examiner Academy 4504 E 18th ST N Wichita, KS 67208