W81XWH-16-R-0018_Questions_and_Answers.docx

Solicitation No. W81XWH-16-R-0018 Questions and Answers

1. Is there a previous contract for this equipment? If so, can you provide the contract number?

Answer: Contract W81XWH-11-P-0624 with Sciex

2. Who is the vendor currently servicing the equipment?

Contract has lapsed as of 13-Sept-2015

3. What was the cost of the last year's contract and is this the same equipment as last year's contract?

Answer: There has been an extensive change to the equipment list for the submitted contract than what was covered under the previous contract listed above. I think the dollar amount on the last year of the previous contract was $147,346.00.

4. Is the contract available for viewing?

Answer: See Attached

5. Is there a service history available?

Answer: We have service records for the instruments

6. Is all the equipment up and running?

Answer: Currently two of the mass spectrometers are not functioning properly and have not been serviced due to the lapse in coverage

7. Has a contractor performed similar work to this for the government in the past?

If available, please provide the incumbent contract number.

Answer: Sciex has been the OEM service contract provider during the entire instrument history

8. If you are unable to provide a contract number, is it safe to assume this is a new requirement for the government?

Answer: Previous contract attached

9. Are these systems covered under any current agreement?

Answer: Contract has lapsed as of 13-Sept-2015

10. If yes, who is the current vendor?

Answer: N/A

It states in the solicitation that you are requesting preventive maintenance for AB Sciex Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) instruments with a firm fixed price contract along with a one base year of twelve months contract, and three twelve month option year periods.

11. In order for us to Quote correctly, can you please clarify if you want:

Answer: PR is for Maintenance Service which would include PM Service, customary parts, repair, labor, and travel.

12. Can you please let me know what Models the Agilent LC’s (ex: 1200, 1260, 1290 etc) and Shimadzu LC (ex: 20, 30, 20x12 etc) are?

Answer: The serial numbers are as follows:

Agilent LC system, serial numbers DEBAA02927 (model G4220A, 1290), DEBAP03248 (model G4226A, 1290), DEBAC05000 (model G1316C, 1290).

Agilent LC system, serial numbers DEABM00645 (model G1312B, 1200), JP02414899 (model G1379B, 1290), DEBAP02025 (model G4226A, 1290), DE930001676 (model G1316C, 1290), DEBAK04828 (model G1330B, 1290)

Shimadzu LC system, serial numbers:

LC-20AD pumps (five total):

L20435251921, L20435251929, L20435251918, L20435251924, L20435251963

CTO-20AC oven: L20215251721

SIL-20AC autosamplers (two total): L20455150501, L20455150502

DGU-20A degassers (two total): L20705162629, L20705161557