Genevac Evaporators Maintenance

Added: Aug 07, 2017 5:23 pm

Award was made to Genevac Inc. for maintenance on Genevac equipment. This contract is for a base year of 12 months with 3 option years of 12 months each.

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 Division of Laboratory Sciences uses the Genevac centrifugal parallel evaporators to accomplish its public health mission. These evaporators are used in specialized research projects to concentrate samples for the studies of chronic disease. As initial warranties expire for purchased instruments, they need to be covered by a maintenance agreement, which provides preventive maintenance and required services to ensure that the instruments are maintained in optimal operating condition and are available to perform required analyses.

Genevac is the sole manufacturer of the Genevac instruments and the only company that is capable of offering trained and certified technical and scientific staff with field service engineers trained on the Genevac equipment. Additionally, Genevac has experience in troubleshooting, repairing, and completing preventive maintenance practices for the equipment. As the sole developer of the Genevac evaporators, Genevac has the ability to assist the CDC with any function in Genevac products, including maintenance and necessary and calibration of instruments.