Maintenance services for equipment manufactured by BD Biosciences

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), intends to award a sole source contract to BD Biosciences, 2350 Qume Dr. San Jose, CA 95131, for the purchase of maintenance/ support services for crucial instruments that are required to obtain the mission of the Influenza Division of Pandemic and Seasonal Surveillance and associated research for vaccine and therapeutics development.

The statutory authority for this sole source acquisition is 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1) in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1- only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy the agency requirement. The NAICS code for this procurement is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing.

The purpose of this acquisition is to purchase maintenance services for new and older equipment manufactured by BD Biosciences. BD Biosciences is the only responsible source capable of meeting the Government's requirement because they are the original manufacturer of this equipment and can ensure the integrity of the instrument and the availability/integrity of parts and service engineers. In addition, the original manufacturer has the ability to provide immediate repair service when needed and offer loaner machines so that work can continue while the original machine is being repaired. Furthermore, BD Biosciences does not deal with 3rd party vendors and the equipment that needs to be serviced, such as, infrared lasers and various technical parts, is exclusive to BD Biosciences. Thus, BD Biosciences, the manufacturer of the equipment, is the only company that can be used.
As a result of this synopsis, no competitive solicitation will be posted on FedBizOpps. We will issue only one solicitation to BD Biosciences. However, firms that believe they can meet these requirements are encouraged to identify themselves and give written notice by providing a capability statement to the Contracting Officer by August 8, 2018. The Contracting Officer will not respond to verbal request. All requests must be in writing.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed action will be based on responses to this notice and are solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Inquiries shall be sent to Liubov Kriel by email at vyh1@cdc.gov and reference solicitation number 75D30118Q68946 on the subject line.

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