Intent to sole source - PerkinElmer equipment maintenance
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- WX04033Y2022T
- Agency
- FEMA Preparedness Section Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Anniston, Alabama 36205, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Special Notice from the Federal Emergency Management Agency indicates their intent to negotiate on a sole source basis with PerkinElmer Health Sciences for maintenance of PerkinElmer chemical laboratory analysis equipment at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, AL. Specifically, the contractor shall provide one year of initial maintenance as well as four 12-month option periods of maintenance through July 2027.
The Special Notice seeks to justify this sole source procurement by explaining that PerkinElmer is the original equipment manufacturer and current provider of maintenance, and that their brand of precise chemical laboratory analysis equipment must be meticulously maintained by the OEM to ensure exact results in a live agent chemical environment. Interested parties are invited to submit capability statements by 11:00 am EST on June 6, 2022 demonstrating their ability to provide the same brand name service to the agency. However, the determination whether to conduct a competitive procurement lies solely with the Government. This proposed acquisition will be conducted under simplified acquisition procedures and classified under NAICS code 334516 for analytical laboratory instrument manufacturing.
Notice text
The Federal Emergency Management Agency intends to negotiate on a sole source basis (IAW FAR 13) with PerkinElmer Health Sciences, 710 Bridgeport Avenue, Shelton, CT 06484-4794, as the only responsible source that can provide maintenance for PerkinElmer chemical laboratory analysis equipment to the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), in Anniston, AL. Specifically, the contractor shall provide one year of maintenance (08/01/2022 – 07/31/2023) and four 12-month option periods of maintenance (08/01/2023 – 07/31/2027) for the CDP.
PerkinElmer is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and is the current provider maintenance on PerkinElmer chemical laboratory analysis equipment. The PerkinElmer brand chemical laboratory analysis equipment is precise instrumentation that must be meticulously maintained to ensure exact results in a live agent chemical environment. All warranties would be voided if the equipment was not maintained by the OEM.
This acquisition is being conducted under simplified acquisition procedures (IAW FAR 13). There are no set-aside restrictions for this requirement. The intended procurement will be classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 334516 with a Small Business Size Standard of 1000 employees. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. However, parties interested in responding to this notice will need to submit technical data, sufficient to determine capability in providing the same brand name service. All capability statements received within by the due date and time of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
Capability statements shall be submitted by email only as a MS Word or Adobe PDF attachment to Heidi Crawley at Heidi.crawley@fema.dhs.gov. Statements are due by 11:00 am EST, 6 Jun 2022. No phone calls accepted.
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