Aqua Solutions Technical Support Services for Maintenance, Inspections and Repairs of Reverse Osmotic Water Purification Systems

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) intends to award a sole source firm-fixed price services contract to Aqua Solutions Incorporated; 8 Old Burnt Mountain Road; Jasper, Georgia 30143-3356. This contract will be for a base year of 12-months plus four (4) 12-month option years.

The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1- Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 333318 (Other Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing). The Size Standard is 1000 employees.

The purpose of this procurement is to obtain a maintenance service agreement for all CDC owned Aqua Solutions scientific laboratory equipment in the CDC's Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS).

The Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) has an ongoing need for expert maintenance and repair of Aqua Solutions designed and installed reverse osmosis and water purification systems. The systems used in the DLS laboratories are highly complex with integrated operations. The proper maintenance and repair requires a high degree of technical skills and long-term familiarity with the systems is critical. This includes many proprietary components. This requirement includes the capability of continued factory trained maintenance personnel support is required for the reverse osmotic water purification units manufactured by Aqua Solutions Incorporated. The services required include regularly scheduled equipment maintenance, service and repair, replacement of consumables, parts, calibration and technical support. CDC laboratory needs may require new systems and each new system will need to be maintained by Aqua Solution engineers.

Aqua Solutions Incorporated is the sole manufacturer of the CDC owned Aqua Solutions laboratory equipment. The reverse osmosis and water purification systems in use by DLS were designed, built and installed by Aqua Solutions Incorporated. Aqua Solutions Incorporated is the primary provider of the factory certified parts and equipment needed for repair and maintenance of the installed systems. Aqua Solutions Incorporated will have the most expert information on how to repair the complex laboratory equipment. The service engineers with Aqua Solutions Incorporated are highly experienced with their equipment and understand the critical requirements of the NCEH/DLS mission. Additionally, Aqua Solutions Incorporated engineers have been factory trained and certified for repairs and maintenance of all Aqua Solutions Incorporated equipment. Aqua Solutions Incorporated is the only responsible source to ensure continuity of laboratory operations.

No solicitation will be posted to FedBizOpps. We will only issue a solicitation to Aqua Solutions Incorporated. Aqua Solutions Incorporated is the only source available to provide this service that meets the NCEH/DLS mission critical requirements. This notice of intent is not a request for proposal. A determination to compete this procurement based on response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer.

Interested parties who believe they possess the capability to satisfy this requirement should submit a capability statement demonstrating their ability to meet this requirement. All responses must be sent in writing to Mr. Tim Williams via email to TLWilliams3@cdc.gov using solicitation number 75D301-19-R-67912 in the subject line, no later than 7:00am Eastern Time, April 3, 2019.

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