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Statement of Work AMBIS Sequence # 1854832 Equipment Service Agreement – Biomek Liquid Handling System

1) BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Tuberculosis Research Section (TRS) of the Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases (LCID)/NIH is a multidisciplinary group of research scientists comprised of biologists, chemists, and clinical researchers who share a common interest in TB. Our projects focus on understanding the scientific issues that facilitate the development of drugs that will make a genuine difference in the outcome for TB subjects globally.

The following list of equipment includes items that are heavily used by the High Throughput Screening (HTS) team throughout the year. A preventative maintenance service agreement is essential for maintaining the equipment in working order for the period of coverage from 6/15/17 to 6/14/18:

Biomek FXpD8 # A318440129 Biomek FX MC # 5011087 Biomek NX MC # A318410132 Biomek NX MC # 9894020144

2) PURPOSE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ACQUISITION

The purpose of this SOW is to continue the service agreement for the Biomek FX and NX systems located in the equipment corridor and in BSl-3 lab 2E14, Bldg. 33, NIH Bethesda campus. The Service Agreement for the Biomek FX and NX systems (Biomek FXpD8 # A318440129, Biomek FX MC # 5011087, Biomek NX MC # A318410132 and Biomek NX MC # 9894020144). The period of coverage will begin on 06/15/2017 through 06/14/2018.

The contractor needs to demonstrate skills specializing in the maintenance and repair of Beckman Coulter instruments. The lab requires the contractor to guarantee requisite parts from the original equipment manufacturer, and to demonstrate that services will be provided by factory engineers trained on Beckman Coulter instruments.

Along with technical assistance and service engineers, this agreement includes applications support for the instrumentation and software.

3) CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS

Comprehensive Coverage: full service support for instrument, with service costs fixed for the duration of the service period. This includes labor, travel, covered parts, & basic operator training.

Unlimited Emergency Service: includes all on site labor and travel time, travel expenses, & covered parts.

Replacement Parts: purchased from OEM

Scheduled Preventive Maintenance: One preventive maintenance call (PMC) per year to assure reliability and performance of instrument according to published factory specifications. PMC may be combined with an emergency service call.

Factory Trained Service Engineers: Beckman Coulter training/experience required for advanced systems

Telephone Support: phone support during normal business hours

4) CONTRACTOR SUPPLIED MATERIALS

The prices in this Agreement shall include comprehensive coverage and full service support to the instruments including labor, travel, covered parts and basic operator training. The vendor shall also provide emergency services including on site labor, travel time and expenses and covered parts. One preventive maintenance per year provided by factory trained service engineers.

5) GOVERNMENT FURNISHED MATERIALS

No Government furnished materials are provided under this contract.

6) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND DELIVERABLES

Technical support, remedial repair as needed and preventative maintenance.

7) INSPECTION

Inspection of the service will be performed by the lab manager and members of the high throughput screening team in the Tuberculosis Research Section of the Laboratory of Clinical and Infectious Diseases