SYNOPSIS_FDA_17-223-SOL-00019.pdf

FDA 17-223-SOL-00019

THIS IS A SYNOPSIS FOR SERVICES PREPARED PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF:

USCODE 2011, TITLE 20, CHAPTER 28, PART D, 1018a (f)(1), AND FORMAT IN FAR PART 15, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THE

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) SHALL BE 100% SET-ASIDE FOR A SMALL BUSINESS

CONCERN.

PROPOSALS WILL BE REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED.

The solicitation number is: FDA 17-223-SOL-00019

The solicitation will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP).

The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal

Acquisition Circular 2005-95.

The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for is 811219 size standard $20.5M. The Contractor is expected to provide actual pricing for the required labor categories.

The evaluation factors contained in the RFP will be used to evaluate all proposals submitted in response to this solicitation.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a regulatory agency with responsibility for the safety of food for humans and animals and the safety and efficacy of drugs, devices and other medical products. In support of this regulatory mission FDA operates laboratories which conduct analyses using scientific instruments. FDA laboratories are located at sites across the United States. The FDA now requires the use of a Contractor to manage and coordinate maintenance and repair services for scientific instruments at FDA facilities nationwide.

The prime customers for the Scientific Instrument Maintenance and Repair Services contract are FDA laboratory scientists based in roughly twenty-one laboratory facilities around the United States and Puerto

Rico. Across these facilities, hundreds of FDA scientists perform testing, surveillance, and research in support of the Agency’s mission to protect and promote public and animal health. FDA’s laboratory capacity is divided among various Centers according to regulatory responsibility: Food Safety, Veterinary Medicine, Drug Evaluation, Biologics Evaluation, Device Evaluation and Regulatory Affairs

(i.e., field operations). Within each Center there may be various Offices with responsibility for a limited set of instruments or a specific facility location. Laboratory instruments and apparatus are engaged in supporting research, method development and analytical testing for drugs, biologics, medical products and devices, food, animal feed, animal medical products and tobacco products.

The instruments to be covered include laboratory instruments and associated laboratory equipment at twenty-one (21) FDA facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico. A list of eligible instruments shall be provided with the solicitation (a sample representative Master Equipment List (MEL).

A copy of solicitation issued via FBO on July 12, 2017

Telephone requests will not be honored.