Maintenance

Added: Oct 06, 2015 4:30 pm This is a notice of intent, not a request for proposals. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competition bases with Becton, Dickinson and Company, 2350 Qume Drive, San Jose, CA, 95131 for preventive maintenance to maintain proper functionality of a 1) BD FACSAria II Special (No Lasers), Serial # P46900095 , 2) SAPPHIRE 488-100 Blue Lsr, 3) COHR Cube 640-40 Red, 4) Cube 405-50C. The service coverage includes the BD FACSAria II Special Order System with one Computer Workstation (excluding printers) for labor, travel expenses and parts (excluding consumables), for the following: 2 Preventive Maintenance Inspections to be performed during a twelve-month period, 2 PM Kits, software revisions, unlimited service visits, Monday-Friday, unlimited telephone support for instruments, reagents and applications. (Monday through Friday,) within 48 hours. Becton, Dickinson and Company is the Original Equipment Manufacture and does not authorize any third party vendors to conduct maintenance services on their equipment, in accordance with their required specifications, and have certified technicians and parts to maintain the equipment and therefore subcontracting possibilities are not an option. The period of performance is for a base year plus 3 one year option periods. The statutory authority for this sole source requirement is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) (1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1 only one source available, no substitutions possible, and replacement parts must be compatible with existing equipment. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. All responsible sources that can provide these services may submit a response that will be considered. The response should include the certification from Becton, Dickinson and Company that you are authorized to obtain OEM parts to maintain the above reference equipment. Also provide past performance demonstrating the successful performance of this type of services. All responses in writing shall be submitted no later than 3:00p.m. (Eastern Time) Friday, October 16, 2015 to Lawrence Bland blandl@niaid.nih.gov. All responses received by the closing date of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government.