Attune NxT Flow Cytometer SMA

Special Notice Notice of Intent to Award a Single-Source Procurement
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 17, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 17, located at 5441 Babcock Road, Ste. 302, San Antonio, TX 78240 intends to solicit and award a single-source firm-fixed priced service maintenance agreement for one (1) base year and four (4) option years to Thermo Fisher Scientific for the following equipment:
0001: Service Maintenance Agreement AB Assurance Plan
Model: Attune NxT Flow Cytometer 3 - Laser
S/N: 2AFC214301116
Mfr: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Unit of Issue: YR
Qty: 1
Brief Service Description: The contractor shall provide services and maintenance for the Attune NxT Flow Cytometer that meets the following requirements:
Service engineers shall be certified on Class IIIB Lasers.
Support includes:
Annual calibration of tools to maintain optimal performance.
Software updates (bug fixes and patches) shall be available free of charge during the term of the service plan.
Contractor shall use only replacement parts certified to manufacturer's OEM specifications. In addition, major sub-assemblies such as, circuit boards, polymer pumps, lasers, ovens, CCD cameras, auto-samplers, motors and major wiring harnesses shall only be orderable by a service engineer.
Contractor shall provide Remote Diagnostics service
Contractor is to provide all services, parts hardware, proprietary software, and labor. Services for the Attune NxT Laser System will be performed at the Central Texas Veterans Health Care Systems; Doris Miller Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; 4800 Veterans Memorial Drive; Waco, Texas 76711.
The NAICS Code for this procurement is 811219 Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance with has a Small Business Size Standard of $20.5M. This action is accomplished under FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), Soliciting from a Single-Source . This notice is not to be considered a request for quotations or proposals. No contract will be awarded based on offers received in response to this notice; however, any offers received may be used to determine if a comparable source is available and more advantageous to the government. All responsible sources may submit a response; which, if timely received, will be considered by the agency. If parties choose to respond, any cost associated with preparation and submission of data or cost incurred in response to this announcement shall be the sole responsibility of the contractor and will not be reimbursed by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. If no affirmative written response is received by the response date and time, a purchase order will be issued to Thermo Fisher Scientific without any further notice. Interested firms must respond by email directly to Juan.Martinez4@va.gov no later than 12:00 P.M. CDT on 6 Aug 2018..