Five year service maintenance agreement on two Gerstel Multi-Purpose Sampler systems

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)/Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) facility in Miami, FL intends to award a sole source, five-year contract to Gerstel Inc./DUNS: 877964346 /CAGE Code: 1MFG5 for service maintenance agreement on two Gerstel Multi-Purpose Sampler systems

This procurement is being conducted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1The statutory authority is 41 U.S.C. 253( c )(1) The property or services needed are available from only one responsible qualified source at this time and no other type of property or services will satisfy these needs.
These are proprietary specific systems, and according to Gerstel; the parts needed for repair and service provided may only be supplied from the developer.
This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation documents are available and telephone requests will not be honored. However, if a firm believes it can meet the requirements it must furnish information about its products and services to the Contract Specialist listed on this notice by 4:00pm. Mountain Time (MT) on or before the closing date of this notice. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the above requirement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, and the Small business size standard is 1,000 Employees.
Responses received after the response date or without the required information will be deemed nonresponsive to the synopsis and will not be considered. Capability statements may be sent to: Carol Dingess, Contracting Officer via email @ Carol.Dingess@aphis.usda.gov or fax @ 970-472-1897, or mailing address - Carol Dingess, USDA-APHIS-MRPBS, AAMD Procurement Branch, 2150 Centre Avenue Building B MS (2E20) Fort Collins , CO 80526. Please use notice number PR-927893 when responding.

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