Biotage Extrahera Maintenance Service

Added: Feb 23, 2017 11:13 pm This is a notice of intent to award a sole-source contract and is not a request for competitive proposals. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) hereby announces its intent to award a sole source contract to Biotage LLC, 10430 Harris Oak Blvd., Ste. C, Charlotte, NC, 28269-7518 for the procurement of maintenance services.

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 acquisition is 811219, Other Electronic And Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. The period of performance for this procurement is one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods.

The purpose of this procurement is for Biotage LLC to maintenance services for the Biotage Extrahera Sample Preparation System. Biotage is the sole manufacturer of the Biotage Extrahera Sample Preparation System that need to be maintained. Biotage is the only known available source that satisfies the requirement to have continual maintenance of the hardware and software packages of the Extrahera Sample Preparation System. This product was launched by Biotage in 2016 and is equipped with their proprietary software which is not available through other vendors. In addition, Biotage is the only company that has service technicians who are trained to service the Extrahera and Biotage LLC is the only responsible source capable of meeting all of the Government's requirements because they are the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). The equipment list for this maintenance contract is an attachment to this synopsis.

As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps.com. We will only issue a solicitation to Biotage, LLC. However, all responsible sources who believe they can meet these requirements, may submit their capabilities and/or qualifications to Tonya S. Justice, Contract Specialist, via email to TJustice@cdc.gov, no later than 12:00pm eastern standard time on March 10, 2017. Reference solicitation number RFP #2017-Q-66334 in the subject line of the email.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action will be based on responses to this notice and is solely in the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.