Maintenance service on Maitai DeepSee lasers

Added: Feb 11, 2013 4:28 pm The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), intends to procure one year preventative maintenance agreement for the Newport Corporation Mai Tai Deep See multiphoton lasers from Newport Corporation. The Institute intends to purchase this service by other than full and open competition under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 6.302. The service to be performed in the proposed contract shall include the gold level lasercare on-site maintenance, which covers parts, labor and travel, excluding consumables.

Newport Corporation Spectra-Physics Lasers Division is the sole manufacturer and source provider for all parts and repair services on all lasers systems. No third party is licensed to provide service on Newport Corporation laser products. To the best of the Governments knowledge, Newport Corporation is the only authorized source able to provide service and maintain the lasers.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all responses received within 15 days from the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed acquisition is based upon responses to this notice and is solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive acquisition. Offerors who are capable of providing at a minimum, fifty-one percent (51%) of the required/actual services of this solicitation, may request a copy of the Request for Quotation (RFQ) in writing to the Contracting Office Address listed or via email to: muckt@mail.nih.gov prior to the closing date of this notice or before February 25, 2013 at 10:00 am EST. It is anticipated that RFQ - NIH-NICHD-13-025 will be available fifteen (15) days after the publication date of this synopsis. Receipt of quotations will be due ten (10) days after the release of the RFQ. All requests for quotations must have a valid email address. Email quotations must contain offerors name, address, telephone number and an authorized company representative signature. Any questions regarding this announcement must be sent via email to muckt@mail.nih.gov and must include solicitation # NIH-NICHD-13-025 in the subject line of email.

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