Maintenance agreement for Thermo Fisher Vanquish Liquid Chromatographer and Orbitrap Exploris 240 Mass Spectrometer

The National Institutes of Health Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations seeks a 12-month maintenance agreement for a Thermo Fisher Vanquish Liquid Chromatographer and Orbitrap Exploris 240 Mass Spectrometer, with proposals due September 22. This is a non-competitive procurement awarded to Thermo Electron North America LLC under FAR 12.603 authority.

Place of performance is Durham, NC 27709 (NIH/NIEHS, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC), with secondary equipment locations at 530 Davis Drive, Durham, NC. The contractor must provide qualified service personnel experienced with Thermo Fisher Vanquish LC systems and Orbitrap Exploris mass spectrometers and use manufacturer-approved replacement parts and procedures. Services include field service engineer labor, travel, and parts for corrective maintenance with a targeted three-business-day response time; priority technical support with immediate response; one annual preventive maintenance visit; 10 percent discount on spare parts and training classes; and access to the Unity Lab Services Online Knowledge Base. A billable pre-inspection visit of the Orbitrap system is required prior to plan acceptance.

The base year total is $51,808.00 USD, with option year pricing of $54,398.40 (Year 1) and $57,118.33 (Year 2). The NAICS code is 811210, Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance. There is no small business set-aside. The contract value does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Offerors must submit unit pricing, delivery timeframe, past performance documentation, technical capability information, UEI, TIN, and business size certification, and be registered in SAM.gov. The point of contact is Francisca Wagstaff, wagstaff@nih.gov.