Task_Order_I-SOW_-_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf

I Task Order 1 - STATEMENT OF WORK

The contractor shall provide:

Two (2) BD FACS™ Lyse/Wash Assistants to the Flow Cytometry Lab, Laboratory of Pathology, NCI, NIH in return for purchase of agreed upon eligible reagents (reagent rental) within each task order. Contractor shall pay for shipment of all equipment to the Flow Cytometry Unit, Laboratory of Pathology, NCI, NIH. Contractor shall pay the cost of installation of the BD FACS™ Lyse/Wash Assistants free of charge.

Material Group peripheral fluid reagents, including 03 IS FACSFlow

Fluids™, 17 IS Process Controls™, and 60 IS Sample Preparation™ products in volumes to adequately maintain 1-month inventory supply as determined by the NCI Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)

(names to be provided upon award).

Material Group bead products, including 70 IS ProCount™, 61 IS

Trucount Tubes™, 16 IS FACSCount™, and 62 IS Instrument Set Up™ products in volumes to adequately maintain 1-month inventory supply as determined by the NCI COR.

Material Group bead products, including 68 IS Quantibrite™ products in volumes to adequately maintain 1-month inventory supply as determined by the NCI COR.

Material Group antibody reagents, including 13 IS Tritest™, 14 IS

MultiTest™, 21 IS Oncomark Reagents™, 64 IS Simultest™, 65 IS HLA

B-27™, 66 IS Leucocount™, 67 IS ISHAGE™, 69 IS Fastimmune™, 72

IS DNA/Cycletest™, 73 IS ReticCount™, 91 BD PMG Immunoassay

Reagents and 92 BD PMG ImmStain & Molecular Biology Reagents in

Material Group antibody reagents, including 63 IS Low Volume Single

Color Reagents™, 71 IS High Volume Single Color Reagents™, 89 BD

PMG Core Reagents and 90 BD PMG Specialty Flow Reagents in

Access to the latest reagents, consumables, optimized protocols, instrument improvement and/or new or updated instrument software.

The contractor shall:

Be responsible for shipping all eligible BDBioscience reagents, kits, and supplies with expiration dates greater than 6 months beyond each shipping date.

Provide any new reagents, kits, or supplies until the delivery/task order has been signed and issued by the NCI Contracting Office (names to be provided upon award) and/or the administrative officer. All requests for additional BDBioscience reagents, kits, and supplies shall be initiated by the NCI COR (names to be provided upon award).

The contractor warrants all reagents delivered shall perform to industry specifications and any defective reagents shall be replaced at no cost to the

Government. The contractor shall provide access to scientists and engineers for consultation on procedures and instrumentation. Contractor shall repair or replace free of charge any non-consumable part which fails during the term of this contract, with the exception of equipment damaged by accident, abuse, misuse or misapplication.

Perform Preventive Maintenance: Contractor shall perform two preventive maintenance inspections yearly for each of two (2) BD

FACS™ Lyse/Wash Assistants free of charge, including all travel, labor, material, parts and equipment. Service shall be performed by technically qualified factory trained personnel. Service shall consist of a thorough cleaning, calibration, adjusting, inspection, lubrication and testing of all equipment and replacement of appropriate non-consumable parts in accordance with the manufacturer’s latest established service procedures.

All equipment shall be operationally testing at the end of the preventive maintenance to assure optimum and efficient performance.

Provide Support and / or Service: Contractor shall provide unlimited service visits and unlimited telephone support for the term of the contract at no additional charge to the government. Emergency service shall be provided Monday through Friday (excluding Federal holidays) within 24-hours of notifying the Contractor when any part of the equipment is not functioning properly. All emergency on-site service shall be provided by a factory – trained service representative. All necessary repairs and adjustments will be performed to restore the equipment to normal and efficient operating condition. Emergency service calls shall not replace the necessity for scheduled PM’s.

Shipping and handling:

All reagents shall be shipped overnight on dry ice, wet ice or other conditions according to the standard commercial shipping practices for each product.

II PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance of the award will be from August 29, 2014 through August

28, 2017.

III DELIVERY

Time of Delivery: Unless a delivery/task order specifies a different delivery time, the

Contractor shall deliver reagents within five (5) days or after receipt of each delivery/task order.

Deliveries and Acceptance

1. Satisfactory performance of this contract shall be deemed to occur upon the

Contractor’s delivery and acceptance by the Contracting Officer, or the duly authorized representative. The Contracting Officer or the duly authorized representative will perform inspection and acceptance of materials and services to be provided. Inspection and acceptance shall be performed at the address of the duly authorized representative. Acceptance may be presumed unless otherwise indicated in writing by the Contracting Officer or duly authorized representative within 30 days of delivery.

2. The Contractor shall make required deliveries f.o.b. destination with the consignee’s premised address as it is provided by the NCI Purchasing Agent:

3. Unless otherwise specified, deliveries shall be made to the delivery point provided by the purchasing agent Mondays through Fridays (excluding Federal holidays) between the hours of 8:30 a.m. EST and 3:30 p.m. EST only. The product(s) shall be delivered to the address stated on the delivery/task order: Complete building and room details shall be provided on the delivery/task orders when placed against the contract.

Quantities

1. The Contractor shall provide the estimated minimum as detailed in paragraph III of this contract and the Contractors current price catalog at full price, at full price minus NIH discount or at full price minus 45% discount whichever one is lower.

2. Provided that the respective period’s maximum dollar amount is not exceeded, the

Contractor shall provide the quantity of products/reagents as specified by the NCI

COR to maintain 1-month inventory.

IV CONTRACT PAYMENT

Listed below are the steps to be taken for both the authorized user and the Contractor in order to initiate and receive payment promptly.

Contractor: A Delivery Order/Task Order (DO/TO) should be given to the

Contractor at the time the order is placed. The Contractor is cautioned not to accept an order unless a proper purchase order/award is issued.

Original invoices are to be submitted monthly to the addresses indicated on page one (1) of the Order for Supplies or Services form

(OF347) section 21 (a-e). In addition, a copy of the invoice/receipt shall be submitted monthly to the address and name of consignee/project officer indicated on page one (1), section 6 (a-e).

See Attachment 1 for Invoice and Payment Provisions.

VII INVOICE SUBMISSION:

Invoices shall be submitted in accordance with Attachment I – INVOICE AND

PAYMENT PROVISIONS to the contract.

ATTACHMENTS TO THE CONTRACT

Invoice and Payment Provisions

Terms and Conditions