Multi-Year Service Maintenance on Olympus Equipment

Added: Apr 21, 2016 4:23 pm Notice of Intent to Sole Source

The Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) intends to award a sole source purchase order under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b), due to only one source being available to meet the Government's needs, to:

Olympus America Inc
3500 Corporate Pkwy
Center Valley, PA, 18034-8229

The NAICS code for this requirement is 334510; the business size standard is 500 employees.

The objective of this sole source award is to procure service maintenance for one year plus two option years on Government Owned Olympus Equipment as listed below.

CLIN 0001-VIDEO BRONCHOSCOPES
S/N: 2400952.
S/N: 2401086
S/N: 2401193
S/N: 2401195

CLIN 0002-EUS SCOPE
S/N: 7410317

Olympus is the only source that provides service maintenance for the listed Government owned equipment that meets the requirements identified herein due to the proprietary nature of this equipment, no other company was found that could access the software to provide maintenance should a problem arise. Olympus America Inc. has patent rights and proprietary ownership of their products, parts, services and does not authorize third party service dealers or retailers to service or resell their equipment of parts.

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals and no solicitation document exists for the requirement. Sources interested in responding to this notice are required to submit a capability statement that includes management and technical data and cost information, in sufficient detail and with convincing evidence that clearly demonstrates the capability to perform the required work. Capability statements shall not exceed 6 (8.5 x 11 inch) pages using a font size no smaller than 10-point. All capability statements received by the due date of this notice will be considered by the Government. A request for documentation or additional information or submissions that only ask questions will not be considered as an affirmative response. A determination by the Government not to compete based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed with a sole source purchase order.

Capability statements are due by 10:00 AM Local Time, 25April, 2015. Capability statements shall be submitted by e-mail ONLY as a Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachment to the following address: uyen.t.tran6.civ@mail.mil. The email subject line shall state, "Naval Medical Center San Diego, Special Notice Number N0025916N0127."