Intent to Award: Service maintenance agreement for NitraTax Nitrogen Sensor

Added: Jun 25, 2012 6:29 pm The U.S. Geological Survey intends to make a non-competitive award to Hach Company, located in Loveland, Colorado, for a bench service maintenance agreement of NitraTax nitrogen sensors and control modules, to be performed in Urbana Illinois for one year from the date of award.

The purchase order consists of one one-year base period and two one-year option periods.

Hach Company is the only known source for this requirement because it is the manufacturer of the NitraTax instruments and control modules and is the only known vendor certified to perform such maintenance on this equipment.

In accordance with FAR 5.207, all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal or quotation which shall be considered by the agency, however, THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1).

Email responses to dgalvin@usgs.gov or fax to 703-648-7367. Emailed responses are preferred.

The NAICS code is 334516. The size standard is 500 employees.

The anticipated award date of the contract is 07/02/2012. The anticipated contract will be firm fixed-price. A vendor must be registered at http://www.ccr.gov to be awarded the contract.