Annual Maintenance Service

Added: Mar 22, 2017 2:50 pm The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Child Health Development (NICHD) intends to award a purchase order to Gatan, Inc., 5794 W. Las Positas Blvd., Pleasanton, CA 94588 for an annual maintenance service for the Gatan K2 Summit Camera.

The purpose of this purchase order is to purchase an annual maintenance agreement for the Gatan K2 Summit camera.

Gatan Inc. is the OEM and most suited to maintain this critically important equipment. Gatan currently provides the annual maintenance service for the Gatan K2 Summit camera system. The whole setup represents a major investment by NICHD. The work and success of SMCB highly depend on the proper functioning of this system.

In compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) Soliciting from a single source. This solicitation is not a Small Business Set-Aside. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, however; all responses received, before the closing date, of this announcement will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition is based upon responses to this notice and is solely within the discretion of the Government. It is anticipated that the RFQ NIH-NICHD-17-067 will be available fifteen (15) days after the publication date of this synopsis. Receipt of quotations will be due ten (10) days after the release of the RFQ. All interested parties to this solicitation may request a copy of the RFQ package in writing to the attention of Ms. April N. Martin at National Institute Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 6710B Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817 or via email april.martin@nih.gov. All requests must contain offerors name, address, telephone number and fax number. Email addresses are encouraged but not mandatory.