Maintenance and Repair of MTS & Instron Equipment

The Contractor shall provide service for the diagnosis, calibration, maintenance, repair, upgrades, and/or training with respect to more than 100 NIST-owned instruments and components manufactured by MTS and Instron. Service shall be provided on an as-needed basis upon issuance of task orders by the Government.

The objective of this procurement is to establish an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for maintenance services. Services may be required at NIST campuses located in Gaithersburg, MD and/or Boulder, Colorado. Multiple awards may be considered if it is determined to be in the Government's best interest to do so.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 811219 with a small business size standard of $20.5 million.

Simplified Acquisition Procedures shall be utilized under the authority of FAR Parts 12 and 13. This requirement is being procured using full and open competition.

The competitive Request for Quotation (RFQ), amendments, and all questions and answers related to this procurement shall be made available via the Internet at HTTP://WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV under RFQ number SB1341-15-RQ-0636.

Potential quoters shall be responsible for obtaining this solicitation and related Amendments, if any, from www.fbo.gov after the solicitation has been posted. It is, and will continue to be, the responsibility of each potential quoter to monitor www.fbo.gov for any amendments or other information related to the solicitation.

Any communications regarding this acquisition must be made in writing and forwarded via email to carol.wood@nist.gov, and shall identify the solicitation number, company name, company address, as well as point of contact email address and phone number.

NIST anticipates posting the solicitation approximately one (1) day after the date of publication of this notice.