Lab Equipment Annual Service Plan

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) hereby submits a Notice of Intent (NOI) to inform industry contractors of the Government¿s intent to award a sole source, firm-fixed priced contract for an annual service plan for six pieces of diagnostic lab equipment to Life Technologies Corporation located in Carlsbad, CA.

This contract action is for commercial services under NAICS code 811219, Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance for which the agency intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under Authority FAR 13.106-1(b), Simplified Acquisition procedures.

Life Technologies is the only manufacturer authorized service provider for their diagnostic lab equipment. Life Technologies maintains Intellectual Property (IP) rights to its collection of software and service tools software. Third party resellers and service providers are strictly prohibited from accessing, using, or selling this software. Life Technologies Service Engineers must go through a multi-step process to obtain factory certification to work on lab equipment and software.

FWS anticipates an award in July 2022 with an estimated total contract value of $53K.

This announcement constitutes the only notice. This is not a request for competitive quotes. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which must demonstrate clear and convincing evidence that competition would be advantageous to the Government and would not be cost or time prohibitive. Responses received from this solicitation will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the agency not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the agency.

Questions or comments to this NOI should be directed to Contracting Officer, Ryna Russell at ryna_russell@fws.gov no later than 11:00am, EST, Wednesday, 7/6/2022. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Capability Statement Submission ¿ DOIFFBO220085.