Combined Synopsis Solicitation- Acquire Preventati
Open Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 75N98027Q00062
- Agency
-
Office of Logisitics and Acquisition Operations
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 811210 Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Director, Office of Acquisitions, seeks quotations for a Premium Care Preventative Maintenance and Service Agreement covering one Leica SP8 confocal/multiphoton microscope, with responses due November 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST. The Set Aside line reads "No Set-Aside Used," and the acquisition is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items issued as a Request for Quotation under FAR 12.603, not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold.
Service covers Leica equipment #12257618 at National Institute of Health/NIMH, Building 49, Room 3A07, Bethesda, MD 20852. The period of performance is one 12-month base year, December 12, 2026 through December 11, 2027, with four 12-month option years through December 11, 2031. Required services include a minimum of one preventive maintenance inspection annually, unlimited emergency repair from 8 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday (excluding weekends and federal holidays), 100% certified OEM replacement parts at no additional cost except consumables, software updates, priority on-site scheduling, and 100% of service labor and travel.
The contractor must be FDA and Health Canada compliant, employ factory-trained field service representatives with backup personnel, furnish all necessary materials and equipment, and have access to proprietary parts and test instrumentation. The acquisition is conducted on a "brand name or equal" basis under FAR 11.104 and 52.211-6. Equal offers must identify brand, make, and model and demonstrate compliance with the salient characteristics in Section (v), or they may be rejected as non-responsive.
The Government will award a firm fixed-price contract to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value. Evaluation considers price (fair and reasonable, total proposed price), technical capability (whether the service plan meets the Statement of Work), and past performance (preventive maintenance and repair of microscopy systems within the past three years). Quotations must include unit and total price, product or catalog numbers, a service description, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), business size certification, and active System for Award Management (SAM) registration, submitted electronically to cassie.runner@nih.gov.
Notice text
(i)This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance withFAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. Thisannouncement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a separatewritten solicitation will not be issued.
(ii)The solicitation number is 75N98027Q00062. This solicitation is issued as a Request forQuotation (RFQ). This acquisition is being conducted on a "brand name or equal" basis inaccordance with FAR 11.104 and the provision at FAR 52.211-6, Brand Name or Equal.Offerors proposing an "equal" product must clearly identify the item by brand name (if any),make, and model number, and must provide sufficient descriptive literature and technicaldocumentation to demonstrate that the proposed product meets all salient physical, functional,and performance characteristics listed in Section (v) of this solicitation. Offers of "equal"products that fail to clearly identify the product or that fail to demonstrate compliance with thesalient characteristics may be rejected as non-responsive.
This acquisition is conducted under the authority of FAR 12.603, Streamlined Solicitation forCommercial Products or Commercial Services, and is not expected to exceed the simplifiedacquisition threshold.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Director, Office of Acquisitions, seeks toaward a firm fixed-price to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value tothe Government.
(iii)The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular March 2026.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Sol_75N98027Q00062.pdf |
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